Moscow metro (Moscow underground or Moscow subway or Moscow tube) is the second largest metro system in the world after the one in Tokyo.
Moscow metro is famous for the decorations,
one can see on different stations, which represent so called art of socialistic realism.
The first project of Moscow metro was worked out in 1901. The engineer P. Balinsky suggested that the districts of Moscow
should be connected with an underground system of trains. The next projects appeared in 1925 and the first line was opened on
May 15, 1935. During the next years new stations and new lines were added to the system.
The construction of metro was stopped due to the beginning of the WW2.
The metro stations were used as bomb-proof
shelters. After the war the construction of a circle line was started.
Many stations changed their names during the whole history of the system. In 1955 the metro system was named after V.I. Lenin and in diferent
years Moscow metro was awarded with high Soviet awards such as the Order of Lenin (1947) and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1985).
Today Moscow metro consists of 12 lines, the whole length comes to 292,9 km, the number of the stations is 176. On an ordinary working day
the metro takes up to 8 million passengers.
Moscow metro works from 05:25 in the morning till 01:00 at night.
The cost of a trip in metro is
RUB 28 per person per single trip
(subject to change).
The tickets may be purchased at any station.
Opening hours:
Daily from 05:25 in the morning till 01:00 at night.
You may wish to visit the official
website of Moscow metro with its useful
interactive map.
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