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The city authorities have decided to close urban monorail due to its inefficiency. About this newspaper “Vedomosti”.

On the annual maintenance of the monorail from the city budget to spend 800 million rubles, with 39 standing passengers.

“the operation of the monorail is very costly, and this form of transport is hopeless. Costs 800 million rubles a year, which is a significant sum, especially in pandemic conditions when we all force directed at it, to not slow down the development of the main modes of transport,” – said in response to a request from a press-services “Moscow underground” and Department of transport in the capital.

It is noted that annual passenger traffic of the monorail is 1.5 million people (ICC carries the same amount for 3 days work).