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MCD-1 (also known as Belorussko-Savyolovsky Diameter or First Diameter) is the first line of the Moscow Central Diameters, launched on November 21, 2019. The route, connecting the Moscow Region cities of Odintsovo and Lobnya, runs through the territory of Moscow and Dolgoprudny, connecting the Belorusskoye and Savyolovsky directions of the Moscow Railway. Thus, MCD-1 connects the center of Moscow with the districts in the north of the city and with the districts in the west of the city. The route is 52 km long and has 25 (in the future there will be 28) operating stopping points. The route has 10 (in the future there will be 12) stopping points with transfers to Moscow metro stations, the MCC and railway platforms of radial directions. The travel time of the electric train on this route is 1 hour 28 minutes, the interval during rush hour is 6 minutes. By the launch of traffic on the first diameter, weather modules or canopies, emergency call steles, benches, trash bins and ticket windows for people with disabilities were installed on all platforms and stations. Major reconstruction as part of the MCD organization affected the Khlebnikovo, Vodniki, Dolgoprudnaya, Novodachnaya platforms and Lobnya station. The platforms of the Smolensk direction from Belorussky railway station to Odintsovo station were reconstructed in 2016-2018 as part of the construction of the third track[6]. On April 13, 2019, construction began on the Slavyansky Bulvar platform, where a heated passage to the metro station of the same name was organized. On June 29, 2020, the station opened. On May 27, 2019, the Skolkovo Innovation Center stopping point was opened to replace the Trekhgorka platform. In August 2019, construction of a passenger distribution hall (concourse) began at the Setun stopping point, where escalators and elevators will be installed, and a barrier-free environment will be created. The reconstructed station was commissioned on June 30, 2020. In April - October 2019, two additional platforms and four dead-end tracks for suburban electric trains departing from the station to the Smolensk direction were built at the Belorussky railway station, which made it possible to relieve the transit platforms. On October 2, 2019, a separate suburban pavilion with an area of 426 m² was opened, from which there is an exit to Tverskaya Zastava Square and Gruzinsky Val Street, bypassing the old building of the Belorussky railway station. The pavilion has ticket offices and machines, turnstiles, electronic information boards, rooms for controllers and other necessary infrastructure. On November 21, 2019, traffic on D1 was opened.