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Little Ring of the Moscow Railways | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Russian Railways |
Locale | Moscow |
Stations | 12 stopping points with freight yards (15 including stations on branches) |
Service | |
Type | Heavy rail, Commuter rail |
System | Moscow Railways |
Operator(s) | Russian Railways |
History | |
Opened | 19 July 1908 |
Technical | |
Line length | 54 km (34 mi) |
Character | Aboveground, surface, partially underground |
Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) |
Electrification | 3 kV DC overhead line |
The Little Ring of the Moscow Railways (MK MZD, Russian: Малое кольцо Московской Железной Дороги), is a 54.4-kilometre-long (33.8 mi) orbital railway in Moscow.
Built between 1902 and 1908 as MOZD (Moscow Encircle Railway, Russian: Московская Окружная Железная Дорога, or just Encircle Line, Russian: Окружная линия)[1] for mixed use railway traffic, after 1934 the railway was only used for cargo traffic. During the 2010s, the railway was converted to be used for commuter rail service and allows free transfers with the Moscow Metro; the passenger service on Moscow Ring Railway started on September 10, 2016, as the Moscow Central Circle. The line is operated by Russian Railways' Moscow subsidiary.