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• Express buses of new Soviet and Hungarian models have started running in Moscow. They seat from 100 to 200 people. The use of such expresses is envisaged by the programme of improving city transport in the Soviet capital and is part of a general development plan for Moscow, to run 15-20 years.
A combination of bus, trolley-bus and underground railway lines is planned such as will make it possible for every resident to reach his place of work in no more than 30 minutes. That is an optimal time for a city of 217,500 acres.
The fleet of buses and trolley-buses is to increase by one third by 1975. Additions to the fleet are large, high-speed machines offering every comfort for the passenger.
Underground railway lines (now 140km long) will more than double in 15 to 20 years.
High-speed routes will connect all parts