The Troika card (, ''Troika'') is a reusable

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used to pay for public

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, including

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trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...

, or

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

s. It can also be used to pay for car parking, bicycle rental, and other city transport services. It was introduced on April 2, 2013. Passengers can buy a Troika card at any Metro ticket office or automated Mosgortrans ticket kiosk. They can top it up at Metro ticket windows and automated Metro vending machines as well as automated vending machines, mobile phone stores, and payment terminals or via the internet, SMS, electronic payment systems, and smartphone apps.

Fare options

The 90-minute ticket fare is included on Troika, allowing passengers one ride on the metro or the

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plus an unlimited number of rides on surface transport within 90 minutes. It is possible to purchase any ticket – Unified, 90 Minute, and TAT – for any number of rides, including unlimited tickets as well as unlimited rail passes and one-trip tickets on the suburban trains. However, this does not include passes for 10, 20, 60, and 90 trips. The data in this table is valid as of August 24, 2024. * Transfer between the nearest metro station and the monorail station ( VDNKh - Vystavochny Tsentr or Timiryazevskaya (Moscow Metro) -

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) within 90 minutes with any type of card counts as 1 ride and does not deduct fare of second trip. * 90-minute transfer discount does not apply to trolleybus, bus and tram in

Troitsky Administrative Okrug Troitsky Administrative Okrug () is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow. The okrug was founded on July 1, 2012. Territorial organisation At the time of formation it included the following settlements, which previously belonge ...

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trains or

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