Sobyanin told about the record of the festival and subway plans

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Thursday told the media about the attendance record of the festival “Journey to Christmas”. According to Sobyanin, December 13 is the most popular festival “Moscow seasons” was visited by about 15 million people.

As previously reported by the organizing Committee of the urban street events last year in the biggest winter festival of Europe was visited by 18.6 million viewers. In 2020, “the Christmas Journey” will end on January 12. For visitors are prepared cultural events, open training sessions, treats and Souvenirs.

Referring to the development plans of the Moscow metro, Sobyanin said that the launch of the second phase of Nekrasovskiy line from the station “Kosino” to the station “Aviamotornaya” is expected in March.

“2 Jan completed main works on the new metro line — 12 km from Kosino to “Lefortovo”. In the next three months will go commissioning and testing work,” said the mayor.

the Mayor is confident that the new route will improve transport security million residents of Moscow and Moscow region. They will be able to save about 20 minutes.

In the first years of operation Nekrasovskiy line will be directly connected to a Large circular line. Passengers can travel direct from Nekrasovka to Lefortovo.