Aeroexpress

{{short description|Operator of airport rail link services in Russia}}

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Aeroexpress Ltd. ({{langx|ru|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%)."Aeroexpress may set up subsidiary to serve St. Petersburg airport", Russia & CIS Business & Financial Daily, 5 Mar 2013, accessed 13 Mar 2013 via Nexis

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.[http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/aeroexpress-ups-passenger-flow-24/474440.html#ixzz2NRTiprEd "Aeroexpress Ups Passenger Flow 24%"], The Moscow Times, 23 Jan 2013, accessed 13 Mar 2013

History

File:Moscow Paveletskiy terminal. Aeroexpress hall after rebuild, opened at 10.12.2015 (26102886770).jpg]]

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.{{cite web|url=http://aeroexpress.ru/en/history/ |title=Aeroexpress Company History |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703111903/http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/history/ |archivedate=2010-07-03 }}

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".{{cite web |url=http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/press_releases/news20090565.html |title=Aeroexpress - Aeroexpress to Leave Vladivostok and Kazan |website=www.aeroexpress.ru |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130065134/http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/press_releases/news20090565.html |archive-date=30 January 2015 |url-status=dead}}

Rolling stock

===Current===

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style="background:Red; color:White" \| 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

Аэроэкспресс.jpg|ED4MKM-AERO

ESh2-024, Kievsky station (1).jpg|ESh2 «Eurasia»

===Bus Fleet===

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Number of buses

Line

Start of service

LiAZ-5292

8{{cite web|url=https://dvizhok.su/komtrans/avtobusyi-gaz-budut-vozit-passazhirov-v-aeroport-sheremetevo|title=Автобусы ЛиАЗ будут возить пассажиров в аэропорт Шереметьево|newspaper=Dvizhok|date=21 October 2019}}

Khovrino Metro Station/"Severniye Vorota" Bus Terminal — Sheremetyevo (Terminals A, B, C)

since 2019

===Retired===

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style="background:Red; color:White" \| Model	Number of trains	Cars per train	Line	Time of service
EM2	?	rowspan=2 \| 6, 8 or 10	rowspan=2 \| 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

RZD EM2-030 Aeroexpress Domodedovo aRZD EM2-030 Aeroexpress Domodedovo airport - Moscowirport - Moscow (3915896855).jpg|Retired EM2 on approach to Domodedovo in 2008

ЭД4М-0406 Аэроэкспресс.JPG|Retired ED4M on approach to Domodedovo in 2013

ЭД9М-0262 Владивосток.JPG|Retired ED9M in Vladivostok in 2015

ES1-021, aeroexpress in Kazan.jpg|Retired ES1 in Kazan International Airport in 2013

Routes list

File:Aeroexpress trains routes in Moscow region.png

=Aeroexpress routes=

Moscow, Paveletsky Rail Terminal - Aeroport Domodedovo (Domodedovo Airport) via Verkhnie Kotly railway station
Moscow, Belorussky Rail Terminal - Sheremetyevo (Sheremetyevo Airport (Terminals D, E, F)) via Okruzhnaya railway station (Aeroexpress announced that it will change the terminus for this line from Belorussky to Savyolovsky Terminal. The company did not set a date for the change, but expects it to occur in 2019.){{cite news |url=https://m.gazeta.ru/social/2018/02/27/11665147.shtml |title=Конечная: "Аэроэкспресс" переедет на Савеловский вокзал |publisher=Gazeta.ru |date=2017-02-27}}

===Aeroexpress Bus Service Routes===

Moscow, Khovrino Metro Station/"Severniye Vorota" Bus Terminal - Sheremetyevo Airport (Terminals A, B, C)

====Future Routes====

Novosibirsk, Novosybirsk-Glavny Rail Terminal - Aeroport Tolmachevo (Tolmachevo Airport) (before 2025)
St. Petersburg, Vitebsky Rail Terminal - Aeroport Pulkovo (Pulkovo Airport) (EIS 2022, construction to commence in 2018)

=Former routes=

Kazan, Kazan–Passazhirskaya Rail Terminal - Kazan International Airport: Handled to "Sodruzhestvo" since January 2015.In brief International Railway Journal March 2015 page 11
Moscow, Kievskiy Rail Terminal - Aeroport (Vnukovo Airport){{cite web |title=Aeroexpress completes operation on the route “Kievsky railway station - Vnukovo airport” |url=https://aeroexpress.ru/en/aero/press/news20101821.html |website=Aeroexpress |access-date=19 July 2024}}
Sochi, Sochi Rail Terminal - Sochi International Airport: Handled to Russian Railways since June 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://lastochka-poezd.ru/sochi_aeroport_poezd_lastochka/|title=Поезд Ласточка на маршруте Сочи - Адлер - Аэропорт расписание поезда на 2021 год купить билет}}
Vladivostok - Vladivostok Airport (Knevichi railway station): Handled to "Express Primorya" since January 2015.

=="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.{{cite web|url=http://aeroexpress.ru/en/aeroexpress_today/ |title=Aeroexpress Today |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613223206/http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/aeroexpress_today |archivedate=2010-06-13 }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://weheart.moscow/news/2015/02/transfer-of-aeroexpress/|title=Muscovites voted against transfer of Aeroexpress Terminal to Savelovsky Station|publisher=We heart Moscow|date=12 February 2015|accessdate=2015-03-05}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2013/5/31/1713/ |title=Aeroexpress intends to decrease the headway between consecutive trains in Moscow to 15 minutes |date=May 31, 2013 |publisher=Russian Aviation |accessdate=20 June 2013}} In February 2013, Aeroexpress ordered 25 double decker electro-motor units.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/stadler-wins-moscow-double-deck-train-order.html|title=Stadler wins Moscow double-deck train order|publisher=railwaygazette.com|date=13 February 2013|accessdate=2014-10-05}} The first train was delivered from Switzerland in August 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/passenger/single-view/view/stadler-ships-first-aeroexpress-emu.html|title=Stadler ships first Aeroexpress EMU|publisher=railwaygazette.com|date=8 September 2014|accessdate=2014-10-05}}

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20140921033304/http://www.aeroexpress.ru/en/ Aeroexpress] {{in lang|en|ru}}
[http://eng.rzd.ru/ Russian Railways] {{in lang|en|ru}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131040045/http://www.trgr.ru/index_en.php TransGroup AS] {{in lang|en|ru}}
[http://domodedovo.ru/en/ Domodedovo International Airport] {{in lang|en|ru}}
[http://svo.aero/en/ Sheremetyevo International Airport] {{in lang|en|ru}}
[http://vnukovo.ru/eng/index.wbp Vnukovo International Airport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122070439/http://vnukovo.ru/eng/index.wbp |date=2014-01-22 }} {{in lang|en|ru}}
[http://paveletsky.dzvr.ru/ Paveletsky Rail Terminal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122213926/http://paveletsky.dzvr.ru/ |date=2021-01-22 }} {{in lang|ru}}
[http://belorussky.dzvr.ru/ Belorussky Rail Terminal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328160800/http://belorussky.dzvr.ru/ |date=2010-03-28 }} {{in lang|ru}}
[http://savelovsky.dzvr.ru/ Savyolovsky Rail Terminal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024015904/http://savelovsky.dzvr.ru/ |date=2018-10-24 }} {{in lang|ru}}
[http://kievsky.dzvr.ru/ Kievsky Rail Terminal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192615/http://kievsky.dzvr.ru/ |date=2014-01-02 }} {{in lang|ru}}
[http://www.iaro.com International Air Rail Organisation] {{in lang|en}}

Category:Transport in Moscow

Category:Railway lines opened in 2002

Category:Railway companies of Russia

Category:Airport rail links

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