From violators in the Moscow metro recovered more than 3.2 million since the beginning of the year

The legal service of the Moscow Metro continues systematic work to recover damages from passengers who are responsible for delaying the movement of trains. Thus, since the beginning of 2026, more than 3.2 million rubles have been recovered, said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.

According to him, experts give a legal assessment of each emergency situation, and from their perpetrators, in addition to administrative fines or criminal punishment, the damage caused for the disrupted schedule is fully recovered in court.

“The Moscow metro is the basis of the transport system of the city, passengers make about 8 million trips here daily, taking into account the ICC,” Liksutov said. According to the task of Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, we strictly control the reliability and safety of transportation.

The deputy mayor reminded that the descent on the way, delaying the doors of cars, attempts to enter office premises and tunnels are deadly and pose a direct threat to traffic safety.

According to Liksutov, now the metro occupies a leading position in the world among other subways in terms of accuracy of schedule compliance (99.9%), as well as traffic intensity due to 90-second intervals in the hours demanded by passengers on the main lines. Thus, according to the deputy mayor, the schedule of trains is adjusted to seconds, and any unforeseen stop of trains knocks down the schedule on the entire line, violates the plans of passengers and entails direct financial losses - 1 minute of delay costs the subway about 30 thousand rubles.

Earlier, Liksutov said that the lawyers of the Moscow Metro since the beginning of 2026 recovered 2.4 million rubles. fines from motorists who were responsible for the delay of trams. Among the most common reasons for stopping traffic, the vice mayor noted an accident on tram tracks, the departure of cars on the tracks and improper parking. In addition, he said, trams are delayed due to damage to the contact network and other infrastructure by third-party transport.