In Moscow, a funicular was opened from the Sparrow Mountains to the Luzhniki, which they did not manage to launch the 2018 World Cup. Tariffs bite

On November 26, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin solemnly opened the cable car through the Moscow River, which will connect the Luzhniki sports complex with the Vorobyevs and Kosygin Street. It is planned to open it for passengers from November 27, the city hall’s website reports.

It is worth recalling that the new cable car was originally planned to be launched to the World Cup , held in Russia last summer, but did not manage to do this.

According to Sobyanin, the time of traveling on a funicular from the observation deck on the Sparrow Mountains to Luzhniki will be five minutes, while this path takes about 20 minutes on a car.

The cable car will work from 11 to 23 hours. The fare for adults on weekdays will be 400 rubles one way and 700 rubles one way and forth, on weekends - 500 rubles in one direction and 800 rubles in two ends, reports a complex of urban planning policy and construction of Moscow. The ticket to the back and forth is valid throughout the day, that is, for example, you can sit at the Luzhniki station, come to the observation deck, take a walk there and then return back, the message says.

Preferential travel for disabled people of the second and third groups, pensioners, children aged 7-14 years, students and members of large families at the Tariff "there" will amount to 300 rubles in weekdays and 400 rubles. On the weekend. The trip can be paid by the Troika card.

The length of the cable car is 720 meters. There are three stations on the route. The Vorobyovy Gory station is located on Kosygin Street, next to the observation deck. In winter, a ski descent will begin here. The second station is called the "New League" and is located on the Vorobevskaya embankment. It is intended mainly for lifting skiers and snowboarders. The Luzhniki station is located on the Luzhnetskaya embankment, next to the stadium of the same name.

The cable car is designed to transport up to 1.6 thousand passengers per hour and will be able to work all year round in almost any weather, the wind and precipitation are not terrible, the city hall emphasized.

On the main route of the passenger cable car, 35 closed booths for eight seats each designed by Porsche Design Studio will be transported. The boines are equipped with media screens, LED backlight, hooks for bicycles, skis and snowboarding. Also, passengers will be able to use the audio guide in English, German, Chinese and Russian.

Two VIP channels are provided for important guests or celebrations, for example, weddings. The difference between "luxury" booths from ordinary - four spacious leather seats inside.

For athletes, they additionally made 10 open chair cabins for four places each. They will move in a small circle: between the Vorobevskaya embankment and the observation deck. The sports route will be launched from February 2019, when FIS World Freestyle will be held in Moscow.

"The object was built completely at the expense of extra -budgetary funds," the city hall noted. The city authorities expect that a new type of transport is represent with the return of the sports cluster on the Sparrow Hills "Glory of the Glory of the Main Ski Center in Moscow, the Main Center for Winter Sports."

The first cable car on the Vorobyovy Mountains was opened in 1953. In the late 1980s, she began to become unusable and later closed her. They dismantled it in 2016, and at this place they erected a new one.

Meanwhile, last spring, the Moscow authorities announced the possible construction of another cable car in the capital - between the Skhodnenskaya and River Station metro stations. Now the ground movement there is difficult due to the need for the detour of the Khimki reservoir, which can be delayed for up to 45 minutes due to traffic jams. The cable car would reduce this path to seven minutes, write Vedomosti . Another cable car may appear on the territory of ZIL .