Moscow Monorail

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Moscow Monorail
Overview
Owner	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Locale	Moscow
Termini	Timiryazevskaya (west) Ulitsa Sergeya Eyzenshteyna (east)
Stations	6
Service
Type	Straddle-beam Monorail
System	Moscow Metro
Operator(s)	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Daily ridership	16,000[1]
History
Opened	20 November 2004 (excursion mode) 1 January 2008 (transportation mode)
Technical
Line length	4.7 kilometres (2.9 mi)
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	Monorail
Electrification	Third rail
Operating speed	60 km/h (37 mph)
Route map Legend Rostokino yard Ulitsa Sergeya Eyzenshteyna Vystavochny Tsentr Ulitsa Akademika Korolyova Teletsentr Ulitsa Milashenkova Timiryazevskaya This diagram: view talk edit

The Moscow Monorail (Russian: Московский монорельс, pronounced [mɐˈskofskʲɪj mənɐˈrʲelʲs]) is a 4.7-kilometre-long (2.9 mi) monorail line located in the North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia. It runs from the Timiryazevskaya via Fonvisinskaya and VDNHa metro stations to Sergeya Eisensteina street. The monorail line currently has six stations. Planning of the monorail in Moscow started in 1998. This was a unique project for Russian companies, which did not have prior experience in building monorails. 6,335,510,000 ₽ (about US$240,000,000) were spent by the city of Moscow on the monorail construction.

On 20 November 2004, the monorail opened in "excursion mode." On 10 January 2008, the monorail's operation mode was changed to "transportation mode" with more frequent train service. Ticket prices were reduced from 50 rubles ($2.00) to 19 rubles ($0.80), which was the standard fare for Moscow's rapid transport at that time; as of 2012, ticket prices still matched the standard fare, but multi-ride passes could not be used between systems. In April 2012, one of Moscow's transport officials announced that he believed that the system should be closed down and dismantled in the future.^[2] However, on 3 October 2012, the vice mayor of Moscow said that the Moscow Monorail would not be closed because of lack of public transportation and very busy highways in that particular part of the city.^[3]

Since 1 January 2013, all metro tickets have been valid for the monorail. Interchange from the Metro to the Monorail and vice versa is free for 90 minutes after entering the Metro or Monorail.^[4]

The Moscow Metro operates the monorail, which in 2016 officially became the Line 13 of the network.