Pokrovskoye Streshnevo MCC transplant. Moscow Central Circle

Hello! At the beginning of my complaint, I would like to thank
and the mayor of the city of Moscow and the government for the creation of the MCC. This type transport is very popular with many passengers! Comfortable, convenient to get to all areas of Moscow.
However, there is a big minus in the transfer from the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo platform to the Streshnevo MCC station and back! And in this complaint, I express the opinion of hundreds of citizens who commute to work and back, making a transfer from the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo railway station to the Streshnevo MCC.
People, making the previously described transition, literally risk their lives every day! Why don't local leaders think about people? Yes, they created a ring, they announced a transfer to the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo railway station, but as always, no one wants to think through and finish anything to the end! Everything is done in such a way that the transition can only be made from the far end of the platform, relative to the location of the MCC Streshnevo station, making a completely stupid detour, wasting a lot of time and effort! Because of this, the meaning of a good deed for the convenience of people is lost! The question is why then they created all this, if it becomes completely inconvenient to get to the MCC! Moreover, for 3 months now I have been watching how this unfortunate path for pedestrians is being created, which leads from the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo railway station towards the MCC! And she goes through the forest, as long as possible. She goes out onto the road along which cars pass, it is not lit in the evening, you can break anything. Workers have been installing lighting lanterns along it for two months, if not more, it rains, water flows into plastic pipes, where the cable for them should be pulled. Nightmare! This is how they spend cash! Why all this stupid work? After all, it is possible, and indeed it was necessary, just to create a railway crossing for people on the other side of the platform, a normal ladder to climb to the platform and voila, all passengers are happy! It was not necessary to lay, dig 200 meters through the forest to create this stupid path. After all, all passengers absolutely have to jump off the platform in order to get to work and back home (as it is much more convenient to make the transition to the MCC from the near end of the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo platform), while risking not only harming their health, but also dying, hit by a passing train! And every day I watch both men and women with children do it! I also have to do it because this way is much shorter!!! And for the fare, however, I pay a month in advance, buying a travel card! Doesn't everyone care once again? How so? I ask you to look into my complaint and take it seriously. I hope that reason will prevail over the stupidity of some leaders. Finally, a decision will be made to install a railway crossing and from the other end of the Pokrovskoye - Streshnevo platform, and many of our compatriots will breathe easy!
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Babaev Alexey Valerievich.

Inside the "Lastochka" on the MCC, they are no different from those that run to Kryukovo and Tver and are already well known to many Zelenograd residents. trains have appropriate stickers, but we did not find special fastenings for two-wheeled transport in the local Lastochki. As well as the intention to twist the “extra”, third seats, so that all cars have a 2 + 2 layout, has not yet been fulfilled. Empty trains do not seem to run on the MCC. We were on the ring from about 17:00 to 18:30, that is, almost in the evening "rush hour", and in all the "Swallows" we saw, some of the passengers rode standing up. The nearest stop to Likhobory, if you go west, is Koptevo. However, it turned out to be among the five stations that did not manage to open even in draft form before the launch of traffic on the MCC.

Streshnevo MCC station

But taking into account the fact that the intermediate stations in the North-West Administrative District are still closed, I rushed from the Khoroshevo station to Streshnevo in 5 minutes! Where to put the bike? The MCC could become popular with cyclists. But there is a problem: entering the car through the door with the icon depicting a bicycle, you find that it leads to the narrowest place in the car opposite the toilet. There are reclining seats here. When they are not busy, you can still put a couple of Veliks, but if people are sitting here, even one bicycle creates inconvenience in the aisle.
But these are temporary difficulties. "Swallows", received in the factory, promise to remake. “All cars in the depot will be gradually re-equipped during the year,” said Nadezhda Dorzhieva, head of the MCC press center in the Moscow Metro. - For cyclists, places will be equipped in the 2nd and 4th cars, each of which will have racks for six bicycles.

Streshnevo MCC on the map - how to get there

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The MCC station "Likhobory" (until this summer it was known as "Nikolaevskaya") is in the line of sight from the NATI platform. If you came by train from Zelenograd, you need to get off the platform to the right side in the direction of travel and go along the path along railway towards the Leningradsky railway station. The exit from the platform is located at the level of the third or fourth cars.

The MCC train will drive from the station "Khoroshevo" to "Streshnevo" in five minutes

It is expected that by 2025 the passenger traffic of the Leningradskaya platform during the morning rush hour will be 18.9 thousand people. In addition, it is planned that in the future one of the stops of the Moscow Central Diameter - Nakhabino - Podolsk will be equipped here. Now the transfer hub is 59 percent ready. The construction site employs 145 people and seven pieces of equipment.

Eight warm transfers The capital's specialists already have experience in organizing transfers from MCC stations to the radial directions of the railway. So, in 2017, an underground pedestrian crossing was built in the Kazan direction, connecting the Fraser platform and Andronovka MCC station. Currently, work is underway to integrate MCC stations with six directions of the Moscow Railways.

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They, as well as three other stations of the MCC, which are not yet operating (Koptevo, Sokolinaia Gora and Dubrovka), are planned to open before the end of the year. At Panfilovskaya there will be one more transfer to the "burgundy" metro line - to the Oktyabrskoye Pole station. The next operating MCC station in SZAO is Streshnevo.

True, the exit here is open so far only on one side - to the Light Passage. Many passengers, getting off at this station, ask its employees how to get to the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo railway platform (the possibility of such a transfer is indicated on some variants of the MCC map). It is really possible to get to this platform from here, but, firstly, it is long, and secondly, you need to know the road well.

To do this, you will have to cross the path of the MCC. This can only be done along the sidewalk of the automobile bridge along which Volokolamka passes, and you still have to walk to it.

Transition from the railway station Pokrovskoe-Streshnevo to the MCC

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Moreover, the branch of the transition, which leads from the MCC station towards Voykovskaya, is docked with the Metropolis building. And although the signs send you to the subway on the street, in fact, a significant part of the way can be done in the warmth, passing through the entire building of the shopping center. Then, only about 200 meters will remain to be overcome along the street to the entrance to the subway.

From Nati to MCC. Moscow central ring through the eyes of Zelenograd

This means that electric trains of the Leningrad direction will stop even closer to the MCC, and the transfer from NATI to Likhobory will become even shorter and more convenient. And now let's return to the Likhobory station. Both platforms have awnings and a decent amount of benches and bins. The surface is tiled, with a strip of yellow tactile tiles laid along the edge of the platform.

In general, everything is stylish, neat and, if we talk about platforms, and not about transitions, then, in my opinion, a little retro. All the design is designed in the corporate style of Russian Railways, which operates this road together with the Moscow Metro (I remind you that you can pay for travel with metro tickets, while the transfer between the metro and the MCC will be free for an hour and a half). Electronic boards show the direction of travel (by the name of the next station) and the time until the arrival of the train.

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In the opposite direction, the road will take a little longer, since you will still have to cross the bridge to the far platform to NATI. While we are waiting for our Lastochka to go on a trip around the MCC, let us remind you that in the future a large transport interchange hub should appear on Likhobory - with shops, parking lots and even a hockey rink. And, of course, ground stops public transport.

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The bulk of the TPU buildings will be located on the side of the Cherepanovykh passage (that is, opposite from the NATI platform). It is supposed to look like this (the image is clickable). And this is what the place looks like now. Road works are being carried out on the Cherepanovykh passage.

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But a lot here depends on the number of electric trains stopping at NATI. For example, on September 20, it was impossible to leave Kryukovo for NATI from 8:56 to 16:05 - more than 7 hours! But in the coming days, the situation should change: the number of electric trains stopping at NATI has doubled.3. The road was opened with a lot of minor imperfections - work is still underway almost everywhere.

For the majority of passengers, this is not scary, but the MCC is practically not suitable for people with limited mobility. If for some reason you experience difficulties with movement, you should think very carefully about how you will storm the numerous stairs, even devoid of wheelchair skids. See also: Anatomy of the Swallow. What is the best Russian electric train How are they building a "dedicated line" for high-speed trains.

Construction is being carried out on the Severyanin platforms ( Yaroslavl direction), Karacharovo ( Gorky direction), Novokhokhlovskaya (Kurskoye), Varshavskaya (Paveletskoye), Leningradskaya (Rizhskoye) and Okruzhnaya (Savelovskoye). The work is already half done. In addition, design work is underway to connect the NATI platform of the Oktyabrskaya railway with the MCC. Until seven minutes at rush hour, the Moscow Government and Russian Railways are engaged in another large-scale project to develop the Riga direction of the Moscow Railways.

On the Moscow-Rizhskaya - Nakhabino section, it is planned to build additional third and fourth main tracks. They also organize additional stops for a comfortable transfer of passengers to the metro and improve transport services for local microdistricts. In addition, the possibility of building a double-track railway line 4.8 kilometers long to Rublyovo-Arkhangelskoye is being considered.

On the Riga direction commuter trains construction of a new platform "Leningradskaya", shifted to the Moscow Central Ring, began. Upon completion of the construction, it will be possible to get to the MCC through a convenient covered passage in a few minutes. But at the same time, "Leningradskaya" is moving away from the metro station "Voykovskaya", where passengers of the Riga direction transfer to go to the center. Why a transfer from the railway to the MCC is being built in the city to the detriment of the transfer to the metro, RG understood.

Let me remind you that a program is currently being implemented in Moscow to integrate MCC stations with suburban railway lines. After its completion, train trips to the city will become much more convenient. Transfers will appear on almost all radii. Stations everywhere "pull up" to each other, making convenient transport hubs, or they build new stations where possible.

With "Leningradskaya" there was a unique situation. There is already a relatively convenient transfer from the Riga direction - a little more than 400 meters - to the Voykovskaya metro station. Fifteen minutes - and the passengers of the Riga direction on the "Belorusskaya", another five - on the "Teatralnaya" near the Kremlin. After the transfer of the platform, it will be about 300 meters further to the metro, but it will be only 90 meters to the MCC through a warm transition. But not everyone needs a ring. “Why do I need the MCC, from which I can only go to the periphery?” Anastasia Mashkova from Krasnogorsk is perplexed. - "I have all the roads - to the center."

"Think about retired summer residents," echoes Alexei Mayorov, who has a summer house in Istra. “For them, an extra 300 meters with heavy bags is not an idle walk.” The difficulty of "Leningradskaya" is that between it and the next station along the Riga direction "Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo" is only a couple of kilometers. “If you add another station between them, the train will not have enough space to accelerate and decelerate between the two platforms, you will have to go slowly, and this will greatly affect bandwidth site. It will not be a huge electric train with a length of more than 200 meters that will have to be launched here, but a tram," Russian Railways explains.

As a result, until the last moment, transport workers could not decide how exactly to integrate the Riga direction with the MCC. And the passengers learned about the upcoming plans after the fact - when the workers went to the construction site this winter.

Now the first platform is almost ready. "Railway workers, together with colleagues from the profile structures of Moscow, were looking for the best option. And they came to the decision to move the Leningradskaya stop point in the Riga direction by 200 meters towards the MCC with the construction of two coastal passenger platforms," ​​they comment on the Moscow Railway. - "Such a design solution allows you to maintain the existing connection between the Leningradskaya platform and the Voykovskaya metro station, slightly increasing the distance to the metro, and also provides a convenient transfer to the Streshnevo MCC station. In addition, the transport situation will improve for local residents. Residents of Svetly Proyezd will have a direct passage to Voikovskaya, and residents of Radiatornye Streets and Voikovsky Proezds will have access to the Streshnevo station. Now, in fact, the Voikovsky district is cut by railroad tracks and fences, and after construction, a convenient bridge will appear over them."

Now you can get to "Streshnevo" from "Leningradskaya" only through Leningradsky Prospekt - it's about 1.5 km on foot.

According to the forecasts of the Moscow Department of Transport, passenger traffic on Streshnevo will double after the transfer - now there are 4.3 thousand passengers per day, after the completion of construction, 7.9 thousand are expected.

The increase is expected due to passengers from Leningradskaya and local residents - now, according to the Central Suburban Passenger Company, about 8 thousand people pass through the station every day. The remaining 4,000 will have to walk a little longer to get to the subway or take buses. The Department of Transportation promises to review the bus traffic patterns in the area after the transfer is completed.

On September 10, passenger traffic was launched along. One of its stations, Likhobory, is located near the NATI platform of the Oktyabrskaya railway. Last week I and my colleague Zelenograd infoportal Vasily Povolnov (mostly his photos are used in the post) finally visited this and other stations, which Zelenograd residents can theoretically use to transfer to the MCC, to see how everything works there and tell our readers about it.

The MCC station "Likhobory" (until this summer it was known as "Nikolaevskaya") is in the line of sight from the NATI platform.

If you came by train from Zelenograd, you need to get off the platform to the right side in the direction of travel and go along the path along the railway towards the Leningradsky railway station.

The exit from the platform is located at the level of the third or fourth cars. If you want to save time on transplanting, sit in them. There is also a sign in the direction of the MCC. To the left of it, the buildings of the Likhobor station are visible.

The distance from the exit from the NATI platform to the entrance to the overpass of the Likhobory station is just over 200 meters. However, keep in mind that the entrance to the transition is not the entrance to the station itself.

After 120 meters, the path along the OZhD (in the photo, the view is in the opposite direction - to the NATI platform) turns right.

Around the corner of the fence, the view of the Likhobory station opens up again. The overpass is within easy reach.

But that's the most annoying part. shortcut. In the vicinity of NATI and Likhobor, a Northeast Chord(it is also the Northern Rocade), which by the end of 2018 must tie New Leningradka with Dmitrovsky highway. Because of this, the asphalt is further covered with a layer of dirt, which is transported around the neighborhood by construction equipment. Apparently, in the future, an underground passage will be built here for passengers of electric trains. But for now, this is it. Such a cool infrastructure project as the MCC is, of course, not to the face.

Landscaping work continues around the Likhobory station itself. However, the area in front of the entrance to the transition is already paved with “ceremonial” tiles.

Now we have to climb to the height of a three-story house with high ceilings. There is an elevator in the passage, but so far it, like the metal detector frames at the entrance, is not working (all data in the material is given as of September 20). Therefore, you have to go on foot. At the same time, there are no channels (skids for wheelchairs) on the stairs. One can only sympathize with the one who manages to be here, for example, with a baby carriage.

From the top floor there is a view of the NATI platform and the construction site of the North-East Chord.

And in the other direction - to the platforms of the Likhobory station.

To get to the platform, you need to hit the road on the transition above the railway. Only not to the end, but approximately to the middle.
Note that the transition (at least for now) is not an insulated structure. By design, it is similar to the elevated passage through the Central Avenue near the Zelenograd prefecture, and ventilation “holes in the floor” are hidden behind the railing on the sides. You can't get warm here in the winter. Compared to the transfer from the train to the metro at the Leningradsky railway station, this, of course, is a serious minus.

After about 90 meters on the right in the passage there will be glass doors leading to the station lobby.

Opposite, you can admire the bridge at the intersection of the Moscow Central Circle and the Oktyabrskaya railway.

With navigation, the situation here is much better than at the Butyrskaya metro station, which recently opened near the Ostankino platform (for transfers from the railway to the new stations of the Lyublino-Dmitrovskaya metro line, see separate post ). In any case, the way back to the NATI platform can be found without difficulty. Here is a sign that will meet you when you exit the glass doors. Then along the way there will be a few more signs.

In the lobby, behind the glass doors, there are turnstiles that are not working yet (let me remind you that travel through the MCC is free for the first month) and descents to two platforms (there are elevators, stairs, and escalators). Here you need to decide which platform you want to get on. If you are going west outside ring) - in the direction of "Koptevo", "Baltic", "Streshnevo" and so on - you turn right. If to the east (on the inside) - to the "Okruzhnaya", "Vladykino", "Botanical Garden" and further - to the left.

To help you, the MCC scheme (clickable)

The most obvious way to get down to the platform is the escalator. Unlike elevators, they are running. Each platform is connected to the lobby by two escalators: one goes up, the other goes down.

Estimating travel time on foot is not an easy task, but according to our estimates, you can get from the door of the train on the NATI platform to the platform at the Likhobory station in 6-8 minutes. In the opposite direction, the road will take a little longer, since you will still have to cross the bridge to the far platform to NATI.

While we are waiting for our “Lastochka” to go on a trip around the MCC, let us remind you that in the future, a large transport hub - with shops, parking lots and even a hockey rink. And, of course, ground public transport stops. The bulk of the TPU buildings will be located on the side of the Cherepanovykh passage (that is, opposite from the NATI platform). It is supposed to look like this (the image is clickable).

And this is what the place looks like now.

Road works are being carried out on the Cherepanovykh passage.

The TPU is planned to be built approximately by 2025. As part of this project, it is planned to reconstruct and extend the NATI platform towards the center of Moscow. This means that electric trains of the Leningrad direction will stop even closer to the MCC, and the transfer from NATI to Likhobory will become even shorter and more convenient.
And now let's return to the Likhobory station. Both platforms have awnings and a decent amount of benches and bins. The surface is tiled, with a strip of yellow tactile tiles laid along the edge of the platform.

In general, everything is stylish, neat and, if we talk about platforms, and not about transitions, then, in my opinion, a little retro.

All the design is designed in the corporate style of Russian Railways, which operates this road together with the Moscow Metro (I remind you that you can pay for travel with metro tickets, while the transfer between the metro and the MCC will be free for an hour and a half).

Electronic boards show the direction of travel (by the name of the next station) and the time until the arrival of the train. Recall that the declared intervals for trains on the MCC are 6 minutes during peak hours and 11-15 minutes during off-peak hours. If necessary, these intervals promise to reduce. And it seems that they are already thinking about the implementation of such a possibility.

The platform from which you can leave Likhobor towards Koptevo, that is, to the west, has tracks on both sides. But trains come on the left side (in the direction of travel from the escalator). "External routes" are needed, apparently, for service purposes and freight traffic, which will remain on the ring. View back towards the passage leading to NATI.

And here is our train. It's been about 15 minutes since the previous one left. True, three electric trains proceeded in the opposite direction during this time.

As a rolling stock on the Moscow Central Ring, "Swallows" are used. I made a big post about how are these trains . Inside the "Lastochka" on the MCC, they are no different from those that run to Kryukovo and Tver and are already well known to many Zelenograd residents, except for pasted diagrams and announcements.
Scheme of the MCC in the car:

MCC and metro map:

Bicycles are allowed on the MCC, and there are appropriate stickers on the trains, but we did not find special fastenings for two-wheeled transport in the local Lastochki. As well as the intention to twist the “extra”, third seats, so that all cars have a 2 + 2 layout, has not yet been fulfilled.

Empty trains do not seem to run on the MCC. We were on the ring from about 17:00 to 18:30, that is, almost in the evening "rush hour", and in all the "Swallows" we saw, some of the passengers rode standing up.

The nearest stop to Likhobory, if you go west, is Koptevo. However, it turned out to be among the five stations that did not manage to open even in draft form before the launch of traffic on the MCC. Therefore, for now, the next stop after Likhobor is Baltiyskaya. Until the summer of this year, it was called "Voikovskaya" - after the metro station located nearby.
The transfer between Baltiyskaya and Voykovskaya is considered one of the longest on the MCC. The vestibules of the two stations are located more than 700 meters apart. For a metro passenger to transfer here to Moskovsky central ring, he should exit the subway through exit No. 1 (from the last car when moving towards the center, then from the glass doors to the right) and go along the Leningradskoye highway towards the region - to the Metropolis shopping complex.

"Baltiyskaya" is located at the intersection of the MCC with the Leningrad highway. The station has two exits: one towards Admiral Makarov Street, the other towards Novopetrovsky proezd, Metropolis and Voykovskaya metro station.

Moreover, the branch of the transition, which leads from the MCC station towards Voykovskaya, is docked with the Metropolis building. And although the signs send you to the subway on the street, in fact, a significant part of the way can be done in the warmth, passing through the entire building of the shopping center. Then, only about 200 meters will remain to be overcome along the street to the entrance to the subway. Of course, this advice is also relevant for those who go from the metro to the MCC.

There is only one platform on the Baltic and, accordingly, it is wider.

Escalators and stairs for descent / ascent between the platform and the transition are located in one place. There are also elevators, but, like on Likhobory, they are not working yet.

If you, having a baby stroller with you, decide to leave Baltiyskaya in the direction opposite to Metropolis, you will face the same problem as at the transfer at NATI - there is no alternative to descend the stairs without channels.

View from the MCC platform to the side facade of the Metropolis.

If the Metrostroy website contains current sketches of TPU projects on the Moscow Central Circle, then the final form of the Baltiyskaya station will look like this. There will be another transition in both directions from the other edge of the platform.

The next station after the "Baltic" - "Streshnevo". Previously, it was called "Volokolamskaya" because it is located at the intersection of the MCC with the Volokolamsk highway. Theoretically, one of the Zelenograd residents could come here by car, and then go to further way by MCC. However, this option is unlikely to become widespread. Not only will it suit few people by itself, it’s also not clear where to leave the car in this case - there is no semblance of an intercepting parking here.

Moreover, a transition has not yet been completed at Streshnevo, which could lead to the 1st Krasnogorsky passage, which is potentially the most convenient way to get to this station from Zelenograd.

As part of the creation of a transport interchange hub here, the Streshnevo MCC station will be connected by a transition to the platform of the Riga Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo direction, which will be moved several hundred meters for this. However, this has nothing to do with trips to / from Zelenograd (only if it’s for trips to my country house :)).
Visualization of the Streshnevo transport hub project (image from the MCC website)

Scheme of the Streshnevo transport hub (clickable image from the Metrostroy website)

In the meantime, the Streshnevo station looks almost like the twin Likhobor: the same two platforms on the sides of the main passage...

And a typical (but at the same time, in my opinion, stylish) lobby building with escalators, adjacent to the transition.

There are also combined “ring” metro and MCC schemes everywhere. For some reason, there were no such schemes at Likhobory.

As in all other places, active construction and finishing work is still going on at the Streshnevo station.

Unfortunately, I have not had time to drive around the entire ring yet, although it would be very interesting to do this. Well, I hope it still does. However, from the point of view of Zelenograd residents, of course, the visited stations are of the greatest interest.

At the end of the story, I summarize a few key points.
1. The MCC has started — and it's wonderful. In fact, in Moscow appeared the new kind public transport, which significantly increased the connectivity of existing lines and routes. It is already obvious that, contrary to the gloomy forecasts of skeptics, the ring is in demand by the townspeople.
2. Many residents of Zelenograd have new options for building routes when traveling to Moscow. But a lot here depends on the number of electric trains stopping at NATI. For example, on September 20, it was impossible to leave Kryukovo for NATI from 8:56 to 16:05 - more than 7 hours! But in the coming days, the situation should change: the number of electric trains stopping at NATI doubled .
3. The road was opened with a lot of minor imperfections - work is still underway almost everywhere. For the majority of passengers, this is not scary, but the MCC is practically not suitable for people with limited mobility. If for some reason you experience difficulties with movement, you should think very carefully about how you will storm the numerous stairs, even devoid of wheelchair skids.

The long-awaited new line of urban transport has earned. The Moscow Central Ring (MCC) received its first passengers on the afternoon of September 10. On the first day, 26 out of 31 ring stations were opened. The correspondent of "SZ" visited the stations of our district.

Stations and transfers

If you drive along the inner ring of the MCC, that is, clockwise, the first station in the SZAO is Khoroshovo. It is located on Khoroshovsky highway approximately in the middle between Zorge street and the beginning of Mnevniki street. There have been a lot of passengers here since the first days of the MCC: many change here to the Polezhaevskaya metro station. Walk to the subway a little more than 600 meters, which takes 7-8 minutes for most passengers.

The next two stations - "Zorge" and "Panfilovskaya" - trains still pass without stops. They, as well as three other stations of the MCC, which are not yet operating (Koptevo, Sokolinaia Gora and Dubrovka), are planned to open before the end of the year. At Panfilovskaya there will be one more transfer to the "burgundy" metro line - to the Oktyabrskoye Pole station.

The next operating MCC station in SZAO is Streshnevo. True, the exit here is open so far only on one side - to the Light Passage. Many passengers, getting off at this station, ask its employees how to get to the Pokrovskoye-Streshnevo railway platform (the possibility of such a transfer is indicated on some variants of the MCC map). It is really possible to get to this platform from here, but, firstly, it is long, and secondly, you need to know the road well. To do this, you will have to cross the path of the MCC. This can only be done along the sidewalk of the automobile bridge along which Volokolamka passes, and you still have to walk to it. It is easier to get to the neighboring platform Leningradskaya of the same Riga direction, since it is located on the other side of the MCC, the exit to which works. This path takes 8-9 minutes for a pedestrian.

But as soon as the second exit from the Streshnevo station opens (to the 1st Krasnogorsky proezd), transferring to electric trains of the Riga direction will become much more convenient. According to the station staff, this will happen in a couple of months, or even earlier.

The next MCC station, Baltiyskaya, is located in the neighboring Northern District, near the border of the Northwestern Administrative District. Here you can go to the Voykovskaya metro station. The transition is comparable in distance with the transfer "Khoroshevo" - "Polezhaevskaya".

Transfers to the MCC take an average of 2-3 minutes. But taking into account the fact that the intermediate stations in the North-West Administrative District are still closed, I rushed from the Khoroshevo station to Streshnevo in 5 minutes!

Where to put the bike?

The MCC could become popular with cyclists. But there is a problem: entering the car through the door with the icon depicting a bicycle, you find that it leads to the narrowest place in the car opposite the toilet. There are reclining seats here. When they are not busy, you can still put a couple of Veliks, but if people are sitting here, even one bicycle creates inconvenience in the aisle.

But these are temporary difficulties. "Swallows", received in the factory, promise to remake.

“All cars at the depot will be gradually re-equipped during the year,” said Nadezhda Dorzhieva, head of the MCC press center in the Moscow Metro. - For cyclists, places will be equipped in the 2nd and 4th cars, each of which will have racks for six bicycles.

In addition, the “extra” seats will be removed, leaving 2 on each side of the aisle, which will make it much wider (in some cars this has already been done). Metal cages for suitcases, which take up a lot of space, are being dismantled, and handrails will be built for standing passengers.