Published on: 2026-10-03
Source: Moscow Metro.
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MOSCOW — A new northern lobby and international communication platform of the Moscow-City urban station have opened in the capital’s financial center. The facility became the first station in Russia to combine international, intercity, interregional, and urban routes into a single seamless system. The opening was attended by Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin, head of JSC Russian Railways Oleg Belozyorov, and official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova.
The station has become a hub for the high-speed “Lastochka” trains (with a capacity of up to 719 people) on the Moscow — Minsk and Moscow — Smolensk routes. The trip from the center of Moscow to Minsk takes about the same time as a flight, but excludes the procedures of registration, screening, and airport transfer.
The new platform provides arrivals with direct access to the capital’s largest business district, saving up to 30 minutes of travel time. Passengers gain instant access to 6 lines of Moscow’s high-speed rail framework: three metro lines, the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), and two Moscow Central Diameters.
The “Moscow-City” transport hub is among the top three largest in the capital, with a passenger flow of over 130 thousand people per day. By 2030, thanks to infrastructure development, the volume of transportation will increase by more than 30% — up to 175 thousand people.
“By order of the Mayor of Moscow Sergey Sobyanin, we continue to develop the city’s railway network. The Moscow-City City Station of MCD-1 consists of three modern platforms with canopies along their entire length, two passenger vestibules, a barrier-free environment, and connections to the metro, MCC, and MCD-4. The transfer between stations takes place in a dry enclosure and takes up to 4 minutes,” said Moscow Deputy Mayor for Transport Maksim Liksutov.
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