The beginning of the metro in Moscow. What time does Moscow Metro open?

Often people are interested in how much traffic the city traffic starts in the morning. Asked 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 at 5.30. 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, 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 learn in advance.

As strange as it sounds, but on the square of three stations (Komsomolskaya metro station) 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. So it takes Muscovites and visitors to the capital in the early morning of the Moscow metro. 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. They start the countdown when the first wagon of the rolling stock is already entering the tunnel. They are 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 train schedule, 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 what is happening in the metro during the so-called rush hour. For most working people, students, students of schools and colleges, the activity starts 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 tries 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 metro work in Moscow among workers of the underground 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 navigate the subway 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 become much more.

When is it better to go by metro

Brief recommendations on this subject were mentioned above. And now we will look more closely at what days and hours it is better to go down into the subway.

Weekdays . Quiet time (not counting the stations where there are stations) for the passenger of the metro (Moscow) is the time to start 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 am you can take a train only with the fifth or 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 or minimal, especially in summer, when most of the townspeople leave the capital and go to the dacha, excursion, fishing. It is only possible to increase the number of passengers in the morning hours on Saturday (or the first public holiday) and necessarily on Sunday evening.

What time does the subway close

It does not matter which Moscow metro lines or stations 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 at night with a trip to the subway. Trains stop trains a little later than 01.00, but this is not a reason for travel, since the train can stand on the night setting, before reaching your station. Then you have to go to the surface and catch the 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). It is necessary to drive two distances. Let and the driving time is not 8 minutes, but we take into account both the time of the parking of the train, and possible stops in the tunnel, as well as stock.

Working hours on public holidays

Note the fact that the metro (Moscow), however, like land transport, on holidays 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 does the metro not work round the clock on such days? 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 metro lobby, workers close the doors, turn off the escalators and leave the lighting (somewhere full, 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, arrows, automation systems 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 these works, 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 night workers who were engaged in this and other duties.

Rules and requests for passengers

Rules on the Moscow metro can be heard 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 must be understood that the driver is not just a train driver, he is also a person, just like you. In the Moscow metro, photo and video are not prohibited, but it is strongly recommended not to photograph the head car with a flash. 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. 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, his requests are ignored, hence the serious failure of the train schedule. They will then ask the driver. Be more tactful.