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Source: Moscow Government – Moscow Government –
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The Moscow government has decided to purchase 15 new-generation trains (165 carriages). Delivery is planned by 2030. Five trains will be purchased in 2026, three in 2027, two in 2028, three in 2029, and two in 2030. These trains will carry passengers on regional rail routes connecting Moscow with the Kaluga, Tula, Vladimir, and other nearby regions. The trains will be purchased using funds from the Treasury Infrastructure Loan. The decree on this matter was signed by Sergei Sobyanin.
This purchase will be the next step in the implementation of a large-scale program to upgrade the rolling stock of the Central Transport Hub (CTH), which, at the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation, is being implemented by JSC Russian Railways jointly with the Government of Moscow and with the support of the Government of the Russian Federation.
The Central Transport Hub connects 11 regions of the country—Moscow, the Moscow Region, and adjacent areas. This represents over 30 million passengers and nearly 75 percent of all commuter rail traffic in Russia (over two million passengers per day). Upgrading the Central Transport Hub's rolling stock will improve travel comfort.
The update was completed in September 2025. rolling stock Moscow Central Diameters. In June of that year, rolling stock upgrades began on the Moscow Railway's (MR) Yaroslavl line. Today, passengers are already being transported by nine latest-generation Ivolga 4.0 trains. By 2030, a total of 92 trains (over a thousand carriages) will be in operation on the Yaroslavl line. This will allow for a complete renewal of the existing fleet, reduce the average age of rolling stock to 3.5 years (a fivefold reduction), increase the number of passenger seats, and improve travel comfort on this most populated line.
"In 2026, we will continue replacing trains on routes connecting Moscow with the Kaluga, Tula, and other nearby regions. The project is scheduled to run until 2035 and involves the purchase of approximately 100 modern trains," Sergei Sobyanin wrote on his channel.
Source: Moscow Mayor's channel MAX messenger
This will reduce the frequency of trains between Moscow and regional centers. New standards of passenger comfort will be implemented throughout the Central Transport Hub. Rolling stock will be purchased exclusively from Russian manufacturers.
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