Moscow Central Diameters

The Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) (Russian: Московские центральные диаметры (МЦД), romanized: Moskovskiye tsentralnye diametry (MTsD)) are a system of city train services on existing commuter rail lines in Moscow and Moscow Oblast, Russia.[1]

Moscow Central Diameters
Ivolga 1.0 train (on the right) and current generation Ivolga 2.0 at Podolsk railway station of Line D2
Ivolga 1.0 train (on the right) and current generation Ivolga 2.0 at Podolsk railway station of Line D2
Overview
Native nameМосковские центральные диаметры
Area servedMoscow and Moscow Oblast
Transit typeHybrid urban-suburban rail
Line number2 (3 more planned)
Number of stations57
Operation
Began operation21 November 2019
Operator(s)Russian Railways
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
MCD Map including all lines

The system began operation on 21 November 2019, when the first two lines were launched.[2] After first 9.5 months of operation, the passenger traffic of the Moscow Central Diameters reached 100 million.[3] On 27 December 2019, passengers made record 554.6 thousand trips.[4]

Lines

Line D3 is planned to be launched in August 2023. D4 will be launched in September. The schedule for the development of the infrastructure of the Central Transport Hub in 2023 was signed by Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov in December 2022.[5]

No.Name[1]Opening dateLength
(km)		Number
of stations		Planned passenger
traffic (mil/yr)
#D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) Belorussko-Savyolovsky 21 November 2019 52 25 42.9
#D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) Kursko-Rizhsky 21 November 2019 80 35 48.6
#D3 Line D3 (Moscow Central Diameters) Leningradsko-Kazansky 2023 88 43 46.8
#D4 Line D4 (Moscow Central Diameters) Kaluzhsko-Nizhegorodsky 2023-2024 86 38  ?
#D5 Line D5 (Moscow Central Diameters) Yaroslavsko-Paveletsky 2025-2027 72 48  ?
Total 378 189

Ticket prices
Ticket prices on Pererva station of MCD-2 line in November, 2019

The trip cost depends on travel distance; transfers to and from the Moscow Metro and the MCC are free.[6]

At MCD-1 and MCD-2 there are three tariff zones:

  • "Central" (within the boundaries of the stations Mark – Setun, Volokolamskaya – Ostafyevo). The cost for the Troika card is 40 rubles. You can also use a ticket for 60 trips, tickets for the number of days recorded on the Troika, and a credit card. All prices are the same as in Moscow Metro.
  • "Suburb" (for trips through the territory of the Moscow region and to Moscow within the MCD). A one-time trip at the "Wallet" tariff costs 45 rubles, a ticket for 90 minutes costs 83 rubles.
  • "Far" (for trips from stations outside the MCD). The price is made up of 23 rubles for each zone of suburban trains to the borders of the MCD and 45 rubles of the MCD "Wallet" tariff or 83 rubles at the 90-minute tariff.

See also

References
  1. "Moscow Central Diameters: Moscow's most efficient project progress". mos.ru. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
  2. "Московские центральные диаметры". РИА Новости (in Russian). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  3. "Число пассажиров МЦД достигло 100 миллионов". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  4. "Сергей Собянин: Какое развитие получат Московские центральные диаметры". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. "D3 and D4 will be launch in 2023". Kommersant. 2022-12-26.
  6. "Тарифы МЦД. Подробная информация о тарифах Московских центральных диаметров". mcd.mosmetro.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  7. "Интеграцию МЦК с Киевским направлением МЖД планируется завершить в 2022 году". TASS. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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