Trolleybuses of Moscow: history, description of networks, schedule

Trolleybuses of Moscow for the first time took to the routes in 1933. At the moment the network of this vehicle is the largest in the whole world. If we talk about her seniority, then she took sixth place.

The average length of the contact wire is 1300 km, the length of the lines is 600 km. There are eight parks in the city. The routes are 1550 trolleybuses. Among them there are 750 with low floor, 134 - articulated. There is also a factory that is engaged in repair work and manufacturing of parts for transport.

Practically all routes (except 202 and 203) belong to the company "Mosgortrans". The rest belong to Khimkielektrotrans.

One trip to the Muscovite will cost 50 rubles. Passengers enter the front door, which is located closer to the driver, through the other exit.

This article will describe Moscow trolleybuses, their routes, timetable, and a bit of history.

History of the trolleybus

As already mentioned, trolley buses appeared in Moscow in 1933. The exact date is November 15. After they were equated to public transport, the tram service began to drastically drop into the background.

The first electric lines were conducted in the north-west of Moscow, where the bulk of the population lived. In the 1950s, the rapid development of the message began, thus, by 1960, it began to cover the central part of the city.

At first trolley buses of Moscow allowed to get from one area of the capital to another. But already in the 1960-1970-ies there were routes that did not exceed two subway stops.

When there was a problem in the form of permanent traffic jams, in the central part of the city trolleybuses did not work on flights. They were shortened to the maximum.

Already in 2001, a route appeared that connected Moscow and Khimki.

Status of message to date

In 2016, routes that worked with the city center were completely eradicated. Of all the available, two were cut, the other six were canceled. Now the trolleybus network is not being improved, but rather is shortened. This is due to the development of the subway, thanks to which you can easily pass through traffic jams. Trolley buses in Moscow (directly cars) are also reduced in quantity.

Trolleybus network

The type of work of Moscow trolleybuses is radial-ring. The Garden Ring is the departure point for most flights. From it go twenty routes, which go through the fairly large highways of the capital, reaching the Moscow Ring Road. In some areas, a trolleybus (Moscow has about 200 rolling stock) is the main means of land transportation.

Area Description of Networks

• City center. In most of this region, this transport does not function. He captures only the Garden Ring. The only routes that are served here are 10, B and Bq.
• The north of the city. In this area lines are being drawn that capture three highways: Yaroslavskoe, Dmitrovskoe, Altufevskoe. They are connected with each other thanks to the Botanical Street and Academician Korolev. Routes of trolley buses in Moscow of this region serve also the North-Western part of the city. This was made possible by the lines drawn through the third transport ring. On these streets are cars of the sixth depot.
• East of the city. In this area a unique line has been built, which unites branches of the Garden Ring and the Moscow Ring Road. We are talking about a route passing along Ryazan Avenue. Flights are carried out through two highways (Schelkovskoe and Entuziastov), two streets (Taganskaya and Nizhny Novgorod) and Volgogradsky avenue.
• South part. In this area the main mode of transportation, except private transport, is a trolleybus. Moscow is a city where a lot of tourists, hitting this part of the capital, want to ride on this rolling stock. Trolleybuses of the eighth depot are put on the routes. The flights affect such pieces of the city: two Kashirskoye and Varshavskoe highways, five avenues (Nakhimovskoye, Andropov, Novoyasenevskoye, Lomonosov, Sevastopol), four streets (Profsoyuznaya, Kakhovka, Lipetskaya, Nametkina).
• South-west of the city. Trolleybus routes of this area affect only the territory of Moscow State University. Flights are carried out due to the work of the eighth depot and Filevsky Park.
• North-west of the city. The schedule of trolleybuses (Moscow) can be seen below, but for now there are few words about the transport message in this district of the city. The machines operate along lines that run along two highways (Leningradskoe and Volokolamskoye), Zhukov Avenue. In addition, the routes have three fairly large branches.

Trolleybus schedule

Moscow is a big city, so the routes on its territory are huge. Unfortunately, all the necessary flights are difficult. Even with the fact that they are gradually canceled, there are still more than 50. To facilitate waiting for the trolleybus you need to find a timetable. It can be saved to the phone or printed, and then you do not have to stand at the stop for too long a period of time, late for work.

Independent Moscow networks

In addition to the above trolleybus networks in Moscow, we must also say that the Khimki message is functioning on the territory of the capital. With a local system, it does not have an intersection, and was introduced only in order to connect the capital with a suburban area near Moscow. Expansion of routes in the territory of a large city, as well as their interweaving with each other is not planned. The main mode of transportation from the district to the district is a trolleybus. The route (Moscow), which stops are close to each other, is quite in demand.

For the Moscow Ring Road there is the Vidnovka network, which on paper is represented by flights directly connected with the Moscow lines. However, this was not realized in life.