For Moscow, one of the most painful topics is the transport problem. Huge distances force a lot of time to spend on the road. And although the boom in driver’s licenses does not subside, and traffic jams in Moscow have long been a sad joke, an increasing number of people are switching to public transport. The need to change several types of vehicles - the metro, bus, tram, metro again - exhausts physically and lays a rather heavy load on the wallet. However, tickets in Moscow have a flexible tariff system, which allows everyone to choose the most suitable option. Let's see in which cases which travel card is better to buy.
Types of tickets in Moscow
In a nutshell, the fare payment system in Moscow is divided into three main categories: you can pay for each trip by debiting cash from the card; buy a ticket for a certain number of trips and do not think about what is more profitable for you to go - by metro or by bus; or purchase an unlimited travel card for an unlimited number of trips, but for a certain period. It would seem that there is nothing easier than choosing the right tariff. However, due to the abundance of various circumstances that arise during life in a big city, the leadership of Mosgortrans added a number of options that would be useful to consider when choosing a ticket.
Single ticket, Moscow
The price of such a ticket varies from 650 rubles for 20 trips to 1570 rubles for 60. The validity of tickets is 90 days, that is, after three months, unused trips burn out. It is important that such travel cards can serve for passage not only in the metro, but also in any other public transport. There are also tickets for one and two trips in Moscow. In this case, one trip will cost you 50 rubles, and two - 100 rubles. Such tickets are sold not only at the ticket offices of the subway, but also at drivers of ground transport. True, practice shows that most often there are tickets for two trips. This can be extremely disadvantageous if you need to get only to the metro. Remember that this ticket is valid for 5 days from the date of purchase. If you need to get to the metro by ground transport or vice versa, then it’s more profitable to buy a ticket for 90 minutes at a cost of 60 rubles - during this time you can use it for an unlimited number of times for passage.
Map "Three"
Some opinion researchers believe that people trust plastic carriers more than paper tickets. If you are one of them, then you will like to use the new Mosgortrans - card "Troika". Flexible conditions will help to adjust its tariff to your needs. By purchasing a card at the cash desk, you will pay a security deposit of 50 rubles, which will be returned to you if you want to refuse it. How to use it further is up to you. You can record the same travel card on it for 40 or 60 trips, you can just put cash in a special terminal in the subway, and money will be debited with each pass. In this case, one trip will cost 32 rubles by metro and 31 by land transport. If you use the card twice within 90 minutes, then with repeated passage only 19 rubles will be debited from it. An unlimited travel card for a day, a month or even a year can be recorded on the card. It can also serve as a commuter train. This is ideal for those who do not use public transport all the time.
Advantages of the Troika card
The card has a number of advantages: firstly, money does not burn for five years; secondly, there is no need to immediately put a large amount, you can report money as necessary; finally, thirdly, there is no need to stand in long queues, since the terminals usually do not have a lot of people. You can recharge it via the Internet, which will also help save time. Since April 2016, it has become possible to attach Troika to your bank card and set a minimum threshold, after which money will automatically be credited to its account.
It must be remembered that, like any other plastic card, the Troika can be demagnetized from the vicinity of mobile devices. Also, a multiple cancellation of the same trip can occur from a faulty card.
"90 minutes" - travel ticket, Moscow: price and method of use
Let us dwell on this type of travel card, already mentioned above, in more detail. This relatively recent innovation of Mosgortrans has become very popular, especially among visitors. If you need to make two trips within an hour and a half or drive up to the metro by ground transport, then it will be very helpful. A ticket for two trips will cost you 100 rubles, while tickets in Moscow for 90 minutes cost 60 rubles. The benefits are obvious. In addition, you can buy 60 trips for 90 minutes for 2400 rubles and use them for 90 days. This option will be appreciated by those who do not make daily trips by public transport, but live far from the metro.
Where can one buy
Metro tickets in Moscow can be bought at the subway ticket offices, ticket machines and Mosgortrans automated ticket offices. At the same time, ticket machines sell tickets for only 1 or 2 trips. There you can replenish the Troika card. Tickets for 90 minutes can be purchased at the ticket offices of the subway, including automated, tickets for 1-2 trips are sold in non-automated ones. You can also buy travel cards for land transport from the driver of the vehicle.
Travel TAT
There is such a category of Muscovites - probably the smallest - which does not use the services of the subway at all, preferring land transport. Some pensioners also belong to it. Then it makes sense to buy tickets in Moscow from the TAT series. They operate only on buses, trams and trolleybuses. The cost of 60 trips is 1, 000 rubles, and an unlimited monthly pass will cost you 970 rubles.
