Overview | |
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Headquarters | Moscow |
Locale | Russia |
Dates of operation | 2002–current |
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Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge |
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Website | http://aeroexpress.ru/en/ |
Aeroexpress Ltd. (Russian : ООО "Аэроэкспресс") is the operator of airport rail link services in Russia. It is founded in 2005 and is owned by Russian Railways (50%), TransGroup AS (25%), Iskander Makhmudov (17.5%), and Andrei Bokarev (7.5%). [1] Until 2012, the company only provided the rail transportation services between Moscow rail terminals and Moscow airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo). The company previously also provided the rail link services to Kazan's Kazan International Airport, Sochi's Adler Airport, and Vladivostok's Knevichi Airport.
In 2012, Aeroexpress transported 17.4 million passengers. [2]
The first rail link connected Moscow and Sheremetyevo Airport in 2002. In May 2008, Aeroexpress began to provide the rail link between Moscow and Vnukovo Airport (the line opened in August 2005). In July 2008, the company became the sole operator of rail links from Savyolovsky Rail Terminal (Butyrskaya Vokzal) and Belorussky Rail Terminal to Sheremetyevo airport and Lobnya, from Paveletsky Rail Terminal to Domodedovo airport, and from Kiyevsky Rail Terminal to Vnukovo airport. [3]
In February 2012, the service on the first non-Moscow link, connecting Sochi with its airport, began operations, followed in late July by a similar link in Vladivostok and, in 2013, Kazan. On its Vladivostok route the company also offered a limited commuter service at discounted prices. Services on routes outside Moscow were handed to other companies in early 2015 due to heavy losses and the "current macroeconomic situation". [4]
Model | Number of trains | Cars per train | Line | Start of service |
ED4MKM-AERO | 7 | 8 or 10 | Moscow-Paveletskaya — Domodedovo Odintsovo — Sheremetyevo (Terminals D, E, F) | since 2009 since 2020 (to DME) |
ESh2 «Eurasia» | 11 | 4 or 6 | Moscow-Paveletskaya — Domodedovo, Odintsovo — Sheremetyevo (Terminals D, E, F) | since 2017 |
Model | Number of buses | Line | Start of service |
LiAZ-5292 | 8 [5] | Khovrino Metro Station/"Severniye Vorota" Bus Terminal — Sheremetyevo (Terminals A, B, C) | since 2019 |
Model | Number of trains | Cars per train | Line | Time of service |
EM2 | ? | 6, 8 or 10 | Moscow-Paveletskaya — Domodedovo | 2002 - 2010 |
EM2I | ? | 2004 — 2010 | ||
ED4M | ? | 8, 10 or 11 | Moscow-Belorusskaya — Sheremetyevo Moscow-Paveletskaya — Domodedovo Moscow-Kievskaya — Vnukovo | 2007 — 2018 |
ED9M | 4 | 6 | Vladivostok — Knevichi Airport | 2012 — 2015 |
ES1 «Lastochka» | ? | 5 | Kazan-Passazirskaya — Kazan Airport Sochi railway station — Sochi-Adler Airport | 2013 — 2015 |
Moscow Aeroexpress |
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Aeroexpress is a member of the International Air-Rail Organisation (IARO). Aeroexpress has taken into consideration the experience, quality standards and spectrum of services provided by its colleagues in Germany, UK, Sweden and US. [10]
In January 2015, Moscow Department of Transport expressed initiative to transfer the Aeroexpress terminal from Belorussky to Savelovsky Railway Station. However, citizens voted against this proposal. [11] In May 2013, Aeroexpress announced it intends to decrease the headway between consecutive trains in Moscow to 15 minutes over the next few years. Currently, the headway between consecutive trains is 30 minutes. [12] In February 2013, Aeroexpress ordered 25 double decker electro-motor units. [13] The first train was delivered from Switzerland in August 2014. [14]
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