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AeroExpress transcends Moscow

Posted by Elena Toporikova on Thursday, 18 November 2010 02:18 | Published in Road & Rail Transport
AeroExpress Terminal at Vnukovo Airport

Aeroexpress is considering building its own terminals and providing train services between city centre rail hubs and and airports in Saint Petersburg, Vladivostok, Sochi, and Kazan. The volume of investment required to complete the project has not been disclosed yet. AeroExpress currently operate rail services which connect Moscow's three major airports, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo with rail termini in central Moscow.

In the first 10 months of 2010 the company carried over 8 million passengers. They estimate almost 20% of passengers travelling through Moscow airports use Aeroexpress services as a means of getting into the city.

Aeroexpress is in negotiations with Saint Petersburg’s government with the aim of obtaining agreements to provide a similar service linking central Saint Petersburg to Pulkovo airport within the next two years. Beyond Saint Petersburg the company has announced ambitions to expand into Vladivostok and Kazan. They expect a decision to be taken in Spring 2011.

Although the company has little trouble securing passengers in Moscow, largely due to intolerable congestion on the cities roads, some analysts fear the story in regions where traffic is not such a problem will be very different.

 

AeroExpress Terminal at Vnukovo Airport AeroExpress Terminal at Vnukovo Airport Image: AeroExpress
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