Aeroexpress

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Aeroexpress ( Russian Аэроэкспресс , Aeroekspress ) is a Russian railway company that operates the rail link between the airports and the city ​​centers of Moscow , Kazan , Sochi and Vladivostok . The trains run with little or no stops between the terminus stations. The company's headquarters are located at Sheremetyevo Airport .

Companies

Aeroexpress was founded in 2005 and is based in Moscow. The company is owned by the Russian Railways (25%), the Delta-Trans-Invest investment group (50%), the owner of the transmash holding Andrei Bokarew (7.5%) and the mining entrepreneur Iskander Makhmudov (17.5%). At the beginning of 2014 it had a market value of around 40 million euros .

vehicles

Aeroexpress operates 22 electric multiple units of the series ЭД4МКМ-АЭРО ( ED4MKM-AERO ), ЭД4МК ( ED4MK ), ЭД4М ( ED4M ), ЭД9М ​​( ED9M ) and ЭМ2И ( EM2I ).

  • ED9M 0266 en route to Vladivostok Airport

  • ED4MKM in Sheremetyevo Airport

  • Interior: open plan compartments

  • Stadler Dosto ESh2 001

Lines

Moscow airports

Aeroexpress routes in Moscow

There are three Aeroexpress lines in Moscow. Each of the major airports is connected to a different inner city train station. The line from Moscow-Domodedovo Airport goes to Paveletsky Railway Station , that of Moscow-Vnukovo Airport to Kiev Railway Station, and that of Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport to Belarusian Railway Station .

The journey time from the airports is around 45 minutes. The metro journey between two destination stations takes about 30 minutes. It takes at least 2 hours to change airports between two Moscow airports.

РЭКС lines as of 2013

Under the name РЭКС ( REKS , Regional Express ), several other lines are operated together with Zjentralnaja PPK, which are run 2 to 3 times a day:

Vladivostok Airport

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In Vladivostok, the newly built Vladivostok-Knewitschi Airport near Artyom will be connected to the Vladivostok train station. The connection has been in operation since July 20, 2012. After Aeroexpress lost 62 million rubles with the operation of the line in Vladivostok in 2014 , the company withdrew from Vladivostok. However, a new operator has been found with "Express Primorje".

Sochi airport

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The Sochi Airport - Adler – Sochi Railway Station line was built for the 2014 Winter Olympics . The line was opened by Aeroexpress on February 15, 2012, but operations were handed over to RŽD on May 1, 2013 .

Kazan airport

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Aeroexpress trains have been running between Kazan Airport and Kazan Passashirskaya station since May 22, 2013 . The line was put into operation in time for traffic in connection with the 2013 Summer Universiade . After 2014 Aeroexpress with the operation of the line in Kazan 130 million rubles (1.96 million US dollars ) made loss, the company withdrew from the city. With the company "Sodruschestvo" a new operator could be found.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Contacts ( Memento October 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), company website. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ Hope Frolov: РЖД продадут 25% "Аэроэкспресса" в 17 раз дороже цены покупки. Prime 1, February 10, 2014, accessed October 17, 2014 (Russian).
  3. ↑ a b c About Aeroexpress. (No longer available online.) Aeroexpress, 2014, archived from the original on October 17, 2014 ; accessed on October 17, 2014 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Russia . In: International Railway Journal . tape 55 , no. 3 , 2015, p. 11 .
  5. ↑ "Экспресс Приморья" с 1 марта заменит "Аэроэкспресс" во Владивостоке. РИА Новости, March 6, 2015, accessed March 6, 2016 .
  6. ↑ В аэропорт Сочи снова ходят электрички. In: Profi.Travel. June 30, 2015, accessed March 6, 2016 .
  7. ↑ "Аэроэкспресс" в Казани заменит пригородная компания "Содружество". RŽD , January 17, 2015, accessed March 6, 2016 .

Web links

Commons : Aeroexpress  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Aeroexpress. Aeroexpress, accessed October 17, 2014 (English, unknown language, Russian, official company website).