Project description

Creation of an internal ring of high-speed passenger transport which will connect subway lines and increase the efficiency of the transportation infrastructure between the city and the suburbs by reducing the current traffic burdens on the existing transportation infrastructure and by reducing the time spent by passengers in transit. Almost 533 thousand citizens live in the area adjacent to the express line. The volume of passenger transportation is planned to exceed 52,5 mln. people a year. The express will connect the south-western and south-eastern parts of the city, five city districts and three subway lines

Location

Southern city districts: Krasnoselsky, Kirovsky, Moscovsky, Frunzensky and Nevsky

Project timing

2005 – 2010

Investment volume

34,7 bln. rubles

Form of financing

Public – Private partnership

Project participants

“Elevated Express” JSC

ASI responsibilities

Technical supervision at the planning stage