Moscow GalleryMoscow, Russia (Europe)
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Moscow's metro has been planned in the socialist era, 1931, to be the most beautiful, the safest, and the most comfortable metro in the world. At least in terms of beauty, they probably succeeded.
The photos below cover a small subset of Moscow's stations. They don't show only the spectacular stations but try to give an overview of the variety of different designs. If the photos on this page do not quite match Metro Bits' quality standards, this is because they date from 1995. I didn't have a digital camera back then and sometimes made the big mistake of using a flash in the underground. Hopefully, the great station architecture can speak for itself nevertheless. I hope to get the opportunity to make some better photos in the future.
Last update: 15 January 2007.
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ArbatskayaLine 4. Entrance building. 1935. |
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ArbatskayaLine 3. 1953. |
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BarrikadnayaLine 7 (with transfer to line 5). 1972. |
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BelorusskayaLine 5 (with transfer to line 2). 1952. |
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ElektrosavodskayaLine 3. 1944. |
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EscalatorsMany escalators in Moscow are made of wood and run very fast. |
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Escalator GuardAt the bottom of each set of escalators is a guard sitting in a glass cabin watching the passenger flow. |
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KomsomolskayaLine 5 (with transfer to line 1). 1952. |
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KomsomolskayaLine 5 (with transfer to line 1). 1952. |
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KropotkinskayaLine 1. 1935. |
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MayakovskayaLine 2. 1938. |
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MedvedkovoLine 6. 1978. |
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NovoslobodskayaLine 5 (with transfer to line 9). 1952. Exit sign. Being able to decipher cyrillic characters is essential when using Moscow's metro. |
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Kitay-GorodLine 6 (with transfer to line 7). 1971. |
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Ploshchad RevolutiiLine 3 (with transfer to line 2). 1944. |
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Ploshchad RevolutiiLine 3 (with transfer to line 2). 1944. |
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ProfsoyuznayaLine 6. 1974. |
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SemyonovskayaLine 3. 1961. |
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Train Interior |
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VDNKHLine 6. 1958. |
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Bridge Near KievskayaWhen the metro runs across the bridge in the background, passengers get a view of some nice buildings. Larger version. |
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Transfer RouteBetween Teatralnaya station (line 2) and Okhotnyi Ryad station (line 1), opened in 1944, and probably being the first underground transfer route between separate lines in Moscow. |
Photos ©1995 M. Rohde.
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