The Moscow metro is a network of underground transport routes, one of the types of intracity railway transport. Metro plays an important role in the life of Muscovites. It allows you to unload the city streets and helps reduce the number of cars on the road. The Moscow metro can even be called a visiting card of Moscow. How much does a metro ride in Moscow cost? It all depends on which payment method the passenger chooses.
The size and volume of passenger transportation at the Moscow Metro are quite large. In Russia and the former USSR, it was the largest metro, and in the world it occupies the sixth position in its scale. The year of its opening was 1935. Over the annual period, the metro serves more than 2 billion passengers. The Metro is state property owned by the Moscow Government. In this article we will answer the question of how much the metro fare in Moscow costs and how payment is made.
Characteristics of the Moscow Metro
The total number of lines in the Moscow metro is 14, stations are 222, and the total length of tracks is 379 km. In the coming years, the size of the metro will become even larger: 29 new stations may appear, and the total length of lines will increase by 55 km.
Payment of travel in the Moscow metro
Fare in the Moscow metro can be carried out in different ways. Previously, paper tickets were used for this purpose, the presence of which was checked by controllers. Turnstiles were also used to pay with coins, devices for cards with a magnetized strip and tokens.
Now preference is given to digital technologies. To do this, use various payment cards, information from which turnstiles are read.
As a payment card, the Troika transport card is most often used. Less commonly, a Muscovite social card, a universal electronic card, bank cards with transport applications, and even a mobile phone are used. Special turnstiles have been installed at individual stations where you can pay for your trip with such well-known cards as Visa and MasterCard, as well as by phone.
However, the classic box office has not gone away. They can be used to purchase tickets and transport cards. There are such ticket offices at all stations. You can pay by credit card and cash. Special machines also work where you can get tickets without the participation of a cashier.
Rules of travel in the Moscow metro
The price for the trip is the same for any length of the route and any number of transfers. It is also possible to transfer from the metro to the monorail or the MCC, but provided that no more than 1.5 hours have passed from the start of the trip. Thus, the travel time in the Moscow metro is almost unlimited.
How much does the trip cost?
According to the tariffs in force from 02.01.2018, the price for one trip is 36 rubles using the Troika system, 55 rubles for a ticket, 40 rubles for a bank card and 56 rubles for a 90 minutes ticket. Today, almost every Muscovite knows how much it costs to take the metro in Moscow and what loyalty programs exist for paying for the fare.
Types of paper tickets
The ticket has a limited validity and travel resource, which cannot be extended or replenished. There are two types of paper tickets for the Moscow metro:
- A single ticket, which is normalized by the number of available trips. This number, depending on the specific ticket, is: 1, 2, 20, 40, 60. Such tickets are valid not only in the metro, but also in other forms of public transport.
- Monthly ticket. It is valid only for a month. The maximum number of trips in the metro is 70. There is no limit on the number of trips on ground transport.
How is baggage paid?
Baggage in the Moscow metro is paid separately. To do this, you need to purchase a special baggage ticket. The size of the baggage is defined as a cube with the sum of the sides equal to 121 to 150 cm.
The following baggage standards are established for the MCC: weight over 50 kg, or size (over the sum of three sides) over 180 cm.
