Moscow Railway
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moscow Railway (Russian: Московская железная дорога) is a subsidiary of Russian Railways that handles half of Russia's suburban railway operations and a quarter of the country's passenger traffic. As of 2009 the railway, which has its headquarters near Komsomolskaya Square in Moscow, employed 73 600 people.[1] It manages railway services in much of Central Russia, including Moscow and Moscow Oblast (all railways except the railroad to Saint Petersburg, which is managed by October Railway), Smolensk, Vladimir, Ryazan, Tula, Kaluga, Bryansk, Oryol, Lipetsk, and Kursk Oblasts.
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 A rail bridge on Savyolovsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Moscow |
| Locale | Central Russia, Russian Federation |
| Dates of operation | 1959–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge |
| Length | 3,275 km (2,030 mi) |
| Other | |
| Website | http://mzd.rzd.ru/ |
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