New Zelenograd interchange hub to improve transport services for more than 170 thousand people

The construction of Kryukovo (Zelenograd) interchange hub is currently underway. The completion of the work is planned to coincide with the launch of traffic along the Moscow Central Diameter (MCD-3), as announced by Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Moscow Mayor for Transport.

By 2025, the interchange hub passenger traffic will reach almost 50 thousand people a day, that is why the new Moscow railway station is built with a capacity margin.

“To improve Zelenograd transport accessibility, this year we will open an above-ground metro line with minimum headways (five to seven minutes) during peak hours, modernized rolling stock and interchange hubs. Kryukovo (Zelenograd) interchange hub is being built without stopping railway traffic. The unique city railway station is being built under the close supervision of Sergei Sobyanin,” said Maxim Liksutov.

After the completion of the construction works, Zelenograd residents will get a modern passenger infrastructure meeting the high Moscow transport standards. The interchange hub will include a three-level Moscow railway station with quick transfers from the above-ground metro station to buses, as well as with access to the existing overpass.

Specialists will install elevators, escalators and pedestrian railroad crossings at different levels. The train and bus transfer time will be halved, from six to three minutes. Passengers will be able to pay for their travel on the third Moscow Central Diameter (MCD-3) using Troika Travel Card with a free transfer to the Metro and the Moscow Central Circle.

The main work is currently underway. For example, specialists are building a third platform equipped with modern canopies, new display boards and lighting. The construction of the first passenger vestibule overlooking the terminus has also been completed (transfer will become faster and more convenient in the future). In addition, a second comfortable passenger vestibule running to the flyover is being constructed.

Kryukovo (Zelenograd) interchange hub will improve the transport accessibility of Kryukovo, Silino and Staroye Kryukovo accommodating more than 170 thousand people. It will also relieve the congestion of the Zamoskvoretskaya and the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya metro lines by up to eight per cent.

Since 2010, Zelenograd transport accessibility has improved significantly: the travel time to the center of Moscow using the Lastochka express has been reduced by one and a half times and twice when traveling by bus. With the commissioning of the Leningradsko-Kazansky MCD-3 this year, passenger travel will become even more comfortable.