In Moscow there are a large number of bus stations and bus stations, which are distributed in different parts of the city, but mostly near its center. Moscow is a very large city, so this distribution is more preferable than the concentration of stations in one area. The largest bus station is Central, or Shchelkovsky. The maximum number of buses departs from it.
Schelkovsky bus station
The Moscow Central Bus Station oversees suburban and international bus transportation. It is located near the Shchelkovskaya metro station, at the intersection of Shchelkovskoye Highway and Uralskaya Street. The station was built in 1971. It has been closed since 2017 for renovations. The opening is expected in late 2018 or early 2019. Suburban buses now approach Centralnaya station, while long-distance buses have been distributed to other stations.
HistoryShchelkovsky railway station
The building of the Shchelkovsky Moscow bus station was reconstructed in 1997. However, this was not enough to meet modern requirements for the level of comfort and safety, so it was decided to demolish the building and build a new one in its place. After the completion of construction, the bus station will be a fully functional complex, which, in addition to the station, will also have a shopping and entertainment area.
The start date for capital work is June 14, 2017. Completion is scheduled for the second half of 2019. The new building will have a modern, modernized look and everything you need to comfortably wait for a flight. Instead of the Shchelkovsky bus station on the Shchelkovsky highway, the Central station was opened. Now it accepts all commuter flights. The station building has ticket offices, platforms, scoreboards, signs, and waiting areas. You can see the schedule of the Moscow bus station. As for regional routes, 32 of them were completely canceled, and the remaining 60 were distributed to other bus stations in the capital.
What will the new Shchelkovsky station be like?
The new building of the Moscow bus station will have 11 floors, of which 5 are underground. The total area of the Moscow bus station will be about 140,000 m22. On the ground floor there will be a cash desk, luggage storage, information desk. The entertainment zone and cafes will be on the fifth. There will also be a cinema with a capacity of 500 people.
On the sixth floor of the Moscow bus station there will be hallswaiting room, medical room and parent's room. The underground floors will house workshops, garages, hotels intended for drivers. For domestic flights, 8 aprons will be built. Long-distance buses will go up to the sixth floor of the building. In addition, there is a large underground parking (955 places), as well as cafes and shops. Between the floors will run 4 modern elevators, including those designed for people with reduced mobility.
The building itself will be glass, undulating, with aluminum paneling on top. Such a station will be able to serve about 15,000 passengers and more than 1,600 flights daily. Transport logistics at the entrances to the station will also improve. Before reconstruction, the Moscow bus station served 30,000 people a day. The number of flights was 1,600, of which 23 were international. The message operated with 54 cities of Russia and 15 cities from neighboring countries.
Other operating bus stations in Moscow
A dozen more bus stations operate in Moscow with less passenger traffic:
- Kazansky railway station. It is located in Ryazansky Lane, three kilometers from the city center, near the Komsomolskaya metro station. The station is small and relatively new, serving popular destinations: St. Petersburg, Samara, Penza, Rostov-on-Don, etc.
- Paveletsky railway station is located on Dubininskaya street, three kilometers from the center of the capital. Nearby is the Paveletsky railway station. The station is open from 8:00 a.m. to23:00 daily. Routes to Saratov, Penza, Lipetsk, Volzhsky, Volgograd, Voronezh are served.
- Cherkizovskaya station is located 7 km from the city center near Cherkizovskaya metro station. Opening hours - from 7:30 to 20:30 every day. There is a waiting room. Route directions - cities of the Moscow region and Cheboksary.
- Tushino station is located 14 km from the center of Moscow. It appeared quite recently - in 2012. The station is equipped with a cozy waiting room, an ATM, a left-luggage office. It serves 60 flights and 1000 passengers daily.
- Kantemirovskaya Station is located on Kantemirovskiy Prospekt in the southern part of Moscow. It works every day from 7:00 to 23:00. Serves buses plying in the Southern District of Moscow.
- Orekhovo station serves 36 bus routes, including to cities such as Rostov-on-Don, Kislovodsk, Elista.
- Toply Stan station misses 100 flights during the day. About 1000 people visit it daily.
Secondary stations of Moscow
There are also Novoyasenevskaya and Krasnogvardeyskaya stations. They are located far from the city center and have lower passenger traffic.
