How many people daily commute from the Moscow region to Moscow to work and back? And how many representatives of our society go out of town to their dacha on weekends? You can be sure that any of these passengers have a diagram of the movement of electric trains downloaded to their phone (tablet) or printed.
Demand for commuter trains
The popularity of this type of transport is explained by the fact that many residents of Moscow and the Moscow region cannot afford a car, or do not want to stand for hours in traffic jams, especially since they only increase every year. A few more obvious advantages of the electric train are strict adherence to the schedule, the flights go regularly, at short intervals.
The scheme of the movement of electric trains in Moscow is no less than the subway (which is one of the ten largest metro systems in the world). This fact is not at all surprising, because there are nine railway stations in our capital, and electric trains constantly depart from each of them.
Just in order to relieve passenger traffic, the Ministry of Transport has drawn up separate routes and distributed them between stations, introduced appropriate tariffs, and equipped them with all the necessary equipment.
Southern direction of electric trains
One of the most demanded today is the Kursk direction. The scheme of electric trains from this station covers many cities of the Moscow region, and the daily passenger traffic is about 140,000 people.
The schedule here takes into account the tension of the morning and evening rush hours, adding even more flights to these intervals. Trains leave and arrive so often that any passenger can find the most convenient option for themselves. The work of the station is in multitasking mode around the clock. Less than ten minutes later, a new flight appears at the station. The only break at the Kursk railway station, fifteen minutes long, is the moment between the arrival of the last train on the current day and the departure of the first one in the next hour.
This station is in demand not only among residents of the Moscow region who come to the city from the region on business, but also among Muscovites who find it more convenient to get to their office / factory / enterprise not by metro, but by a commuter train passing through many districts of Moscow.
It often happens that it is impossible to board a train at one station, huge groups of people push each other into a carriage, which is called "like sprats in a bank," and at another station, not a soul will enter. This, to a greater extent, depends on the population of a particular town. The most popular points among passengers on the route of trains in the Kursk direction are Kurskiy station, Tsaritsyno, Tekstilshchiki, Podolsk. Of course, at these stations, the timetable is based on such a high workload, and trains stop more often. In addition to these stations, the route of electric trains runs through Butovo, Shcherbinka, Lvovskaya, Stolbovaya, Chekhov, Serpukhov, Yasnogorsk, Taruskaya. Including, by express trains you can easily get to Orel and Tula.
Some stations, for example, Stolbovaya, Moscow Tovarnaya Kurskaya, Kalanchevskaya, Tsaritsyno, Tekstilshchiki are interchange stations to neighboring directions of Russian Railways or metro stations.
Eastern direction of electric trains
Among the residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, the scheme of the movement of trains of the Kazan direction is no less popular. The daily passenger traffic is approximately 330,000 people. And at the Kazansky railway station, of course, which is the most popular point of this direction, 230 electric trains arrive and depart every day, 50 of which are "Sputnik" express trains, to the stations of Ramenskoye and Lyubertsy. The second busiest stop here is at Vykhino.
The scheme of the movement of trains of the Kazan direction, like that of the Kursk one, is characterized by a high intensity of flights arriving and departing from the terminal station every eight minutes. From here you can get to the following cities near Moscow: Lyubertsy, Kurovskoe, Yegoryevsk, Shatura, Ramenskoe, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, Ozery, Lukhovitsy, Kolomna, Chrusti. You can go to Ryazan by express train.
North-eastern direction of electric trains
Of course, considering this issue, one cannot fail to note the importance of the Yaroslavsky railway station in the scheme of the movement of electric trains in Moscow and the Moscow region. It is located next to Kazansky and Leningradsky, on Komsomolskaya square, called the "Square of three stations". Here the passenger traffic is approximately 450,000 people per day! This is several times more than on all other routes. The maximum number of people moving in the Yaroslavl direction every day makes their way to the final stop of the route - the Yaroslavsky railway station. Ten tracks of which are dedicated to commuter trains. Next in popularity are Mytishchi. Next stop in the town of Pushkino. The fourth place went to the Bolshevo platform, then the Podlipki-Dachnye, Losinoostrovskaya, Perlovskaya stops.
From the Yaroslavsky railway station you can get to the towns of Alexandrov, Mytishchi, Pushkino, Sofrino, Khotkovo, Sergiev Posad, Krasnoarmeysk, Korolev, Ivanteevka, Fryazino, Shchelkovo, Monino near Moscow.
From the terminal stops, Kazansky and Leningradsky railway stations, it is convenient to switch to the neighboring routes of Russian Railways, and from Yaroslavskaya you will quickly find yourself at the Komsomolskaya station of the Moscow metro.
And what about the commuter trains in St. Petersburg?
There are not as many train stations in the northern capital of Russia as in Moscow. There are only five of them here: Moscow, Vitebsk, Finland and Baltic, Ladoga. At the same time, the scheme of the movement of electric trains in St. Petersburg, in its scale, practically does not differ from the Moscow one discussed above.
In total, the St. Petersburg schedule includes 702 flights, 250 of them run daily, and the rest - according to the schedule. The most popular queries on this topic in the Leningrad Region are the traffic patterns for the trains of the Finland Station and the Moscow Station.
Finlyandsky railway station in St. Petersburg
Located in the center of the city, at Lenin Square, 6, is an important link in the life of the city, it is part of the October Railway. By the decision of the Administration of the Transport Committee of St. Petersburg in 2010, Finland Station becomes the main transport hub, which includes all possible ground options for road and rail transport links in the north-western direction.
Passenger traffic here is approximately 36,000 people per day. At the moment, the station accepts and dispatches only electric trains in the north-west and north-east directions: Vyborgskoye, Irinovskoye, Sosnovskoye. From here, by regular flights you can reach the following cities of the Leningrad Region: Zelenogorsk, Beloostrov, Vyborg (including by express train), Roshchino, Sovetsky, Kirillovskoye, Sestroretsk, Kannelyarvi.
The only long-distance express route is the Allegro train from St. Petersburg to Helsinki.
Scheme of the movement of trains of the Moscow station
This station is located in the very heart of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt (address: Vosstaniya Square, Building 2) and has its own unique history. Being the exact counterpart of the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow, it allows the Muscovites who have arrived here to feel at home in the first few minutes. Both buildings were built according to the designs of the court architects of Nicholas I - architects Ton and Zhelesevich. Currently, the passenger terminal of the Moscow railway station is called the Main. Sometimes, you can find its old name - Oktyabrsky.
The important directions of the trains of this station are the eastern, Moscow and southern. The passenger traffic is approximately 27,000 people per day. More than 90 suburban trains run here every day: St. Petersburg - Tikhvin, Malaya Vishera, Tosno, Chudovo, Mga, Volkhovstroy, Budogosh, Nevdubstroy, Lyuban, Pupyshevo, there are frequent express trains to Veliky Novgorod.
The current train schedule for the Moscow-Kurskaya station contains only 597 electric trains (suburban trains), which connect Moscow-Kurskaya with such stations and settlements as Fryazevo, Moscow-Kalanchevskaya, Krutoye, Lvovskaya, Petushki. According to the timetable, the last electric train (suburban train) leaves at 11.55 pm to the destination Zheleznodorozhnaya. The nearest stations and stopping points are Serp I Molot, Moscow-Tovarnaya-Kurskaya, Moscow-Kalanchevskaya. For all routes in the above-mentioned settlements, complete information about the schedule is available - departure time, arrival time, routes and other useful information. When planning a trip, it is worth paying attention to the fact that most often electric trains at the Moscow-Kurskaya station leave or arrive in the morning - 101 electric trains (suburban trains, diesel engines) of different directions, such messages as Lvovskaya - Nakhabino, Tsaritsyno - Novoierusalimskaya, Pavlovsky Posad - Moscow- Kursk. Regularly updated timetable of electric trains (suburban trains) for Moscow-Kurskaya station is displayed on this page.
The Kursk direction was built taking into account both early morning trips and late evening ones, electric trains leave for the road every half hour, you can always find a convenient option for yourself.
Schedule of trains for the Kursk direction:
For those living in a southern direction, these can be stations Lyublino, Moskvorechye, Pokrovskaya, Tsaritsino, Podolsk and others along this route, going to the Kursk railway station.
Scheme of the Kursk direction of electric trains:
One of the junction stations in this direction is Stolbovaya station, on its platform passengers can change to another line and leave to Bekasovo station or in the opposite direction to Mikhnevo.
After passing the Tsaritsyno station, the suburban train leaves to the southwest and moves to the next stop at Pokrovskoye, passing a rather long section without stopping.
To the station Shulgino, the train practically does not change its direction. After this station, a turn to the west follows and the train goes to its final stops, in the direction of Tula and Orel.
This south-western direction plays an important role in the schedule of commuter trains in Moscow. Many large settlements are located on this line, which are attractive for living. Therefore, electric trains are never empty, and even more so during rush hours.
Kurskiy railway station on Google panoramas:
Another advantage of electric trains is the combination with metro stops. Of course, this applies mainly to stations located near Moscow. On the branch of the Kursk direction, Tsaritsyno and Tekstilshchiki became such stations. Passengers can take the metro directly to them, and then continue their journey by train.
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