| Moscow Central Diameters | |||
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.jpeg) Ivolga 1.0 train (on the right) and current generation Ivolga 2.0 at Podolsk railway station of Line D2 | |||
| Overview | |||
| Native name | Московские центральные диаметры | ||
| Area served | Moscow and Moscow Oblast | ||
| Transit type | Hybrid urban-suburban rail | ||
| Number of lines | 4 (5 planned) | ||
| Number of stations | 140 | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 21 November 2019 | ||
| Operator(s) | Russian Railways | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge | ||
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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]
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]
Line D3 was opened on 17 August 2023, and Line D4 was opened on 9 September of the same year.[5][6]
- ^ "Moscow Central Diameters: Moscow's most efficient project progress". mos.ru. 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
- ^ "Московские центральные диаметры". РИА Новости (in Russian). 21 November 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ "Число пассажиров МЦД достигло 100 миллионов". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ "Сергей Собянин: Какое развитие получат Московские центральные диаметры". Российская газета (in Russian). Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Проценко, Любовь (17 August 2023). "МЦД-3: Кому стоит пересесть на диаметр, какие будут цены и комфорт в поездах". Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
- ^ "Путин и Собянин запустили движение по МЦД-4 и проспекту Багратиона". vedemosti.ru. 2023-09-09. Retrieved 9 September 2023.