The first Russian unmanned train for the Moscow Metro, "Moscow-2026," was presented at the "Aminyevskoye" electric depot. The eight-car train, created in Mytishchi using Russian software, is fully ready for test runs without passengers, according to the press service of the Mayor of Moscow. The demonstration of the train was attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by the Mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin.
The train will begin test runs in autonomous mode as early as 2026. Full-fledged passenger traffic is planned from 2027, and by 2030, the first line fully operating without drivers will be launched. The "Aminyevskoye" electric depot was opened in January 2024 and, together with "Nizhegorodskoye," serves the Big Circle Line of the metro.
The train's software was developed by the Center for Research and Development of Unmanned Transport of the Government of Moscow. At the first stage, key functions are being tested: automatic train driving with speed and stop control, detection of people and foreign objects on the tracks, machine vision for identifying anomalies, and interaction with the dispatch center in real time. In the future, the system will be able to automatically generate a train schedule.
Sobyanin noted that the train meets world standards: the doors are a third wider, passenger boarding is faster, the cabins are quieter, the bogies are softer, and the energy intensity is higher.
