TASS, Moscow :
Most part of fans left the territory of Luzhniki Stadium in 1 hour 10 minutes after the end of the 2018 FIFA World Cup final match and the awarding ceremony, said the press service of the Moscow Department for Transport and Development of Road and Transport Infrastructure.
“Immediately after the end of the World Cup awarding ceremony, 55,000 fans used public transport to leave Luzhniki Stadium. Most part of spectators left in 1 hour 10 minutes. It is the third time we get this result at Luzhniki Stadium, which shows the stable operation of the Moscow transport system,” Deputy Moscow Mayor for Transport Maxim Liksutov said, according to the press service.
The department said that 50,100 fans went by tube and the Moscow Central Circle, 3,300 used free S1 shuttle buses to get to the Park Kultury station, and 1,610 more fans went by taxi.
“More than 40,000 professionals working in the Moscow transport system helped transport fans during the World Cup. Many of our employees became volunteers and approached the stadiums on the days of the matches to help fans find their way in the subway or show them the way to a stadium,” Liksutov added. During the World Cup foreign fans made numerous positive