Moscow Subway Stations - Varioius 1

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

The Subway in Moscow is near 270kms long, with 138 stations at the last count. It continues to grow though!

There are 9 color coded lines, with trains at a one minute frequency (more often during rush hour).

It is famous for its stations - baroque works of art filled with statues, columns, mosaics, monuments and so forth.

Enjoy the pictures of the various stations....

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Named after regions/provinces which suffered in WW2.

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

'50's look?

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Naming here is obvious!

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Notice the scale - flowers even. One of the prettiest.

[John Ashworth]

Kevin, did you take these? When?

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Spotless stations!

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

I wish! They were sent through to me by a work collegue...

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Very fancy this one...

[John Ashworth]

Are they recent? Do the stations still look like this?

[Kevin Wilson-Smith]

Apparently yes. They have a constant expansion program in terms of stations.

However, I was told that the nice stations (or rather fancy ones) as shown in the photos, are centralised around Moscow (and are therefore the older and more elaborate and baroque stations). The new stations are apparently clean and spotless etc, but normal type stations.