Photo: Moscow Agency/Sergey Kiselev

On New Year's holidays, the Journey to Christmas festival will be in full swing in the center of the capital; in connection with this, some public transport routes will change, and some streets will be inaccessible to motorists. And the metro and MCC, like last year, will operate throughout New Year’s Eve. Read more about everything in the material of the Moscow 24 portal.

Metro and MCC

The metro will be open all night from December 31 to January 1. Trains will run at intervals from 3.5 to 15 minutes. By the way, they launched it for the holiday.

Photo: Moscow Agency/Sergey Kiselev

The Moscow Central Circle (MCC) will also operate without interruption for the New Year. Travel intervals, as on the metro, will range from 3.5 to 15 minutes. As always, passengers will be able to transfer free of charge from the metro to the MCC and vice versa within 90 minutes from the moment of their first pass.

In addition, on Christmas Eve - on the night of January 7 - the capital's subway and the MCC will be open for passengers an hour longer - until 2 am.

Ground transportation

On New Year's Eve, all night and most popular ground transport routes will be available to passengers. 59 routes and 11 night buses will operate around the clock, 98 routes will operate until 3:30 am. Buses will run every 25-30 minutes.

In addition, on Christmas night, 163 buses and trolleybuses will transport people until three o'clock in the morning. There will also be 11 night routes.

From December 29 to January 3, the routes of 16 buses will change due to the Journey to Christmas festival: A, M1, M2, M3, M5, M6, M10, M27, No. 15, No. 38, No. 101, No. 144, No. 158, No. 904, N1 and N2.

• M1 – from Kravchenko Street to the Lenin Library metro station, then along the M27 route to the Pobedy Park metro station;
• M2 – from the Fili stop to the Lenin Library metro station, then along the M3 bus route to the Luzhniki sports complex;
• M27 - on the section from the Karacharovsky overpass to the Lubyanka metro station and from the Park Pobedy metro station to the Lenin Library metro station, then along the M1 route to Kravchenko Street;
• M3 – on the section from the Semenovskaya metro station to the Lubyanka metro station, as well as from the Luzhniki sports complex to the Lenin Library metro station, and then along the M2 route to the Fili stop;
• A – from Luzhniki to the Kropotkinskaya metro station instead of the Komsomolskaya metro station;
• No. 15 – when traveling from the southern vestibule of VDNKh, the route will be shortened to Strastnoy Boulevard. At other times it stretches to the Novodevichy Convent;
• M6 – to the Nagatinskaya metro station will go through Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Mokhovaya streets along Nikitsky Boulevard and Znamenka Street. In the direction of the Silicate Plant, buses from the Lenin Library metro station will travel along Vozdvizhenka and Novy Arbat streets, then along the Garden Ring to Kudrinskaya Square and then on their own route;
• M10 – instead of the Kitay-Gorod metro station, they will go to the Mayakovskaya metro station;
• No. 101 – from the Megasport Sports Palace to Tverskaya Zastava;
• No. 904 – from the 4th microdistrict of Mitino to Tverskaya Zastava;
• No. 144 – from the Teply Stan metro station to the Udarnik cinema.

From December 31 to January 3, buses will operate:

• M5 and No. 158 - to Balchug Street instead of the Lubyanka metro station;
• No. 38 - from Rizhsky railway station to Trubnaya metro station instead of Kitay-Gorod.

From December 29 to 30 until the night of January 3, night buses will run:

• H1 – on sections from Ozernaya Street to the Udarnik cinema and from Sheremetyevo Airport to Tverskaya Zastava;
• H2 - from Belovezhskaya Street to the Lenin Library metro station with a turn through Znamenka and Mokhovaya Vozdvizhenka streets.

Personal cars

On New Year's holidays, some streets in the center of Moscow will be closed to motorists and made pedestrian due to the Journey to Christmas festival. The restrictions will be in effect for five days - from December 30 to January 3. On these days, Tverskaya Street from Mayakovskaya to Okhotny Ryad, Mokhovaya from Vozdvizhenka to Tverskaya and Okhotny Ryad Street will be closed completely.

Also, because of the festival, Petrovskie Lines Street, Rakhmanovsky Lane, Neglinnaya Street, Krapivensky Lane, Ilyinka, Varvarka and Moskvoretskaya streets, Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge and Vasilyevsky Spusk Square will be completely closed.

In addition, sections of the following streets will be closed:

• Strastnoy Boulevard from Tverskaya Street to Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street;
• Bolshoi Gnezdnikovsky Lane from Tverskaya Street to Building 7;
• Maly Gnezdnikovsky Lane from Tverskaya Street to Bolshoi Gnezdnikovsky Lane;
• Leontyevsky Lane from Tverskaya Street to Bolshoi Gnezdnikovsky Lane;
• Tverskoy proezd in the area of ​​house 8, building 1, along Tverskaya street;
• Bryusov lane from Tverskaya street to house 21;
• Gazetny Lane from Tverskaya Street to Building 5;
• Nikitsky lane from Tverskaya street to house 7, building 1;
• Georgievsky Lane from Tverskaya Street to Building 1, Building 1;
• Mokhovaya street from Tverskaya street to house 1, building 1, and from Vozdvizhenka street to Bolshaya Nikitskaya street;
• Bolshaya Dmitrovka street near building 1/30;
• Teatralny Proezd from Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street to Neglinnaya Street;
• Petrovka Street from Teatralny Proezd to Dmitrovsky Lane.

At the same time, all paid parking will be free for motorists. You will have to pay for your stay only in those places where there are barriers. There are about 80 of them in the city, the cost varies from 50 to 200 rubles per hour or the price of a monthly subscription. However, you should not violate parking rules, since the towing service will not rest on these days.

Electric trains

Photo: portal of the mayor and government of Moscow

During the New Year holidays, the schedule of commuter trains will also change. The operating hours of commuter trains on New Year's and Christmas Eve will be extended until 2:00 am. Aeroexpress trains will operate as usual.

From December 30 to January 7, commuter trains will follow the Saturday schedule, and January 8 – according to the Sunday schedule. And on January 9, trains will return to their normal workday schedule.

In total, 24 TsPPK trains will be canceled, and 15 electric trains of the company will depart later at night on January 1 and 7. The most changes will occur in the schedule of express trains of the Yaroslavl direction of the railway.

For example, daily train No. 6059 Pushkino - Moscow on the night of January 1 will depart 40 minutes later (at 0:27). And train No. 6676 Moscow - Monino on January 1 and 7 - later by 1 hour 40 minutes (at 1:50). Express No. 6677 Monino - Moscow on New Year's Eve will leave at 0:09 - 58 minutes later than on other days.

The Moscow metro, MCC and ground transport will operate around the clock on New Year's Eve from December 31 to January 1. Suburban trains will run until 03:00. The opening hours of public transport have also been extended on Christmas Eve. For capital motorists, from January 1 to January 8, the paid parking area is free. During the holidays, enhanced inspection of baggage and passengers will be carried out, as well as 100% inspection of public transport rolling stock. The special operating hours will allow millions of Muscovites and city guests to visit festive venues where Moscow New Year and Christmas festivals will be held.

On New Year's Eve, from 01:00 to 05:30 am, Moscow Metro trains will run at intervals of up to 10 minutes, Moscow Central Circle trains - up to 12 minutes. From 05:30 am on January 1 to 01:00 am on January 2, the metro will operate as usual, the interval between trains will not exceed 2.5 minutes. Lastochka trains on the MCC will run at intervals of 6 minutes during morning and evening rush hours.

On New Year's Eve, ground transport will operate around the clock on 153 of the most popular routes. 11 night routes will operate throughout the New Year holidays. Movement intervals will be 15 minutes inside the Garden Ring, the rest - up to 30 minutes.

Suburban railway transport will operate on a special schedule on New Year's Eve - on average, trains will run until 03:00 am. From January 1 to January 7, commuter trains will run according to the Saturday schedule, Aeroexpress will operate as usual in accordance with the schedule.

For the convenience of millions of believers, on Christmas night, January 7, the operating hours of the metro and the Moscow Central Circle will be extended until 2 am. Until 03:00, 162 ground transport routes will operate. They take place near the capital's temples and churches, where festive services are planned.

“Millions of Muscovites and city guests will be able to attend a huge program prepared by the Moscow Government during the New Year and Christmas celebrations. We expect that about 55 million passengers will use Moscow transport during this time. The issue of security is especially important during the New Year holidays. We have done a lot of work with police officers, metro security officers, and other modes of transport to ensure that travel during these New Year holidays is as comfortable and safe as possible. We ask Muscovites and city guests to be understanding about increased security measures, including searches and requests from police and security officers to show things. This is primarily due to your own safety and our desire to make these New Year holidays as safe as possible,” said Maxim Liksutov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow in the Moscow Government.

On New Year's Eve, the metro, MCC and 59 ground transport routes will operate around the clock. Suburban trains on the night from December 31 to January 1 will extend their operation until 02:00, and all holidays will run according to the weekend schedule. Motorists will be able to park for free on the streets of the capital from December 31 to January 8.

During the winter holidays, hundreds of festive events, concerts and performances await everyone. After all, from December 22 to January 14, Moscow hosts one of the brightest and most eventful festivals of the year - “Journey to Christmas,” dedicated this year to the theater. 240 interactive programs will be held for its guests, street theaters will give 480 performances, and it will also be held. In order not to miss the most interesting things at the festival sites, you can use public transport. By the way, its work schedule will change during the New Year holidays for the convenience of citizens and tourists. How exactly - read the material.

Metro and MCC will not sleep on New Year's Eve

For the second year in a row, the capital's metro and the Moscow Central Circle (MCC) will operate throughout New Year's Eve. Train intervals will range from 3.5 to 15 minutes. Muscovites and guests of the capital will be able to comfortably get to festival sites anywhere in the city, not miss the most interesting shows, and then return home.

Citizens will have access to 59 24-hour land routes

On New Year's Eve, 168 of the most popular routes of ground urban transport will operate. On 98 routes, transport will stop transporting passengers at 03:30, and on another 59, work will continue around the clock.

The operating hours of buses, trolleybuses and trams will also be extended on Christmas Eve: until 03:00 they will run on 163 routes. In addition, both on New Year and Christmas night, 11 night city routes will maintain their usual schedule.

The interval of ground transport on holidays will be 25-30 minutes. Changes in transport schedules on specific routes can be monitored on the website of the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans.

Suburban trains will run according to the weekend schedule, but the Aeroexpress train schedule will not change

From December 29 to January 8, the schedule of trains traveling from Moscow in all directions will change. On New Year's and Christmas Eve, the operating hours of commuter trains will be extended until two o'clock in the morning.

So, on December 29, trains will follow the Friday schedule, from December 30 to January 7 - according to the Saturday schedule, and on January 8 - according to the Sunday schedule. And on January 9 they will return to their normal schedule. In addition, 24 trains of the Central Suburban Passenger Company (CSPC) will be canceled due to a reduction in passenger traffic on a number of routes, and 15 electric trains of the company will depart later at night on January 1 and 7.

A detailed train schedule for the New Year holidays can be found on the CPPC website. Aeroexpress trains will continue to operate as usual during the January holidays without changes to the schedule. You can find out more about their schedule to the capital's airports on the Aeroexpress website.

Parking on city streets will be free

For motorists, parking in the capital will be free during all New Year holidays, from December 31 to January 8. You can leave your car in any street parking lot that is included in the city parking zone. At the same time, flat parking lots with barriers will continue to operate at current rates. There are about 80 of them, they are open 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays. Tariffs and payment methods are indicated on the information boards at the entrance.

Inspectors of the Moscow Administrative Road Inspectorate and the “Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space” will strengthen control over compliance with parking rules. In order not to disturb other motorists or create a danger for pedestrians, drivers will be required to park their cars only in permitted areas.

Traffic will be briefly limited for holiday celebrations

Traffic on central streets will be limited due to mass holiday celebrations. From December 29, closures will be introduced on the outer lanes in both directions on Tverskaya Street (from Okhotny Ryad Street to the intersection of Tverskaya and the Garden Ring). They will also close one lane on Okhotny Ryad from the Moskva Hotel to Teatralny Proezd. And from 00:00 on December 30 to 15:00 on January 3, Tverskaya Street (from Okhotny Ryad to the Garden Ring), as well as Mokhovaya, Okhotny Ryad and Teatralny Proezd will become pedestrian.

Transport security will be strengthened

The work of urban transport will be ensured by more than 92 thousand employees of the Moscow transport complex - services of the Department of Transport, the Moscow Metro, the State Public Institution "Center for Traffic Management", the State Public Institution "Administrator of the Moscow Parking Space". During the holidays, security measures will be strengthened at all transport facilities—the metro, the MCC, bus stops, ground transport, and trains. All rolling stock will be inspected before entering the line. In addition, inspection of baggage and passengers, platforms, stops, lobbies, and under-street passages will be strengthened. The frequency of checks regarding abandoned items and suspicious items in buses, trolleybuses and trams will also be increased.

How the capital's metro will work on New Year's Eve 2018. On the night from December 31, 2017 to January 1, 2018, the capital's city services and metro will switch to an enhanced operating mode.

Suburban trains will carry passengers as follows:

Please note: on New Year's Eve, from December 31 to January 1, several trains will depart later than usual so that guests of the capital can leave after the festive fireworks. For example, additional commuter trains, including express trains, will appear on the Kazan, Kiev and Kursk directions. On Friday, December 29, two interregional “express” trains will depart from Moscow to Kaluga (departure at 17.15) and Tula (departure at 18.41). On Saturday and Sunday, December 30 and 31, an “express” will depart from the Kazansky railway station at 9.10 to the Ryazan-2 station.

On New Year's Eve, from December 31 to January 1, two additional night trains will travel between Moscow and the Novoperedelkino stop (at 1.00 to Moscow and in the opposite direction at 2.40), writes the Rosregistr portal. In addition, at 1.49 am an electric train will depart from the Kievsky station to Nara. It will also run on Christmas night from 6 to 7 January. On Monday, January 8, two interregional “express” trains will travel to Moscow from Ryazan (at 14.08) and from Tula (at 14.07).

The schedule of some trains may change on December 31. You can learn about all the innovations from announcements at train stations and bus stops. And on January 1, passengers will be able to leave on the first morning trains, which begin running from 4 to 5 a.m. (depending on the direction).

ATTENTION!

According to the decision of the capital authorities, from December 31 to January 8, parking in the paid parking zone will be free. At the same time, flat parking lots with barriers will continue to operate at current rates. There are about 80 of them, they work around the clock, including weekends and holidays. Tariffs and payment methods are indicated on information boards at the entrance to the parking lots.

Let us remind you that in the capital everyone can leave their car for free in paid city parking lots from 0.00 to 24.00 on the following days:

- Sundays;

- non-working holidays;

- weekends (Saturday and Sunday), postponed by decision of the federal authorities;

- Saturdays following a holiday or weekend.

The operating hours of Moscow ground transport routes will change on the night of December 31, 2017 to January 1, 2018, the press service of the State Unitary Enterprise Mosgortrans reported.

“On the night from December 31, 2017 to January 1, 2018, the operating hours of ground urban transport routes are changing. Thus, in the Central Administrative District, bus routes M1, M2, M3, M6, M10, M27, T3, T13, T79, No. 101, 158, 608, 904 and trams No. 9, 35, 46 will operate until 3:30 am. Also, bus routes M5, T18, T71, trolleybuses No. 20, 28, 41, 54, 56, trams No. 24, 26, 50 will operate around the clock. At the same time, night bus routes H1, H2, H3, H4 will continue to operate , N5, N6, N7, “B”, No. 15, tram No. 3,” the message says.

It is clarified that in North-Eastern Administrative District during this period until 3:30 a.m. bus routes M2, M10, T3, T13, T79, No. 124, 185, 238, 685 and trams No. 9 will operate. Bus routes T18, No. 605, 696, 774, 836, trolleybuses No. 56, 73, 76 and trams No. 11, 17 will operate around the clock. Night bus routes H6, No. 15 will also continue to operate.

In VAO, bus routes M3, M27, No. 3, 21, 86, 133, 214, 223, 247, 645, 664, 792, 872, trolleybuses No. 64, 77, trams No. 36, 46 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes No. 52, 716, 841, 855 will operate around the clock; trolleybuses No. 41 and trams No. 11, 24, 50. The operation of night bus routes H3 and H4 is maintained.

In the South-Eastern Administrative District, bus routes No. 29, 81, 89, 133, 242, 608, 623, 655, 669, 703 (to Kuryanovo), 728, 749, trolleybuses No. 38 and trams No. 24, 50 will operate until 3:30 a.m. Bus routes No. 209, 670 (to the Kozhukhovskaya metro station), 841, trolleybuses No. 74 and trams No. 24, 50 will operate around the clock. Night bus routes No. H4, N5, N7 will continue to operate.

In the Southern Administrative District, bus routes M1, M6, No. 158, 192, 217, 274, 289, 296, 608, 623, 680, 682, 738, 765, trolleybuses No. 40, trams No. 35 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes M5, T71, No. 203, 220, 670 (to the Kozhukhovskaya metro station), trolleybuses No. 11k, 52, 72, and trams No. 26 will operate around the clock. The operation of the night route of buses H1, H5 and trams No. 3 is maintained.

In the South-Western Administrative District, bus routes M1, No. 103, 108, 202, 213, 227, 295, 577, 611, 636, 642, 720, 737, 767, 804, and trolleybuses No. 85 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes M5, No. 130, 224, 531, 752, 895, trolleybuses No. 28, 34, 52, 72, trams No. 26 will operate around the clock. The operation of the night route of H1 buses is maintained.

In the JSC, bus routes M1, M3, M27, No. 11, 32, 42, 77, 103, 120, 157, 227, 507, 611, 642, 715, 720, 733, 767, 794 will operate until 3:30 am. 810, 830. Bus routes T19, No. 127, 130, 224, 688, 752, 950, trolleybuses No. 17, 28, 34, 54 will operate around the clock. Night bus routes H1 and H2 will continue to operate.

In Northwestern Administrative Okrug until 3:30 a.m., bus routes M1, M6, No. 210, 266, 267, 268, 904, 400t, trolleybuses No. 70 and trams No. 21, 30 will operate around the clock. Bus routes T19, No. 2, 652, trolleybuses No. 20, 43, 59, trams No. 6, 28.

In the Northern Administrative District until 3:30 a.m., bus routes M1, M6, M10, T3, T79, No. 65, 90, 101, 167, 677, 904, trolleybuses No. 57, 70, and trams No. 30 will operate. Bus routes T19, No. 70, 149, 200, 400, 857, 774, trolleybuses No. 20, 43, 56, 58, 59, trams No. 6, 27, 28 will operate around the clock. The night route of the H1 bus will continue to operate.

In ZelAO, bus routes No. 11 and 15 will operate until 1:30 am. Bus route No. 400t will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes No. 19 and 400 will operate around the clock.

In TiNAO, bus routes No. 32, 507,577, 611, 804 will operate until 3:30 am. Bus routes No. 531, 863, 895, 950 will operate around the clock.