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of the lines and the number of stations by 2025. Figure 15 shows a state-of-the-art Moscow
Metro train.
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Project Magistral was a project designed to move people more conveniently around the city
centre and outside the Sadovoe Ring. Magistral changes the routing of buses, trolleybuses and
tramway services in the city in order to improve the reliability of surface transit. The project was
implemented using anonymized SIM card data to map commuter movement and realign
transportation services accordingly, in order to better serve Moscow’s inhabitants based on
their movement patterns.
The first line introduced as part of Project Magistral consolidated 39 land routes down to
17 routes. Within the first year of the project’s implementation, passenger traffic on land
transport increased by one-third. The routes introduced through Magistral are now used by
500 000 people every day, 130 000 of whom use the routes by Kremlin Ring, which is one-and-
a half times more than before Magistral’s implementation in 2016. Notably, the structure of
passenger flow has improved significantly. Prior to the implementation of Magistral, commuters
often had to transfer from one type of public transport to another before reaching their
destination. Now, it is easier to travel by bus and tram without having to transfer, so creating a
more reliable interval motion and making public transport more convenient for citizens.
In addition, thanks to the allocated
lanes introduced as part of the
project, surface transit now runs as
regularly as subway trains.
Muscovites quickly became used to
this new and improved public
transport infrastructure. The
success of the project can be seen in
its results. In 2011, Moscow was the
second most congested city in
Russia; in 2018, after the successful
implementation of the project,
Moscow ranked below the top 20 in
the same category.
To increase efficiency and ease of
payment for its transit customers,
Moscow has also implemented a
unified ticketing and payment
system, The Troika Card. Troika
Cards have now been wired into
bracelets (as seen in Figure 16) and
rings aimed at making the payment Figure 15: Moscow metro train
and movement process at transit
terminals even easier for riders. Payment for tickets is also possible via other electronic payment
methods, such as Samsung Pay and Apple Pay. All subway stations, bus stops, and soon even the
city’s electric buses, will offer phone/electronic device charging points.

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