Moscow Railway Explained

Railroad Name:Russian: Moscow Railway
Московская железная дорога
Locale:Central Russia, Russian Federation
Start Year:1959
End Year:present
Length:3275km (2,035miles)
Hq City:Moscow
Website:http://mzd.rzd.ru/

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.

Railway lines

Construction timeline

Railway stations

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://mzd.rzd.ru/