The Moscow monorail transport system as an idea arose a very, very long time ago, back in the seventies of the last century. Yes, it took a long time before the dream came true. In 1999, the project was finally launched. Moscow fought for holding the exhibition "Expo 2010", it was necessary to deliver its participants quickly to the venue (to the All-Russian Exhibition Center). Although the exhibition was eventually held in another city, the road was built. It was commissioned in 2004.
The Moscow monorail transport system was conceived as the carrier of the future. Initially, it functioned as an excursion, but gradually turned into another type of passenger transport, of which there are seven types in Moscow. They carry up to 10 million people a day.
Why profile changed
Of course, tourists still love to travel by monorail, because this type of transport in Russia is only in Moscow. It is worth saying that such roads are usedhugely popular with tourists abroad: in Tokyo, London, Berlin.
Why is there no high popularity of this curiosity in Moscow? Everything is very simple and ordinary. The fact is that most of the route passes over the industrial zones of the city or residential areas, where few attractive sights can be seen through the windows of the train.
And yet, travelers enthusiastically demonstrate in their reviews under the headings "Moscow monorail transport system" photos from very unusual angles of the Ostankino TV tower, the pond and the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity, the Museum of Cosmonautics and the main entrance of the All-Russian Exhibition Center.
Monorail today
Seven small trains work daily on the line, namely, 6 wagons - it's only 35 meters long and 35 tons of weight in each train. 44 seats, that is, 8 seats in each car, and two less in the head cars.
The composition is equipped with electric motors. The movement is due to the magnetic flux. The train rides along a special beam, or rather, a plate fixed on it. All parts of the train are of domestic production. The designs were developed by our scientists. True, there is a miscalculation in that they did not fully take into account the weather conditions in the capital. The plate was placed on top of the beam, which leads to icing in winter and creates additional labor costs for processing the web.
The train can move at a speed of 60 km/h. But the Moscow monorail transport system is too tortuous. This is due to the need to fit it into an existingurban terrain. If the presence of many convolutions is good for the brain, then it is bad for the monorail. Because of them, the speed is greatly reduced. As a result, the train can travel no faster than 30 km/h, making it the slowest public transport in Moscow.
The most interesting thing is that the movement takes place over the city. It looks like the car is flying through the air.
The monorail carries 15,000 passengers a day. Compared to the subway, there are seven million passengers per day.
The ticket price is the same as in the subway. Go to the stations "VDNKh" and "Timiryazevskaya" on the monorail or the subway, if the allotted allowable time period is not exceeded, it is possible for free using the Troika card.
Stations
Extent Moscow monorail transport system has a small. Only 4 km 700 meters. The distance between stations is from 700 to 800 meters. Connects two metro lines - Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya and Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya.
The Moscow monorail transport system has six stations in total. The scheme of train movement through the stations is carried out in the following order: from Eisenstein Street to the Exhibition Center, Academician Korolev Street, Telecentre, Miloshenkov Street, Timiryazevskaya Street and back.
Reliability
Moscow monorail transport system has the most technically equipped depot of the capital's passenger transport.
As soon as the last wagon enters the depot, night work begins to check the entire system, from the tracks to the rolling stock. Crawlers, electricians, mechanics work until the morning. So there is no doubt about the reliability of the Moscow Monorail.
Opening hours
As mentioned above, part of the path passes over residential buildings. Therefore, a decision was made to adjust the working hours in such a way as to cause less disturbance to citizens. Opening hours are limited from seven in the morning to 23 in the evening. As many Muscovites who use the monorail say, this is not very convenient.
Future
At present, due to the low passenger traffic and the high cost of the project, the further development of the station system has been suspended. Trains run on schedule at intervals of approximately 15-20 minutes.
Does the Moscow monorail transport system have a future? Moscow (Russia as a whole too) can develop a monorail system. Scientists, architects see the use of such roads, for example, at large airports for communication between terminals. And the real segment of the monorail, apparently, will remain in the form that it currently exists.
