How does transport work on New Year's Eve? How public transport will work during the New Year holidays. Transport security will be strengthened

Among the most popular places New Year's Eve - Moscow streets. And then, in New Year holidays few people stay at home. Muscovites go for a walk at the Journey to Christmas festival, ice skating on giant skating rinks and tubing hills, skiing and sledding... They are helped in moving around the city by public transport, which operates these days according to a special holiday schedule. RG found out what it is and where you can’t go by car.

Along Tverskaya only on foot

“Journey to Christmas” brings together thousands of people in the capital who are not afraid of either frost or slush. A dense crowd of people walks along the sidewalks of Tverskaya, moving from site to site, looking at the light installations that decorate Moscow. Tverskaya - from Triumfalnaya Square to the Kremlin - is given over to pedestrians for five whole days. Local one-lane closures will begin tomorrow, December 29. And then the main street of the city, as well as Mokhovaya, Okhotny Ryad and almost all adjacent lanes will be completely blocked - this will happen on the night of Saturday, December thirtieth, and will only be opened on January 3rd. On the last day of the old year, all approaches to Red Square, including Varvarka, Ilyinka, and the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge, will be closed. Cars will also be allowed there again only on the third.

Metro all night

Get to the center in New Year and on days of closures, of course, the easiest way is to take the metro. For the second time on December 31, the subway will operate all night, without interruption. As the head of the Moscow Metro, Viktor Kozlovsky, said, trains will run on the night of January 1 at intervals of 3.5 to 10 minutes. Moskovskoe will also work according to the same schedule. central ring. That is, after celebrating the New Year and listening to the chimes in the center of the capital, you can easily return home.

By the way, Muscovites began receiving gifts from the metro a week before the New Year. Two themed trains were launched on the Circle Line.

Ground transport will also operate on New Year's Day - a total of 168 routes will operate until the morning.

But on Christmas, January 7, metro trains will extend their working hours until two in the morning, and 174 routes will operate ground transport.

Out of town for whom?

Electric trains are also being adjusted for the New Year. Their schedule changes for all holidays, starting as early as December 29. According to the press service of the Central Suburban Passenger Company, due to the fact that there are fewer passengers, some trains are canceled during the holidays. From December 30 to January 7 they will run according to the Saturday schedule, on January 8 - according to the Sunday schedule, on the ninth everything will return to normal.

Besides, in New Year's Eve on some routes the last night trains will depart from stations an hour later.

On Leningrad direction, which is served by another carrier company - Moscow-Tver Suburban Passenger - from January 1 to 8, all electric trains, both "Swallows" and regular ones, will run on a weekend schedule. All changes have already been uploaded to the schedule applications - "Electrics" and "Yandex.Electrics", and can also be viewed on the Russian Railways website.

The fare will rise in price, but not by much

When going on a trip, do not forget that from January 2, travel prices in Moscow are changing - a trip on the Troika will rise in price by one ruble, instead of 35 rubles you will have to pay 36. Prices for season tickets will rise by several tens of rubles. But not significantly - the maximum increase in price is 3.8 percent.

But electric trains, as Maxim Dyakonov, executive director of the Center for Transport and Communications, promised, will most likely not rise in price next year. But in the first half of the year, the company is finally going to release an application through which it will be possible to buy one-time tickets for trips, which will save passengers from having to run to the ticket office every time - today 70 percent of tickets sold at ticket offices and machines are one-time tickets.

By the way

Also, on January 1st, the turnstiles will be removed from large buses with accordions. In return, a validator will appear at each door. The city is also promising to tighten controls. In total, according to Mosgortrans estimates, 60 buses and 15 tram routes. Removing the turnstiles will speed up the journey for each passenger by an average of 5 minutes.

Infographics: Infographics "RG" / Mikhail Shipov / Svetlana Batova

How will transport work in other major cities?

Saint Petersburg

In St. Petersburg, on New Year and Christmas, the metro and ground transport will operate around the clock. True, this does not mean that all buses, trolleybuses and trams will return to their usual routes. We are talking about night buses, which, if possible, duplicate metro lines. Good in winter time bridges on the Neva are not raised due to the cessation of navigation. However, Nevsky Prospekt will still be closed from nine in the evening. The action in the city center will end only after three o'clock in the morning, when festive fireworks will be launched into the sky. Please note that in night mode public transport Northern capital works only for cash, travel tickets don't work. Travel on the ground in St. Petersburg costs 40 rubles, underground - 45.

Ekaterinburg

Before winter holidays A sightseeing tram decorated with garlands was launched around Yekaterinburg: watch sparkling with lights a trailer can be found on the evening streets. On New Year's Eve itself, the city metro will operate until 1 am, and ground public transport - buses, trolleybuses and trams - until 22:30. During holidays, carriers operate according to a standard weekday schedule.

Kazan

The operating hours of Moscow ground transport routes will change on the night of December 31, 2017 to January 1, 2018, the press service of the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans reported.

“On the night from December 31, 2017 to January 1, 2018, the operating hours of ground urban transport routes are changing. Thus, in the Central Administrative District, bus routes M1, M2, M3, M6, M10, M27, T3, T13, T79, No. 101, 158, 608, 904 and trams No. 9, 35, 46 will operate until 3:30 am. Also, bus routes M5, T18, T71, trolleybuses No. 20, 28, 41, 54, 56, trams No. 24, 26, 50 will operate around the clock. At the same time, night bus routes H1, H2, H3, H4 will continue to operate , N5, N6, N7, “B”, No. 15, tram No. 3,” the message says.

It is clarified that in North-Eastern Administrative District during this period until 3:30 a.m. bus routes M2, M10, T3, T13, T79, No. 124, 185, 238, 685 and trams No. 9 will operate. Bus routes T18, No. 605, 696, 774, 836, trolleybuses No. 56, 73, 76 and trams No. 11, 17 will operate around the clock. Night bus routes H6, No. 15 will also continue to operate.

In VAO, bus routes M3, M27, No. 3, 21, 86, 133, 214, 223, 247, 645, 664, 792, 872, trolleybuses No. 64, 77, trams No. 36, 46 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes No. 52, 716, 841, 855 will operate around the clock; trolleybuses No. 41 and trams No. 11, 24, 50. The operation of night bus routes H3 and H4 is maintained.

In the South-Eastern Administrative District, bus routes No. 29, 81, 89, 133, 242, 608, 623, 655, 669, 703 (to Kuryanovo), 728, 749, trolleybuses No. 38 and trams No. 24, 50 will operate until 3:30 a.m. Bus routes No. 209, 670 (to the Kozhukhovskaya metro station), 841, trolleybuses No. 74 and trams No. 24, 50 will operate around the clock. Night bus routes No. H4, N5, N7 will continue to operate.

In the Southern Administrative District, bus routes M1, M6, No. 158, 192, 217, 274, 289, 296, 608, 623, 680, 682, 738, 765, trolleybuses No. 40, trams No. 35 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes M5, T71, No. 203, 220, 670 (to the Kozhukhovskaya metro station), trolleybuses No. 11k, 52, 72, and trams No. 26 will operate around the clock. The operation of the night route of buses H1, H5 and trams No. 3 is maintained.

In the South-Western Administrative District, bus routes M1, No. 103, 108, 202, 213, 227, 295, 577, 611, 636, 642, 720, 737, 767, 804, and trolleybuses No. 85 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes M5, No. 130, 224, 531, 752, 895, trolleybuses No. 28, 34, 52, 72, trams No. 26 will operate around the clock. The operation of the night route of H1 buses is maintained.

In the JSC, bus routes M1, M3, M27, No. 11, 32, 42, 77, 103, 120, 157, 227, 507, 611, 642, 715, 720, 733, 767, 794 will operate until 3:30 am. 810, 830. Bus routes T19, No. 127, 130, 224, 688, 752, 950, trolleybuses No. 17, 28, 34, 54 will operate around the clock. Night bus routes H1 and H2 will continue to operate.

In Northwestern Administrative Okrug until 3:30 a.m., bus routes M1, M6, No. 210, 266, 267, 268, 904, 400t, trolleybuses No. 70 and trams No. 21, 30 will operate around the clock. Bus routes T19, No. 2, 652, trolleybuses No. 20, 43, 59, trams No. 6, 28.

In the Northern Administrative District until 3:30 a.m., bus routes M1, M6, M10, T3, T79, No. 65, 90, 101, 167, 677, 904, trolleybuses No. 57, 70, and trams No. 30 will operate. Bus routes T19, No. 70, 149, 200, 400, 857, 774, trolleybuses No. 20, 43, 56, 58, 59, trams No. 6, 27, 28 will operate around the clock. The night route of the H1 bus will continue to operate.

In ZelAO, bus routes No. 11 and 15 will operate until 1:30 am. Bus route No. 400t will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes No. 19 and 400 will operate around the clock.

In TiNAO, bus routes No. 32, 507,577, 611, 804 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes No. 531, 863, 895, 950 will operate around the clock.

Photo: Vladimir Vyatkin, RIA Novosti

The metro will operate 24 hours without interruption

Previously, the capital's subway on the night of 31 December on  On January 1st I worked until 2 am. And now, for the first time in history, the metro will transport passengers throughout New Year’s Eve. However, from 00:30 to 05:30 on January 1, trains will run at an increased interval of 15 minutes. Next - according to the usual schedule. According to Sergei Sobyanin, the practice of not closing the metro on New Year's Eve, as well as on other important days for residents of the capital, will continue in the future. It is already known that in 2017 the metro will operate all night after City Day and on New Year. And in 2018, also during the FIFA World Cup, some matches of which will be held in Moscow.

Night route of ground transport

As on last New Year's Eve, ground transport - buses, trolleybuses and trams - will run around the city until 3 am. This does not apply to regular night routes, where transport operates according to its regular schedule. The movement will be carried out according to the weekend schedule. This means that the intervals on night routes will increase by 5-10 minutes compared to weekdays, depending on the route. There are a total of 11 night routes in the city (1 tram, 3 trolleybus, 7 bus). The route map can be viewed at transport.mos.ru.

Electric trains will wait for those walking

Residents of the Moscow region will also be able to take a longer walk around the capital on New Year's Eve. Electric trains will depart from Moscow stations later than usual. From Kazansky station the last electric train will leave at 01:55 (47 km to the station), from Kievsky - 01:35 (Nara), from Paveletsky - 01:40 (Ozherelye), from Kursky - 01:40 (Krutoe) and 01:48 (Serpukhov), from Yaroslavsky - 01:50 (Monino), from Belorussky - 01:48 (Kubinka), from Rizhsky - 01:50 (Novoierusalimskaya) and from Savelovsky - 01:50 (Taldom).

MCC will work like a metro

The Moscow Central Circle will operate all night, without interruption. Here Lastochka trains will run at intervals of 12 minutes from 00:30 to 05:50 on January 1.