Moscow Railway

Moscow Railway
Московская железная дорога

Moscow Kievskaya Rail terminal
Locale Central Russia, Russian Federation
Dates of operation 1959–present
Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Length 3,275 km (2,030 mi)
Headquarters Moscow
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Moscow Railway (Russian: Московская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of Russian Railways that handles half of Russia's suburban railway operations and a quarter of the country's passenger traffic. As of 2009 the railway, which has its headquarters near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow, employed 73 600 people.[1] It manages railway services in much of Central Russia, including Moscow and Moscow Oblast (all railways except the railroad to Saint Petersburg, which is managed by October Railway), Smolensk, Vladimir, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Bryansk, Oryol, Lipetsk, and Kursk Oblasts.

The Lesser Moscow Railway Ring

Railway lines

Construction timeline

Belorussky Rail Terminal in Moscow

Railway stations

See Also

References

  1. ↑ http://mzd.rzd.ru/


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