I discovered that if you have an unlimited metro pass and ground transport, the metro is not always the fastest and most successful way to get around Moscow. It is more convenient to combine all transports. Let's see how the tram compares favorably with its transport counterparts.

Study period: it extended from 05/10/2017 to 07/11/2017 (I didn’t study the route to Krylatskoye, then I’ll take a ride, not on purpose)

Tram 3 (the longest route at night 18.7 km) - Metro "Chistye Prudy" - Balaklava Avenue (at night - Academician Yangel Street)

Pros of the tram

  • Sometimes convenient routes. Tram rails sometimes they can connect the points you need with a shorter route
  • Stability of movement. Trams do not get stuck in traffic jams; they have separate tracks. Sometimes they stand at traffic lights, but in general they are more in motion
  • Aesthetics. The metro runs underground, where it is not as interesting outside the window as outside the tram window, especially in clear weather
  • Comfort. A tram rides smoother than a trolleybus or bus. Generally.
  • Railroading. For railway lovers: the tram is more railway than the metro
  • Environmental friendliness. The tram is healthier: it runs on electricity, so it doesn’t stink of gasoline or exhaust fumes

Tram route map

The most interesting routes for me:

They turned out to be B, 3, 7, 24, 46, 50, 11-half from Ostankino, 6 from Sokol to the Moscow Canal, 27, 17, and, judging by the water capacity around, you will like 31, 28 in Krylatskoye (but this is not checked I will, I’ll leave it to those who wish).

Moscow tram routes:

Tram A – Metro “Chistye Prudy” – Kaluzhskaya Square

The center of Moscow, interesting. But he got caught during road repairs. There were times when I had to stand in a traffic jam with cars.

Tram B - Sokolnicheskaya Zastava - Kursky Station

Interesting. To Kursky railway station.

Tram 1 - Moskvoretsky Market - Academician Yangel Street

Tram 2 – Metro “Semenovskaya” – Children’s sanatorium

Subjectively, I didn’t really like the route. And chats in the lineup. I understood why the corners of trams are cut off, so that the cabin and stern are narrow - on turns, oncoming trams would collide at the corners if the trains were rectangular. Ending station " Children's sanatorium» - perfect for starting a bike ride around Losiny Ostrov.

Tram 3 (longest route at night 18.7 km)— Metro “Chistye Prudy” — Balaklavsky Prospekt (at night - Academician Yangel Street)

24/7, runs at night. Today it is the longest tram route in Moscow at night: the travel distance is 18.7 km, the total time (taking into account the night interval) is 1 hour 22 minutes.

Tram 4l — Metro “Ulitsa Podbelskogo” — Sokolnicheskaya Zastava — ring

Tram 4pr - Metro "Ulitsa Podbelskogo" - Sokolnicheskaya Zastava - ring

Tra Mwai 6 - metro station "Sokol" - Bratsevo ( Tram 6k - Eastern Bridge - Bratsevo)

Modern new compositions with accordion. From Sokol to the Moscow Canal is interesting. The journey to Tushino is already monotonous and takes a long time.

Tram 7 – Metro station “Rokossovskogo Boulevard” (until 2014 “Ulitsa Podbelskogo”) – Metro “Novoslobodskaya”

It goes smoothly, especially the first half of the way from the Rokossovsky Boulevard metro station.

Tram 8 – Novokonnaya Square – 3rd Vladimirskaya Street

Tram 9 — Metro “Belorusskaya” — MIIT

Tram 10 – Metro “Schukinskaya” – Tallinskaya street

Tram 11 - Ostankino - 16th Parkovaya Street

The first half is interesting, with small streets and Izmailovsky Park. Along the straight, long Pervomaiskaya Street it’s no longer particularly interesting.

Tram 12 – Entuziastov Passage – 2nd Mashinostroeniya Street

From Enthusiastov Highway to Dubrovka.

Tram 13 - Kalanchevskaya street - Children's sanatorium

It’s also not particularly interesting, it goes along a straight big street to 3 railway stations.

Tram 14 – Kaluzhskaya Square – Metro “University”

Tram 15 - Metro Sokol - Tallinnaya Street

Tram 16 – Serpukhovsky Val Street – Academician Yangel Street

Tram 17 – Ostankino – Medvedkovo

A pleasant route with new trains. I rode sitting sideways, like on the subway. Comfortable, you can do business on the road.

Tram 19 – Kalanchevskaya street – Metro “Novoslobodskaya”

Tram 20 - Kursky Station - Ugreshskaya Street

Tram 21 — Metro “Schukinskaya” — Tallinskaya street

Tram 23 – Metro “Sokol” – Mikhalkovo

Tram 24 - Kursky Station - Novogireevo

From Kursky Station I drove back to Lefortovo Park.

Tram 25 – Ostankino – Sokolnicheskaya Zastava

Tram 26 - Kaluzhskaya Square - Metro "University"

The residential areas are not very interesting. The tram I came across is not very new, although it has electricity, it smells of technical substances, which makes you feel sick and nauseous.

Tram 27 — Metro “Voikovskaya” — Metro “Dmitrovskaya”

Nice route. There is greenery, the streets are small, it does not go along the main road.

Tram 28 – Metro “Sokol” – Marshala Zhukov Avenue

Tram 29 – Children’s sanatorium – Bogorodskoye

Tram 30 – Mikhalkovo – Tallinskaya street

Tram 31 – Metro “Voikovskaya” – Marshal Zhukov Avenue

Tram 32 – Passage Entuziastov – Metro “Partizanskaya”

Tram 33 — Metro “Rokossovsky Boulevard” — Sokolnicheskaya Zastava

Tram 34 - 16th Parkovaya Street - Novogireevo

Tram 34k - 16th Parkovaya Street - Semyonovskaya metro station

Tram 35 – Novokonnaya Square – Nagatino

Fine.

Tram 36 - Children's sanatorium - 3rd Vladimirskaya street

Tram 37 - Kalanchevskaya street - Novogireevo

Tram 38 — Metro “Proletarskaya” — Cheryomushki

Tram 39 — Metro “Chistye Prudy” — Metro “University”

Tram 40 – Ugreshskaya street – Novokonnaya square

Tram 43 – Metro “Semyonovskaya” – Ugreshskaya street

Tram 45 – Sokolnicheskaya Zastava – Novokonnaya Square

Tram 46 — Metro “Rokossovsky Boulevard” — Metro “Proletarskaya”

It’s nice from Ilyich Square to Proletarskaya - such a calm section.

Tram 47 – Kaluzhskaya Square – Nagatino

Tram 47k – Nizhniye Kotly – Nagatino

Tram 49 - Balaklava Avenue - Nagatino

Tram 50 - Kalanchevskaya street - Entuziastov Passage

This is more interesting. In general, routes along small streets are more interesting and beautiful. Look for these.

Results: To summarize, I would like to say that riding trams is a pleasant experience from time to time. They generally run smoother, especially in the north, where there are new trains. At first I assumed that it would be faster to travel by trams. It turned out that this is not so. In most cases, the meter will come out faster. Also, the ground public is more cheerful and positive than the crowds in the subway.

Without interrupting their work for the traditional weekend, already on Saturday the cars of the Moscow tram route № 20 back on line. They took passengers along the new route. And this is only the first step in adjusting the next group of metropolitan rail routes.

“Twenty” was the first to be changed

From December 23, 2017, the tram route № 20 "Art. Ugreshskaya - Kursky Station" has been seriously updated. It has been switched to daily operation, movement intervals have been reduced, last flights began to leave two and a half hours later.

But the main thing is the change in route. Traffic on the section from the Museum named after. Andrey Rublev to Ugreshskaya MCC station filmed. Instead, the cars are directed along Andronevsky Proezd and Volochaevskaya Street to Krasnokazarmennaya Square. Departure from Kursky Station daily from 5:36 to 23:36, from Krasnokazarmennaya Square - from 5:48 to 23:48. Movement intervals are nine minutes, in the early morning and late evening hours - up to 12 minutes.

Route popularity № 20 significantly decreased a decade and a half ago after the opening of the first stage of the Lublin metro line, which ended in 1999 with the launch of the Dubrovka station. Traffic intervals on the route during certain hours gradually increased to 40 minutes. At the same time, the connection between Volochaevskaya Street and Kursky Station and the interchange hub of three stations of the Moscow Metro turned out to be in demand every time it spontaneously arose during temporary changes in tram routes. Locals They have been asking for a long time to make a permanent route for them, but they were finally heard only very recently.

Changing route № 20 - only the first in an already planned chain of optimizations of eight metropolitan tram routes, which have already been approved in the city register of routes.

Immediate plans

It has already been decided that the route № 3 "Balaklavsky Ave. – Chistye Prudy metro station will be extended along Chertanovskaya Street to terminal station“Akademika Yangel Street” along the night flight route No. 3n, now operating six nights a week, except the nights from Sunday to Monday. At the same time, the production of wagons on the route will cease № 16 "St. Academician Yangel – Serpukhov Val.”

Will mutually exchange final stops routes №№ 34 “16th Parkovaya St. - Novogireevo" and 36 "Children's sanatorium - 3rd Vladimirskaya street." Route № 34 will be shortened to 3rd Vladimirskaya Street, and the route № 36 , on the contrary, will be extended to the final station “Novogireevo”.

It is planned to shorten to the Semenovskaya metro station instead of the Partizanskaya metro station tram route № 32 "Etc. Enthusiasts - Partizanskaya Metro. And the route № 12 "Etc. Enthusiastov - 2nd st. Mechanical Engineering", on the contrary, will extend along Entuziastov Highway, Ave. Budyonny, Izmailovskoe highway, st. Izmailovsky Val, Shcherbakovskaya St., 2nd St. Izmailovsky Menagerie to the Partizanskaya metro station.

After the change, route cars will be able to drive closer to the lobby of the Sokolniki metro station, where it was in early December. № 25 "Ostankino - Sokolnicheskaya outpost." The route will be extended along 2nd Polevoy lane, st. Stromynka, Babaevskaya st. and st. Matrosskaya Silence to Bolshoi Matrossky Lane. with a turn through the tram depot named after. Rusakova.

The route will be straightened somewhat № 46 "Metro Boulevard Rokossovsky - Metro Proletarskaya." His entry to Malaya Semenovskaya Street, Semenovsky Lane will be canceled. and Izmailovskaya st. when going to the Proletarskaya metro station.

What else is being prepared?

Mass deliveries of three-section 71-931M Vityaz-M cars, of which there were already 110 in Moscow by the end of 2017, are encouraging metropolitan transport workers to review the Moscow tram route network. Capacious carriages are sent to routes with high passenger traffic. After the complete transfer of the tram depot named after. Bauman to service the “Vityaz”, they will begin to arrive at other depots – Oktyabrskoye and them. Rusakova. The separate network of the Krasnopresnensky depot, which previously received 70 Pesa cars, will remain unchanged for now. And on the main network, the appearance of new cars will cause inevitable changes in routes. Some of them will even change their depot of registration - it will depend on the type of rolling stock.

Unsuitable for Vityaz operation, the oldest surviving tram depot named after. Apakova will continue to work with traditional single-section cars and coupled cars based on the Tatra T3 model. “Short” cars will also be worked on at the site of the Tramway Repair Plant, which is being returned to work.

And for work with new modern cars, another territory occupied by the Logistics Base of the State Unitary Enterprise “Mosgortrans” on Ugreshskaya Street will be adapted. A tram maintenance and repair facility will appear here, with a storage area for 150 three-section trams. Project financing is included in the Targeted Investment Program of the city of Moscow. A competition for the design of a new transport facility has already been announced.

Mass production of three-section cars with increased current consumption in the capital requires ensuring a stable power supply and modernizing the contact network. To identify “weak points,” Mosgortrans ordered work to calculate the power supply of the contact network. However, not a single applicant showed up for the competition held in December. The capital's tram operators revealed plans for further changes in routes to the competition participants. All calculations had to be done for a promising route network, which even included some sections just being prepared for construction.

Thus, according to preliminary information, from the side of Akademika Yangelya Street to Biryulyovo-Zapadnoye they are going to redirect the route instead of the Moskvoretsky Market № 1 , and to connect with areas closer to the center, extend the route from Balaklava Avenue № 49 .

They want to leave the routes unchanged No. 4 (right And left), 7, 11, 13, 14, 26, 29, 35, 36, 37, 39, 47. Superfluous in new network there may be routes No. 2, 9, 20, 32, 34k, 38, 40, 45, B– they are compensated by other variable routes. Some of them will almost double in size.

The longest route (26.9 km long) should be № 12 . It will connect 16th Parkovaya Street and Cheryomushki, completely absorbing the route № 38 . The route in the projected network will be slightly shorter (23 km long) № 25 . According to preliminary information, in this form it will connect Medvedkovo and Kursky Station, passing through Oleniy Val Street, Baumanskaya and Volochaevskaya streets and absorbing part of the route routes No. B And 45 .

The length of the route will change slightly № 8 – from 9.9 to 9.4 km. Previously, it was planned to run it from 3rd Vladimirskaya Street instead of Novokonnaya Square to Kursky Station along the restored line, but the decision to revive this line has so far been blocked by local social activists.

Route № 19 from Kalanchevskaya Street instead of Novovorotnikovsky Lane they will be directed to Tverskaya Zastava, and the route will be extended along its old route № 50 . Such measures will make it possible to refuse to use the route № 9 . Route № 24 from Kursky Station, instead of Novogireev, it will only go to Entuziastov Proezd. The route will be shortened even further № 34 - instead of the previous 17.7 km from its route, only 8.06 km will be left, which is approximately equal to the distance along the route of the current route No. 34k from 16th Parkovaya Street to Malaya Semenovskaya Street. Route routes will become longer №№ 43 (18.2 km instead of 15.4 km), 46 (17.0 km instead of 16.7) and A(16.0 km instead of 10.2).

Note that with the existing network, “Annushka” will not be able to increase in size that much. The location of all existing tram rings allows you to organize a route of either greater or lesser length. Apparently, plans for the legendary capital route were also drawn up taking into account new construction (the line on Academician Sakharov Avenue, or a turn from the center to the Novospassky Bridge on Paveletskaya Square).

Vityaz-M cars are going to be used to fully equip the routes №№ 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 17, 26, 36, 37, 39, 50 . The remaining routes on the main network will continue to be operated by single carriages. And only on the route № 1 will maintain the operation of couplers of two Tatra T3 type cars in a multi-unit system.

However, it is known that the more long-term plans are, the more all kinds of changes can occur with their implementation. Therefore, with greater confidence we can expect in the coming months only those changes that are already included in the city register.

Let us remember that in September tram service to Tverskaya Zastava and three auxiliary tram routes were opened in Moscow.

Before we begin our story, let me step back a little from the topic and recall literature, namely the work of the brilliant Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. Let us mentally transport ourselves to the alley and sit down not far from a bench on which three people were sitting enthusiastically talking... When asked by a strange foreigner what Mikhail Berlioz intends to do this evening, the chairman of MASSOLIT replied that he would have to participate in the meeting.

«— “No, this can’t possibly be,” the foreigner firmly objected.
— This Why ?
— Because, answered the foreigner... — that Annushka had already bought sunflower oil, and not only bought it, but even bottled it. So the meeting will not take place.”

Of course, Berlioz was impressed by this, but he could not understand what the notorious Annushka had to do with it. A couple of hours later, leaving Woland with his companion, the poet Bezdomny, on the bench, Mikhail Alexandrovich set off to meet his, as it later turned out, already predetermined fate... Thus began a whole series of incredible events, described in Bulgakov’s unforgettable novel.

Today on Chistye Prudy you can meet an amazing tram, which bears the name of that very clumsy Annushka, who played her fatal role. Modern trams that travel along the rails of Russia and the world undoubtedly surpass “Annushka” in speed and comfort, but, considering the unusual transport, we will pay attention to it too.

Some examples amaze with their design, amazing engineering solutions, and speed. Citizens who often use public transport quickly get used to new products, and sometimes it makes a lasting impression on tourists. What are they, modern trams? Are there any recognized leaders among them?

For those who don't like traffic jams

The problem of transport collapse today is relevant not only for megacities, but also for provincial ones. small towns. During rush hour, the roads become so congested that congestion is inevitable. Different countries have always tried to solve this problem in a variety of ways: they looked for alternatives, built additional routes, tried to popularize public transport. The pioneer was the bus. However, it soon turned out that he got into traffic jams no less often than cars. But a tram could save such problems, because the main part of the tracks runs along the roadway, and not directly along it. Thus, the tram could easily rush past many kilometers of traffic jams, while trolleybuses and buses took the same passive part in them as passenger cars.

This was the reason for modernization and development. In many countries around the world, huge bets are placed on the production of modern trams. Russia is one of these countries, trying to develop and partially purchasing transport abroad. Today modern trams travel around many major cities RF.

The path to perfection

Once upon a time, small tram cars were driven by horsepower, and real ones at that. Even the song “High Speed ​​Tram” was composed by grateful passengers of horse-drawn carriages. Progress had its say, and the electric motor supplanted the driver. At the end of the 19th century, the first electric trams appeared. They did not differ in particular speed or level of comfort and over time were replaced by more convenient transport - buses. In the Soviet Union, it was common to think that the tram theme had completely exhausted itself. By the end of the 20th century, this transport could be seen in many provincial towns and even regional centers, but even then there was obsolescence. Meanwhile, in the West there was a real tram renaissance. For example, at that time a modern high-speed tram was already hovering over the streets of New York, which moved not on rails, but on a stretched cable, like a funicular.

Russia again paid close attention to this method of transportation at the beginning of the new century. Today it is developing rapidly. For example, in Volgograd the modern line runs underground, like a metro. In Magnitogorsk, the traditional tram is being popularized and improved. St. Petersburg has the largest network of tracks in Russia and an impressive park. And several comfortable trams travel along the streets of the capital, which can compete for the title of the most modern in the world.

Low gender problem

In the development of modern transport, the main problem for a long time remained the design feature of the chassis, due to which the floor of the tram was quite high. This is not only a matter of passenger comfort, as it might seem at first glance. The presence of steps negatively affects the speed of disembarkation and embarkation; this factor especially delays the elderly, citizens with luggage, children, people with disabilities disabilities. This overloads the network as a whole.

Designers tried to cope with the problem in different ways. But the issue was finally resolved only by a complete revision of the chassis design. Some parts and components were moved to the roof.

Polish trams "Pesa" - especially for Russia

A significant part of the new trams that currently serve Russian roads are purchased abroad. The Polish PESA plant, located in the city of Bydgoszcz, produces 3 models of trams especially for Russia: “Foxtrot”, “Krakowiak” and “Jazz”. In addition to regular models with one cabin, Poland also supplies shuttle models that can travel in both directions. Currently, cooperation is being established between the Polish manufacturer and the Ural plant, which will soon produce new trams.

Russian R1

Our own production is gradually being established. The most modern tram, which will be mass-produced in Russia for the domestic market, is called Russia One, or R1. It has two cabins, a low floor, an ultra-modern futuristic design and a comfortable interior. Currently, Uralvagonzavod has presented a prototype of a new vehicle, and the conveyor will soon begin operating.

The manufacturer promises that production trams will differ from the prototype by no more than a few percent. Today, experts claim that the only drawback of the developers is the small capacity of the cabin - comfortable chairs and sofas can accommodate only 28 people (sitting). But perhaps it is the increase in the number of seats that will distinguish the production models from the prototype.

Modern trams of the capital

The tram line boasts several models of modern vehicles that are in no way inferior to the transport of Europe and the States. A modern tram in Moscow is not only a tribute to fashion, but also a forced measure due to the transport collapse.

Along with Polish trams, vehicles that came off the assembly lines of Uralvagonzavod travel along the streets of the capital. At the beginning of summer, the capital's fleet will be replenished with several new vehicles, and by the end of the year it is planned to deliver 120 modern domestically produced trams.

Municipal transport in St. Petersburg

The northern capital, rich in antiquities and historical monuments, is also famous for such an attraction as trams. There are a huge variety of them traveling around St. Petersburg, both ultra-new and vintage. Some only serve excursion routes, they ride tourists around historical places Northern Palmyra.

It is also noteworthy that modern trams in St. Petersburg can be found not only in the center, but also on the outskirts. For example, route No. 56 runs along the southwestern outskirts. Produced by the French company Alstom, the transport meets the most modern requirements and looks like a space shuttle against the backdrop of St. Petersburg landscapes.

The most unusual trams on the roads of Russia and the world

In addition to the obvious function of transporting passengers, trams sometimes play completely unexpected roles. For example, in Milan you can visit the tram-sauna. Of course, this object does not roll around the city, but is installed permanently. In the Netherlands there is a tram hotel, the carriages of which have been converted into comfortable rooms. Hungary boasts the longest train in the world - its length reaches 52 meters.

The cafe trams deserve special attention. One of them has long attracted the attention of Lviv tourists. Well, “Annushka”, unlike most similar establishments, does not gather dust in the comfort of the park, but rides along the route. Its interior and menu, as one might expect, refer to amazing world Bulgakov's novels.