Moscow Monorail Transit System
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Moscow Monorail Transit System | |
Location | Moscow |
Type | straddle-beam |
Length | 4.7 km |
Lines | 1 |
Stations | 6 |
The Moscow Monorail Transit System (MMTS) (Russian: Моско́вская Моноре́льсовая Тра́нспортная Систе́ма (ММТС)) - monorail system in Moscow (Russia), in Severo-Vostochny (Norh-Eastern) administrative district. It links metro stations Timiryazevskaya and VDNKh (length - 4.7 km). Its design was initiated in 1998 and first passengers were admitted on November 30, 2004 "in the touring mode".
[edit] Stations
- Timiryazevskaya.
- Ulica Milashenkhova.
- Telecentr.
- Ulica akadimika Koroleva.
- Vystavotchny centr.
- Ulica Sergeya Eizenshteina.
Monorail station codes and Moscow Metro station codes have common numeration.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The photos of MMTS on The Monorail Society website
- (Russian) Official website of MMTS
- (Russian) There and back on a monorail — Nikita Alekseev's article in Russian Magazine
- (Russian) The unknown native monorail
- (Russian) MMTS on rosmetrostroy.ru
- Intamin Transportation Ltd.