In a big city, it is impossible to do without public transport services. The fare depends not only on the type of vehicle, but also on how to pay for it. The most profitable travel cards in Russia were introduced in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In the first case, you can use the cards "Three", "Single". The pass in the Northern capital is called "Plantain."
Types of Moscow public transport
What can I get around in Moscow? Now there are:
- trams;
- Buses
- trolleybuses;
- Metro;
- electric trains;
- minibuses;
- Taxi.
"One" - what is it?
The unified travel card for any type of transport received the corresponding name - “Unified”. At the box office it can be found at different prices, directly dependent on the number of trips. There are only one options, and there are those that will drive 60 times. Duration of tickets is different. Those for 1-2 trips can be used for 5 days, but from 20 to 60 trips can be spent within 90 days from the date of payment of the card.
There is a single travel card without travel limits. You can buy one that allows you to use any city municipal transport without restrictions during the day, and there are those that operate for a month or even a year.
What other cards are there?
"One" is a travel card that has several competitors. For example, a ticket valid for one and a half hours. It’s called “90 minutes”. Within an hour and a half from the moment the ticket is activated, you can transfer to the ground transport an unlimited number of times, as well as enter the subway once. The option is optimal for those who are forced to get to the place of work, study with transfers. It turns out much more profitable than paying for each trip separately.
“Troika” is a paid card, so you can get it if you have 50 rubles. However, they can be returned if you take the card that has become unnecessary back to the cashier. Next, the owner replenishes the account of his transport card through special machines, cash desks or the Internet. As in the case when the “One” ticket is selected, the fare for the “Troika” is significantly lower than when buying single tickets.
Using cards is profitable
Of course, every resident and guest of the capital wants to know which ticket to use the most profitable. There is no universal solution, so you have to proceed from your needs.
For one trip, if you buy a “One” pass, the cost is rather big - 55 rubles. This option is suitable only for a person who does not plan to stay in the city. For example, if you need to get from the station to the station. A card is also suitable for those who have to make just a couple of trips, for which it would be pointless to pay for Troika, especially if the traveler understands that he does not have enough time to return the card to the cashier.
A one-time ticket that allows you to use Moscow public transport for 90 minutes is suitable for the same category of people. It will cost 65 rubles and is beneficial if a person in the city needs to make only a couple of trips. For every day, these options are completely unsuitable.
Immediately and for a long time
If you want to save money, you can buy a single monthly pass. At a sufficiently high one-time price, the cardholder gets the opportunity to use the public transport of the city unlimitedly, making transfers and without calculating whether 90 minutes have passed since the card was activated. This is important if there is a great risk of being stuck in traffic: after all, time goes on and, perhaps, having stood an extra half an hour in a traffic jam from cars, you will have to pay for the next transfer as a new trip.
But the “Troika” is noteworthy in that you can record different types of tickets on it, including the monthly or annual “Single”.
History in a nutshell
As the municipal authorities have repeatedly reported, the “One” represents only the first step towards making Moscow the city of convenient and cheap transport. A single travel card, officials suggest, will soon teach people how to use electronic wallets, and then cards for one or a couple of trips will be a thing of the past. At the same time, the introduction of different types of cards took place gradually, so that people could learn to use the opportunities that open to them without unnecessary stress.
For the first time, a ticket appeared on sale on February 1, 2013, and has since been able to prove its worth and benefit. By the way, the experimental station, where they began to introduce the "One" - "Culture Park". Acquisition both then and now is possible not only through the ticket office, but also in a special ticket machine. There are also installed terminals on which you can check the validity period of a travel document available to a passenger.
Unlimited tickets from the very beginning of the new program and to this day can be bought for a year, 90 days, a month.
At first, the innovation caused a flurry of questions and doubts about the reliability and usefulness of cards. People were surprised at literally everything, even the appearance of the tickets. Others said that the tokens are much more pleasant to the touch and look prettier, so it was sacrilege to replace them with ordinary cardboard. By the way, experts recommend to lovers of “Troika” instead of “One” for lovers of pleasant sensations. They say she's nicer.