ow has extensive
plans for expanding its Metro.
Bus and trolleybus
As Metro
stations outside the city center are far apart in comparison to other
cities, up to 4 kilometres (2.5 mi), an extensive bus network radiates
from each station to the surrounding residential zones. Moscow also has a
bus terminal for long-range and intercity passenger buses (Central Bus
Terminal) with daily turnover of about 25 thousand passengers serving
about 40% of long-range bus routes in Moscow.
Every major street in
the city is served by at least one bus route. Many of these routes are
doubled by a trolleybus routes and have trolley wires over them.
Monorail
Moscow Monorail
There
is also a short monorail line, operated by the Moscow Metro company.
The line connects Timiryazevskaya metro station andSergeya Eisensteina
Street, passing close to VVTs. The line opened in 2004.
Tram
Moscow
has an extensive tram system, which first opened in 1899. The newest
line was built in 1984. Its daily usage by Muscovites is low, making up
for approximately 5% of trips, because many vital connections in the
network have been withdrawn.[citation needed] Trams still remain
important in some districts as feeders to Metro stations. The trams also
provide important cross links between metro lines, for example between
University station of Sokolnicheskaya Line (#1 red line) and
Profsoyuznaya station of Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line (#6 orange line) or
between Voykovskaya and Strogino.
There are three separate tram networks in the city:
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Krasnopresnenskoye depot network with the westernmost point at Strogino
(depot location) and the easternmost point near platform Dmitrovskaya.
This network became separated in 1973, but until 1997 it could easily
have been reconnected by about one kilometer of track and three
switches. The network has the highest usage in
