How to use park-and-ride for free: instructions for the driver

Ride-and-ride parking lots are parking lots located near metro stations in Moscow. They are designed to relieve congestion on the roads during rush hour. You can use the parking lots for free, but only if you have made at least 2 metro trips.

Otherwise, you will need to pay for parking at a single rate - 50 rubles per hour from 06-00 to 02-00 and 100 rubles for night parking (from 02-00 to 06-00).

Parking and rides

Intercept parking lots are places specially designated for car owners who can leave their vehicle at any time of the day and use public transport services (in particular, the metro).

What is it, why do we need it

Intercept parking allows you to relieve congestion on the roads of megacities, which are completely stuck in traffic jams during rush hours. Every driver of a light car can use them; parking tickets are issued directly upon entering the territory.

Where can you meet in Moscow

In Moscow, interception parking lots are located close to metro stations and currently there are more than 20 of them. By 2021, this figure is promised to increase to 58, which will allow 21 thousand cars to park simultaneously.

Subway station name	Address of the location of an existing intercept parking lot
Annino	Warsaw highway, 170
Strogino	Between station vestibules
Volokolamsk	Novotushinsky proezd, 8 (nearby is the Pyaterochka store)
Shipilovskaya 1, 2	Corner of Shipilovskaya and Musa Jalil streets
Shipilovskaya 3, 4	Between the lobbies of metro stations
Zyablikovo 1, 2	Corner of Yaseneva Street and Orekhovoy Boulevard
Zyablikovo 3, 4	Corner of Yaseneva and Voronezhskaya streets
Krasnogvardeyskaya 1, 2	Orekhovy Boulevard 22 and 24 respectively
Dmitry Donskoy Boulevard	Grina Street 5a (landmark - McDonald's is located diagonally)
Admiral Ushakov Boulevard 1, 2	Admiral Lazarev Street (located along it)
Yasenevo 1, 2	Novoyasenevsky Avenue 9 and 28 respectively
Novokosino	Suzdalskaya street, 24
Vykhino	Opposite the former market area
Izmailovskaya	Izmailovsky Prospekt, 49 (to the right of the metro lobby)
Domodedovskaya 1, 2	Orekhovy Boulevard, 13 and 14 respectively
Medvedkovo	Shirokaya Street, 14
Bibirevo	Pleshcheeva Street, 1
Timiryazevskaya	Dmitrovskoe highway, 17 – 21

At intercept parking lots near Annino metro stations and in the western part of Moscow there are special modules for parking bicycles.

How to find out availability

Availability of free spaces in the intercept parking lot can be found on the official website. It is currently working in test mode, but transport drivers have the opportunity to resolve the issue. Additionally, the site has an online parking monitoring service - you can monitor your own car or monitor free spaces.

We recommend reading about how to pay for parking in Moscow. From the article you will learn about the main methods of paying for parking in Moscow, how to use a parking meter, and how to top up your parking account. And here is more information about whether there will be a fine for a parking violation.

To whom about parking work

For all questions regarding the operation of intercept parking, you can contact:

to the inspectors - they are present and work in the parking lot around the clock;
by phone – Moscow Metro passenger services;
by email

How to use valet parking

The parking lot operates 24 hours a day and must be used in strict accordance with the rules.

Entry and exit rules

Entry to the intercept parking lot is carried out using special parking tickets, which are strictly prohibited from being transferred to other persons. Driver action algorithm:

At the entrance to the parking lot, you need to press the button located on the counter and receive a parking ticket.
Entry can only be made after the barrier has been fully raised.
Park the car in a free space, observing the road markings and signs on the surface.
Keep your parking ticket until you finish using the park-and-ride system.

The speed limit in the parking area must be 10 km/h.

To travel you will need:

insert the parking ticket into the rack;
wait for the barrier to open;
leave.

The second point will only work if the parking limit has not been exhausted and payment has already been made in full. You can pay the amount for parking at the intercept parking lot at a special terminal. In this case, you can leave no later than 15 minutes later, otherwise the barrier will be blocked.

Schedule

All parking intercepts operate 24 hours a day.

Disabled parking

Disabled people of groups 1, 2, 3 can place their car in the intercept parking free of charge if there are free spaces with the appropriate designation. What should be done:

contact the controller or, if he is not in sight at the entrance, press the “Call dispatcher” button at the counter;
obtain information about the availability of available seats marked “for disabled people”;
present documents - a certificate confirming your status, identity card, identification mark on the vehicle.

If the specially marked spaces are all occupied, then parking for disabled people is carried out on a general basis if there are other free spaces.

How to use the metro's ride-hailing parking for free?

If you want to use parking services for free, the sequence of your actions is as follows:

Get a parking card and leave your car in a free parking lot.
Travel by metro train to your destination. You can pay at the turnstile with Troika, a Muscovite social card, a single travel card or a 90-minute ticket.
Return to the metro station where the car was left.
When exiting the metro, you need to use the yellow information terminal. Tap "Eligibility to Pay for Parking." Hold your issued parking card near the yellow circle. Next, you need to attach the travel ticket that you used to pay at the turnstile. The device will confirm your right to free parking. Then present the parking card again - the message “Payment information for the basic tariff plan has been added to the card” should appear.
How to use park and ride next? Return to the parking lot and insert your parking card into the terminal. The following message will appear: “The card does not require payment.”
Within 15 minutes after this you will need to pick up your car. To leave the parking area, insert your card into the exit counter.

If you have any questions along the way about how to use ride-hailing parking, you can always contact the parking supervisors.

How to pay for valet parking

You must pay for intercepted parking when leaving it, unless certain conditions have been met. This is done in a special terminal, after which the barrier at the exit will rise - it is recommended to leave within a maximum of 15 minutes, this time is enough for payment to be made and a command to be received by the automation, after which it can be blocked.

How much does parking cost in Moscow?

All parking lots of this type in Moscow have the same tariffs:

basic – parking is free, can be used only from 6:00 to 02:00 and subject to making at least 2 trips by metro from the moment the vehicle was left in the parking lot;
night - takes a period of time from 02-00 to 06-00, cost - 100 rubles for all 4 hours;
commercial - valid from 06-00 to 02-00, payment is charged at a rate of 50 rubles per hour, but only if an insufficient number of metro trips have been made.

Are there free ones?

To use intercept parking for free, you need to follow these steps:

park the vehicle and receive a parking ticket;
travel further by metro to your destination, choosing a “90 minutes” ticket, a single travel ticket, a Muscovite card or a “Troika” card to pay for the fare;
return to the metro station near which the car was left;
at the exit from the metro station you need to use a yellow terminal - a parking ticket is attached to it, information is read from it and travel data is recorded.

Next, when leaving the intercepting parking lot, you need to insert the ticket into the counter and see the inscription “Card does not require payment” on the screen, wait for the barrier to rise.

Rules for using the intercept parking of the State Unitary Enterprise Moscow Metro

Anyone who has used regular parking can easily figure out how to use ride-hailing parking. These parking lots operate 24 hours a day and are equipped with video surveillance, so the motorist does not have to worry about the safety of his vehicle. At the entrance to their square there is a special counter with a button, by clicking on which you can get a parking card, which must be kept until the end of the parking lot.

Once in the parking area after the barrier has opened, the driver can stop in any free space in accordance with the markings, road signs and signs. Here you must observe the speed limit - no more than 10 km/h. Before leaving the metro parking lot, the motorist must insert a special card into the counter. The barrier will open automatically if parking is paid and the time limit is met. You can deposit the amount for this service in a special terminal. Remember that you need to leave for this no earlier than 15 minutes after the moment of payment.

Parking payment system

Most of these parking lots in Moscow are provided for free use, since the authorities are interested in solving the problem of traffic jams.

If the driver nevertheless chooses paid parking, he will be able to pay the amount for the service using special terminals, which are located either at the exit from the parking lot to the metro lobby, or near the exit from it. You must pay for the entire parking time, starting from the first second, and the period will be rounded up to a full hour.

Parking in free park-and-ride parking in Moscow is only possible if the driver has planned several trips by metro. The car must be there between 5:30 and 02:00. The standard base fare requires the customer to make at least two trips on the subway after the car is parked, with the first one starting from the station closest to the subway park and ride facility.

To issue it, you will need a parking ticket, with which you will need to carry out a number of manipulations in the information terminal of the Moscow metro when entering the parking lot:

Click on the “Right to pay for parking” button.
We attach the parking ticket to the yellow circle at the terminal.
When you see the words “Attach your metro ticket to the yellow circle” on the screen, do this with your travel document.
After the terminal notifies you that your right to free parking has been confirmed, touch your parking ticket to the yellow circle again.
Wait for the result on the screen. If it informs you that the information has been recorded on the ticket, it means that the operation was successful. If the message “No necessary trips recorded” appears, the information could not be written to the card.

There remains one last step in obtaining the right to free parking: you need to insert your parking ticket into the terminal at the exit.

Remember that for theft or damage to a ticket the driver will have to pay a fine, which is usually 500 rubles.

Which cars cannot use valet parking?

It is prohibited to enter transport parking lots:

machines whose dimensions are more than 3 meters wide and 2.1 meters high;
cars with more than 8 seats or a permissible weight of more than 3500 kg;
any motorized vehicle - motorcycles, mopeds;
vehicles that arrived at the parking lot in tow or with significant body damage;
cars that do not have registration plates.

We recommend reading about whether you need to pay for parking. From the article you will learn about when you need to pay for parking, fines for failure to pay, and the conditions for free parking for the disabled. And here is more information about the features of the “Paid parking” sign.

Parking and rides are a great alternative to spending hours stuck in traffic jams during rush hour. Each vehicle owner has the opportunity to use them for free or by paying a small amount according to the tariff.