The beginning of the metro in Moscow. What time does Moscow Metro open?
Often people are wondering what time it is in the morningbegins traffic urban transport. Ask such a question those who return from nightlife, come by train or walk around Moscow. In this article will be touched on many things: the beginning of the metro in Moscow, the intervals of movement of rolling stock, when there is a rush hour and much more.
What time does the metro open?
The opening of metro stations is done in5.30. But you can meet the tablets, where it says that at 5.35 or later time. Previously, it would not be exactly open, even with a large passenger traffic. It should be noted at once that for passengers the work begins in other cities in different ways. About the metro in Moscow, we sorted it out. The operating time is fixed for all lines and stations. But in St. Petersburg on each line its schedule. It is necessary to find out in advance.
Strange as it may sound, but on the area of threestations (metro station Komsomolskaya) in the early morning the largest passenger traffic. Many people come by train to Moscow at night and wait for the opening of the metro. As a rule, all carry huge bags, suitcases, trolleys. This is how Moscow hosts the Moscow residents and guests of the capital in the early hours of the morning. The photo below illustrates the life, atmosphere of the underground city.
Intervals of movement at different times of the day
What is the general interval of motion? By this phrase is meant, roughly speaking, the waiting time of the next train after the departure of the previous one. For curious passengers we will open a little secret: above the entrance to the tunnel hang a large electronic clock, and to the right of them interval. Counting, they begin when the first wagon of the rolling stock is already entering the tunnel. Reset when the next train is in the same place. All this is done so that the machinists can navigate, how much the train left that follows it. For passengers, an interval clock can only tell you how long the train is already gone.
On each metro line in Moscow, its traffic scheduletrains, and hence, the interval. But there are general rules. The longest intervals (up to 7 minutes) can be in the hours of opening and closing the metro, that is, from 5.35 to 6.30 and from 23.00 to 01.00.
The shortest intervals in rush hour (from 1 to 2 minutes): from 8.00 to 10.00 and from 16.00 to 19.00. The time is approximate. At lunch time, the interval is approximately 3 minutes.
Peak hour
It is hard for villagers to imagine thatoccurs in the subway in the so-called rush hour. Most working people, students, students of schools and colleges work at 9.00. There are enterprises that start work from 10.00. People go from different parts of Moscow and even from a distant suburbs. Everyone is trying to arrive in advance. It turns out that passengers who are now in the subway, should be in the workplace in about half an hour or an hour.
The beginning of work of the underground in Moscow at workersunderground on weekdays is associated with a huge waterfall. Although they get used to everything, but vigilance, security and control remain their main tasks.
If you do not need to navigatesubway at the appointed time, then it's better to wait. On the weekday after 11 pm, the number of passengers is significantly reduced. It is advisable not to delay traveling until 4.30 pm, when people are much more.
When is it better to go by metro
Brief recommendations on this topic were mentioned above. And now we will look more closely at what days and hours it is better to descend into the subway.
Weekdays. Quiet time (not counting the stations where there isstations) for the passenger of the metro (Moscow) - the time of the beginning of work. However, as in other megacities. It is advisable to reach the destination before 7 am, if there is no desire to find yourself in a crush. It is worth mentioning that at an overloaded station, even at 6 o'clock in the morning, one can take a train only from the fifth to the sixth attempt. For example, "Vykhino", "Tsaritsyno" and other stations located on the outskirts of the city or next to suburban traffic. From 11 to 16 hours in the subway it becomes quieter, less people. It will be easier for the visitor of the capital to navigate.
Weekends and holidays. During the day, passenger traffic is moderate orminimum, especially in the summer, when most of the townspeople leave the capital and go to the country, excursion, fishing. It is only possible to increase the number of passengers in the morning hours on Saturday (or the first public holiday) and always on Sunday evening.
What time does the subway close
It does not matter which Moscow metro lines orstations, are closed for passengers equally at 01.00. If you need to go, for example, from Mitino to Vykhino, then you need to go down to the subway no later than 23.30. It is worth recalling that the intervals after 23.00 are very large (about 8 minutes).
It is not recommended to tighten the night with a trip toMetro. Trains stop trains a little later than 01.00, but this is not an excuse for movement, as the train can stand up at night, without reaching your station. Then you have to go to the surface and catch a car, call a taxi or go on foot.
The map of the metro (Moscow) will help you. Time may not be indicated between stations, but you can estimate approximately 4 minutes, including transitions. For example, you need to get from the station "Chertanovskaya" to "Prague" (Zamoskvoretskaya line). We need to drive two trains. Let and the driving time is not 8 minutes, but we take into account the time of the train parking, and possible stops in the tunnel, as well as the stock.
Working hours during holidays
Let's note that fact, that the underground (g. Moscow), however, like land transport, on holidays it works for an hour longer. If the metro closes at 01.00 usually, on New Year, Epiphany or Easter - at 02.00. Only opening time on the same night remains unchanged.
Why the metro is not working round the clock in suchdays? Why the beginning of the metro in Moscow only from 5.30? Because there must still be a technical break for urgent work. More on this below.
What happens on the subway after the closure
When the last passengers leave the lobbyMetro, workers close the door, turn off the escalators and leave the lighting (somewhere complete, but somewhere emergency). But so that it is not dark for those who work.
Why close the subway? Is there a need for this? Of course. The way monsters check the condition of the rail, sleepers, marksman, automation system and much more. Imagine that trains roll around the tunnel all day and night, and some element of the path requires replacement in the near future. For such work, several hours are reserved for night employees. In the afternoon, going down and going through the tunnel is dangerous for life. The beginning of the metro in Moscow exists not only for passengers, but also for night workers. While Moscow is sleeping, the subway workers are working.
Many passengers in the morning notice that on the escalators have changed advertising, whitewashed in the transition ceilings or new benches. It was the night workers who were engaged in this and other duties.
Rules and requests for passengers
Rules on the Moscow metro can behear on the escalator, see next to the scheme in the cars. Unfortunately, not all passengers are ready to comply with the rules. But some of them need to be taken more than seriously. Which ones?
It should be understood that the machinist is not justthe driver of the train, he is also a man, just like you. In the metro of Moscow, photo and video are not prohibited, but it is strongly recommended not to photograph with a flash a head car. The driver may temporarily deteriorate his vision. You probably know the circles before your eyes after the bright light. And the driver must clearly see everything, the more he enters the dark tunnel. There he must watch everything. And if you blind him?
And the second moment is not unimportant. And do you know why in the rush hour trains often stop in tunnels? Because the passengers in front of the trains are delayed, trying to get into the already closed doors of the car. The driver asks the passengers not to hold the door and move away from the edge of the platform. Alas, the request is ignored, hence the serious failure of the train schedule. They will then ask the driver. Be more tactful.
