Main, district, social: how to find out the route category and its interval by number.
As Maxim Liksotov pointed out, 10 years ago, ground transportation routes were divided into categories for the convenience of passengers. This makes it easier for the residents of the capital to navigate and choose the appropriate bus or electric bus for the fastest journey.
Let's talk in more detail:
The trunk lines are marked with the letter "M" and in a single color. They connect areas with central, metro, MCC and MCD. Express routes with the letter "e" provide fast travel between areas and central attractions. At the most popular times, such routes operate at approximately 10 minute intervals. The numbers of these routes look like this:,. By the way, they recently got their own program.
Regional routes are marked in blue. They provide travel within regions. Their interval is usually a maximum of 20 minutes. The numbers of such tracks can be identified by their organizational color:,.
Social tracks are marked in pink. Sometimes their number has an "s" at the beginning. They help to reach important social infrastructure facilities. They work on a separate schedule. For such routes the numbers look like this:,. There are also night routes. They are marked in dark blue with a strip in the color of the metro line along which the track runs. for example,.
Suburban routes of the Moscow - Region project. They are all numbered in the thousands. These are buses with a number on a white background with a yellow stripe. for example,.
Corporate colors are used in diagrams at stations, transport tables at metro stations, as well as in the Moscow and Moscow transport applications.
"On behalf of the Mayor of Moscow, Sergey Sobyanin, we are constantly improving the network of ground transportation routes and increasing accessibility to popular destinations. We take into account passenger demand, the development of urban infrastructure and the needs of residents.