Excursions along the Moscow Central Circle. Spontaneous tour of the MCC: a life hack for the curious MCC tour how to sign up

Free tours of the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) will be held for passengers daily on weekdays until October 10, 2016.

Launched on the Moscow Central Circle excursion route for passengers. Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to learn about the sights of Moscow, passing around the MCC in the Lastochka train. The first free tours took place on the day the passenger traffic was launched and were in great demand among the townspeople. On September 12, a free tour starts from the Luzhniki TPU at 16:00. Such cognitive walks on Lastochka will be held regularly throughout the month, from Monday to Friday.

Passing along the MCC, Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to see the Frunzenskaya Embankment, the Moscow City complex, VDNKh, the Luzhniki sports arena, and the Vorobyovy Gory nature reserve. During the trip, tourists will be told about the history of the Moscow District railway since its launch at the beginning of the 20th century. In total, there are about 86 architectural monuments of the Moscow District Railway, and all these objects can be observed from the windows of Lastochka. The tour lasts approximately 84 minutes. This is the travel time of Lastochka along the MCC, taking into account stops.

The solemn launch of passenger traffic on the MCC took place on September 10, 2016, on City Day. The ceremony was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to use 26 stops of the MCC, the remaining five stops are planned to be launched before the end of 2016. According to expert estimates, the MCC will provide transportation for about 75 million passengers in the first year of operation and 120 million people by 2020. Passenger traffic in 2025 will increase to 300 million people. In total, there will be 31 stations on the ring, at 17 stations it will be possible to transfer to 11 metro lines, at 10 stations to transfer to commuter trains. Of the 75 million people who are planned to be transported to the MCC in the first year, almost half will be metro passengers (34.5 million people), 20.2 million people - railway transport, 12.7 million - buses, 7.5 million passengers - residents of nearby houses.

MCC passengers will travel by Lastochka trains, the train interval will be from six minutes during peak hours and 11-15 minutes during off-peak hours. The MCC will be fully integrated into the metropolitan metro system with unified ticketing and fare systems, navigation, and travel rules for preferential categories of citizens: passengers will be able to use Single, 90 Minutes, and Troika tickets to travel on the ring.

According to the decision of Moscow Mayor S. Sobyanin, in the first month of the MCC's operation, travel around the ring will be free. That is, you can go to the metro, transfer to the central ring, and then go down to the subway again, spending only one trip. To do this, passengers need to reprogram travel tickets purchased before September 1. This can be done at the metro and monorail ticket offices, as well as at the Metro Passenger Agency and the Moscow Transport service center. The validity of the ticket and the balance of funds will not change.

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On a tour of the MCC, you will learn about the history of the construction of the District Railway, about the origin of the names of the stations, about the events that took place on the territory of the regions adjacent to the Moscow Central Circle: about the childhood of Peter the Great and his famous Kozhukhov campaign, about what happened before on the territory of the ZIL plant, and what we will see there in the near future, about where M. N. Ermolova was buried, why the Rostokinsky aqueduct was called the "millionth bridge", and what Tanya Rostokinskaya became famous for.

The tour is free of charge (fare is not included in the tour). Travel to the MCC can be paid using tickets ("Single", "90 minutes", "Troika"). There is a free transfer between the Moscow Metro, the Moscow Monorail and the Moscow Central Circle within 90 minutes after the first pass through the turnstile.

Until the spring of 2017, excursions were free of charge, now the cost is 300 rubles, reduced* - 250 rubles.
Each participant is given a radio guide for excellent audibility. We recommend bringing your own headphones. You must have a deposit of 1000 rubles with you. or an identity document. Equipment must be returned after the tour.