According to the general director of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, it will connect the airport with the cosmodrome
KUBINKA /Moscow region/, August 23. /TASS/. A light metro is planned to be built at the Vostochny cosmodrome to connect it with the airport, which will be built in 2023. This was announced by the Director General of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin at the International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021".
"We would like to make an interchange at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, where we are putting the first lane of the airport complex into operation from 2023. < ... > A light metro will connect the airport <...>..> with the Vostochny cosmodrome, the city of Tsiolkovsky. A very easy, fast, convenient modern solution, "Rogozin said during the plenary session" Diversification of the Defense Industry. Strategic priorities and main tasks".
He explained that the project will be implemented jointly with the Ust-Katavsky Car Building Plant (UKVZ, part of Roscosmos). At the beginning of February last year, the general director of the enterprise Roman Novikov announced that a preliminary agreement had been reached on the organization of tram traffic at the Vostochny cosmodrome. According to him, modern five-section, low-floor tram cars will be used to transport people. Their maintenance will be carried out by the plant.
The International military-technical Forum "Army-2021" is held in the Patriot Shopping Center from August 22 to 28.
