A first stage of enlarging air terminal at Paveletsky Railway station has been started.
EAST LINE Group, an operator of Domodedovo International Airport, jointly with JSC Russian Railroads and Moscow Railroad have started realization of the project to enlarge the passenger air terminal at Paveletsky Railway Station. The downtown terminal and High-speed railways link Paveletsky station - Domodedovo International Airport are important constituents of the airport's infrustructure.
After the recunstruction, the total air terminal area will be enlarged almost two-folds, up to 3.000 sq.meters.
The project realization will make for substantial increase of the level of services for passengers using the high-speed link.
The amount of check-in counters will increase up to 14 (against today's 8). Passengers will be entitled to a range of new services, including new retail outlets with a drug store, a souvenir shop, a shop for travellers.
The High-Speed railway system was launched on August 3, 2002 backed by the initiative of Gennady Matveyev, at that time the head of Moscow Railroads, and the management of EAST LINE Group. Today, the railway link is considered a major example for other Moscow airports.
Today, EAST LINE Group is implementing the newest technologies providing for an advanced check in 24 hours prior to departure. The check-in is closed 2,5 hours before a flight.
This year, passengers of SN Brussels got an opportunity to check in at the downtown terminal. The airline became the second international carrier after SWISS Airlines to provide check-in for their passengers at Paveletsky station.
The express trains are operational from 7a.m. till 10 p.m., running every hour, during peak hours - every 30 minutes, with 40 minutes travel time.
Using the High-Speed System, EAST LINE Group introduced a new intermodal transportation technology Domodedovo Air Rail Service (DARS). The service provides for an advanced check-in 24 hours prior to departure, 40-minutes journey to Domodedovo International Airport by a comfortable express train using a single boarding pass, thus considerably facilitating travels between regional centres with shorter travel time. The intermodal programmes are used at such destionations as St.-Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Kalinigrad. EAST LINE is planning to extend this programme to other major regional centres of Russia.
The joint project by JSC Russian Railroads and Domodedovo International Airport is much in demand among passengers of the airport, more than 20% of its passengers use the service to get to and from the airport.