Aeroexpress

For other uses, see Airport Express (disambiguation).
Aeroekspress
ED4MKM-AERO-0001 EMU for Aeroexpress company. Exhibition at Rizhsky Stn.
Overview
HeadquartersMoscow
LocaleRussia
Dates of operation2002–current
Technical
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Other
Websitehttp://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]

History

Upgraded Aeroexpress terminal at Paveletsky Rail Terminal

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]

Rolling stock

Current

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
  • ED4MKM-AERO
    ED4MKM-AERO
  • ESh2 «Eurasia»
    ESh2 «Eurasia»

Bus Fleet

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

Retired

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

Routes list

Aeroexpress routes in Moscow region

Aeroexpress routes

Moscow Aeroexpress
Legend
 overlaps #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) to Odintsovo (11 stops)
Moscow Belorusskaya
Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Belorusskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Belorusskaya
Moscow Savyolovskaya
Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Savyolovskaya Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at SavyolovskayaTransfer for #11A Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Savyolovskaya
 Okruzhnaya
Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Okruzhnaya Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Okruzhnaya
 Aeroport Sheremetyevo
#D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) to Lobnya
Moscow Kalanchyovskaya
Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Kalanchyovskaya Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Komsomolskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Komsomolcheskaya
 Moscow Kurskaya
Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Moscow Kursky Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Kurskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Kurskaya Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Chkalovskaya
 Moscow Paveletskaya
Transfer for #2 Zamoskvoretskaya line at Paveletskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Paveletskaya
 Verkhnie Kotly
Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Verkhnie Kotly Ground transferTransfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Nagatinskaya
Aeroport Domodedovo [ru]

Aeroexpress Bus Service Routes

Future Routes

Former routes

"REX" routes (handled to "CPPK")

  • Moscow, Savelovskiy Rail Terminal - Lobnya
  • Moscow, Belorussky Rail Terminal - Mozhaysk
  • Moscow, Kazansky Rail Terminal - Golutvin
  • Moscow, Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal - Pushkino
  • Moscow, Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal - Fryazino
  • Moscow, Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal - Monino
  • Moscow, Paveletsky Rail Terminal - Ozherelye

International cooperation

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]

Recent news

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]

References

  1. ^ "Aeroexpress may set up subsidiary to serve St. Petersburg airport", Russia & CIS Business & Financial Daily, 5 Mar 2013, accessed 13 Mar 2013 via Nexis
  2. ^ "Aeroexpress Ups Passenger Flow 24%", The Moscow Times, 23 Jan 2013, accessed 13 Mar 2013
  3. ^ "Aeroexpress Company History". Archived from the original on 2010-07-03.
  4. ^ a b c "Aeroexpress - Aeroexpress to Leave Vladivostok and Kazan". www.aeroexpress.ru. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Автобусы ЛиАЗ будут возить пассажиров в аэропорт Шереметьево". Dvizhok. 21 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Конечная: "Аэроэкспресс" переедет на Савеловский вокзал". Gazeta.ru. 2017-02-27.
  7. ^ a b In brief International Railway Journal March 2015 page 11
  8. ^ "Aeroexpress completes operation on the route "Kievsky railway station - Vnukovo airport"". Aeroexpress. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Поезд Ласточка на маршруте Сочи - Адлер - Аэропорт расписание поезда на 2021 год купить билет".
  10. ^ "Aeroexpress Today". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13.
  11. ^ "Muscovites voted against transfer of Aeroexpress Terminal to Savelovsky Station". We heart Moscow. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-05.
  12. ^ "Aeroexpress intends to decrease the headway between consecutive trains in Moscow to 15 minutes". Russian Aviation. May 31, 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  13. ^ "Stadler wins Moscow double-deck train order". railwaygazette.com. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  14. ^ "Stadler ships first Aeroexpress EMU". railwaygazette.com. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-05.