Hope and support

Most of us, buying an apartment, settling for work, going to go on business, will certainly ask: "Is far far away to the subway?" Even those who have a car. She can break. And the subway will not let you down: you can calculate the time of the trip with an accuracy of five minutes, there are traffic jams except at the entrance to the escalators. True, in recent years, there have been more passengers in the subway, and at any time - in the morning, day, and in the evening. This is understandable: before, the whole country began to work at about the same time, now each company has its own operating mode, and many employees (trade, advertising, insurance agents, couriers, etc.) have a free schedule. “Now there is no pronounced hour of peak,” says Dmitry Gaev, head of the subway. - In the morning, of course, there are more passengers. But the peak watches have shifted. Previously, the morning decline in passenger traffic was at half past nine in the morning, now at half past nine. The daytime of the peak also appeared - from 12 to 14 hours, especially in the central areas. ” The train supply mode is compiled taking into account not only changes in the procedure for the movement of passengers, but also the degree of workload of each line. For example, during the day on the central lines, the intensity of movement is increased. In general, according to Dmitry Gayev, the longest intervals in the movement of trains are 15 minutes - after one in the morning, when the trains move along the depot. At the peak hours, the interval is an average of 1.27 minutes, in the inter-peak hours of 2.5-3 minutes. (depending on the line).

The best way to unload the metro is to build new lines. For example, in the 80s, when the metro began to suffocate from overload, the commissioning of the Serpukhov line made it possible to unload the Kaluga-Riga. Despite financial difficulties, two large segments of the subway are being built at the moment, the continuation of the Lublin line (the opening of the Trubnaya and Maryina Roshcha stations is scheduled for 2005-2006) and the new Mitinsko-Stroginskaya (this will unload the Filevsky line). In addition, Serpukhovskotimiryazevskaya, Arbatsk-Pokrovskaya, Zamoskvoretskaya lines that lead to sleeping areas are being completed.

Previously, money for the development of the Moscow metro was allocated from the state budget, now mainly from the budget of Moscow. Therefore, construction lasts longer. A few years ago, it was decided not to spray funds, but to concentrate on the most important directions and not to open several stations at once, but one at a time. And funds are spent more efficiently, and residents of remote areas do not have to wait long for the long time, while the budget will find money for a long site. For example, the Serpukhov line is prolonged in several receptions. In 2000, the Street of Academician Yangel was opened, in '2001 - Anino, and this year the Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard station should open. In the same year, after the reconstruction, the Vorobyovy Gory station will be commissioned. Next year, the opening of the Victory Park, the first station of the Mitsk-Stroginskaya line, as well as six stations of the ground metro, which will go along the flyover over the South Butovo, is planned. I.r.