Attraction zones of passenger traffi c to Moscow and St.Petersburg
Abstract
The article deals with transfering passengers to the largest Russian cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg, which are also the largest transport hubs, both in railway and air traffic. We selected 62 cities or agglomerations which have a transport hub with year-round connections to Moscow and St. Petersburg. We also analyzed medium-and long-distance traffic flows mainly served by air and long-distance trains.
During the analysis, all connections of the selected nodes were grouped by their intensity depending on the number of passengers and by their percentage in the overall traffic structure. This made it possible to identify key differences between air and rail connections with Moscow and St. Petersburg. A large concentration of high-intensity and large-scale connections with Moscow was revealed, while the number of such connections with St. Petersburg is extremely small. A pronounced orientation of flows to the Moscow aviation and railway nodes was revealed, and the role of St. Petersburg was recognized as insignificant for the vast majority of cities.
Thus, the article states that, as of 2016, Moscow is the dominant factor in medium and long-distance transportation, both by aviation and by rail. The St. Petersburg node, despite its position in the structure of aviation and railway transport, practically does not have a territory gravitating towards it in absolute terms. The zone of relative gravitation was analyzed, which was estimated relative to the share of the population of the St. Petersburg agglomeration. An analysis of the aggregate gravitation zones for aviation and railway communication at medium and long distances revealed that, in general, St. Petersburg attracts the territories north of the line stretching from the south of the Pskov region to the north of the Kirov region.
About the Authors
O. V. Sorokin
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Department of Economic and Social Geography of Russia
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Master student
K. V. Samburov
Institute of Geography RAS, Department of Socio-Economic Geography
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Post-graduate student
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Sorokin O.V., Samburov K.V. Attraction zones of passenger traffi c to Moscow and St.Petersburg. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 5, Geografiya. 2021;(6):135-147. (In Russ.)
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