RTS Aeroexpress allowed Domodedovo International Airport to implement a whole range of multimodal projects. In essence, the check-in at Paveletskiy station as well as convenient connection between Aeroexpress arrival time and departure flights substantial
Starting today, the Rapid Transport System (RTS) train connecting Domodedovo International Airport with Paveletskiy train station increases its service frequency. Total number of services from Paveletskiy is now 28 times to and 27 times from the airport.
The new 22:34 service from Paveletskiy station in Moscow will be arriving in the airport at 23:17. The new return service will be departing from the airport at 13:00 and arriving in Moscow at 14:15.
Altogether, there are 6 trains with 8 to 10 carriages commute between Paveletskiy station and Domodedovo. Currently, the feasibility of introducing additional Aeroexpress service connecting Domodedovo airport with Belorusskiy station is being examined. The works to install additional check-in desks together with the expansion of the Paveletskiy station terminal have been scheduled to begin in 2007. Negotiations with Russian Rails are underway to upgrade the rolling stock and to add first class carriages.
RTS Aeroexpress allowed Domodedovo International Airport to implement a whole range of multimodal projects. In essence, the check-in at Paveletskiy station as well as convenient connection between Aeroexpress arrival time and departure flights substantially reduce the time spent in journey from the centre of Moscow to other cities. To date, the multimodal projects cover Samara, Volgograd, Kazan, Ufa, Omsk, Ekaterinburg and Cheliabinsk and the number of cities involved grows continuously.
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RTS Aeroxpress connecting Domodedovo International Airport with Paveletskiy train station was launched in August 2002. Additional service going from Domodedovo to Belorusskiy station calling at Kurskiy and Kalanchevskaya stations was initiated last year. More than 12 million passengers used Aeroxpress since RTS was commenced. About a quarter of all passengers flying from Domodedovo choose the train to get to the airport.