In 2022 it is planned to build and reconstruct 10 stations on the prospective and existing Moscow Central Diameters (MCD). From some of the new stations it will be possible to make an interchange to the metro, the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) and other diameters.
"Through the implementation of the National Rail Infrastructure Development Project in the Moscow transport hub, we manage become one of the leaders in the pace of station construction and reconstruction not only in Russia, but also in the world. In 2021, 7 stations were reconstructed and built on the existing and prospective diameters. We also have global plans for 2022: we plan to complete the construction of new and reconstruction work at 10 stations of the existing and prospective diameters. It is important for us to expand transport opportunities for passengers. Thanks to the new hubs, residents and guests of the capital can build alternative routes with convenient interchanges», – noted Maksim Liksutov, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport.
By the end of 2022, it is planned to complete the construction of 10 stations. Three of them will become the basis of new hubs in the south-east and north of Moscow: Pechatniki and Maryina Roscha on the MCD-2, Minskaya on the future MCD-4. They will connect several modes of transport – the metro, the MCC, suburban electric trains and the surface public transport. Thanks to the hubs, transport arteries are united, expanding transport opportunities for Moscow citizens and guests. They have the opportunity to build new fast and convenient routes. Also, there will be a reconstruction of 7 stations: Tolstopaltsevo, Meshcherskaya, Peredelkino, Lesnoy Gorodok, Ochakovo on the perspective MCD-4 and Timiryazevskaya station on the MCD-1. From the obsolete railway platforms, they will become modern suburban stations. The construction of the large entrance hall and integration with the MCC by the covered pedestrian crossing will be completed at Okruzhnaya station of the MCD-1.
All stations will be equipped with modern passenger services: full-length canopy platforms to protect passengers from the precipitation, passenger terminals with ticket offices including those with low-mobility passengers, elevators, escalators and WC, ticket vending machines, SOS counters, departur board and safe pedestrian crossings across the railway.
Two MCD lines are already launched – the Belorussko-Savelovsky MCD-1 and the Kursko-Rizsky MCD-2. The total number of stations – 60, 21 of which have interchanges to the metro and the MCC. The MCD-1 was opened in 2019, the length of the diameter is 52 km, 25 stations, of which 9 stations with interchanges to the metro. The MCD-2 was also launched in 2019. Its length is 80 km, it includes 35 stations, of which 12 have interchanges to the metro. By 2025, it is planned to launch three more diameters: the Leningradsko-Kazansky MCD-3, the Kievsko-Gorkovsky MCD-4, and the Yaroslavsko-Paveletsky MCD-5.