Paveletsky passengers complain of vanishing trains

A mass cancellation of trains on the Paveletsky direction occurred in Moscow on February 3, MSK1.RU readers reported. According to them, the problems began around 6 p.m.

«I arrived at Varshavskaya at 5:55 p.m., the train was scheduled at 6:03 p.m., but before that there had been a long wait. In the end, we stood for an hour in the cold, one train came at 6:50 p.m.,» a female reader complained.

But that was far from the whole problem. The huge crowd that had gathered could not get on because the train was completely packed.

«I had to go to a shopping mall to warm up, and then leave an hour later on a semi-empty train that arrived,» the woman added.

It turned out there was a warning that the disruption was due to problems on the Mikhnevo–Barybino section. Passengers were warned of delays of 15–20 minutes and possible cancellations.

A little later, another reader wrote to MSK1.RU. He said he went to the station near Derbenevskaya around 8 p.m. But he couldn«t leave, neither at 8 nor at 9. When he arrived at Paveletsky station, he was surprised:

«First, a train was supposed to arrive in 10 minutes, but it never came. And when I went to the station to catch the 9:17 p.m. train, it simply disappeared from the board, not even marked as »canceled.« The station itself was half-empty. That is, trains are on the schedule — but in reality, they are not,» the reader wondered.

Earlier, MSK1.RU reported in detail that on Tuesday, amid severe frosts, a large-scale disruption in transport operations occurred in Moscow. People crowded on platforms and stops and often could not get on due to large numbers of passengers.