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Underground metro stations are associated with rats, garbage, noise and filth, not their interior design. However, there are a few subway stations in the world that go against the grain, standing out as excellent examples of the beautiful architecture and unique design that can be created in underground spaces.
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This was the first station I visited. Kievskaya on the Moscow Metro. Planned to be the second, but unfortunately the one I had planned for 1st was shut down due to a bombing a couple of years back... I was there two weeks after the bombing in the Moscow airport, so I figured it was probably a good call that the station was closed. When I got here I realized that getting shots without people was going to be tough so my best bet was waiting for at least my immediate foreground to open up…
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More than just a means of transportation, the capital’s metro is truly a masterpiece of art and architecture. You won’t find two stations that look alike. Here is our list of the ones that you must see.
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When it opened on 15 May 1935, the Moscow metro was a subterranean Communist paradise: its chandeliers, marble, intricate mosaics and heroic statues created an opulent space that was accessible for the city’s workers. Eighty years on it transports up to nine million people a day, with expansion plans set to make it the world’s fourth largest subway system by 2020
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Gave the state-sanctioned tour guide the slip and circled the Moscow Metro with my partner-in-crime Grit in 1992.
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Today is my last subway shot from Moscow. It is on the way out. Every station I visited had at least 3 escalators, and one was always stopped. I imagine that they run all three during the week when it is busy, but not during the weekends I guess. This one at Komsomolskaya was actually one of the shorter escalators and still is more than minute long ride. The longest escalator in Europe in in a different station - Park Pobedy - which takes more than 3 minutes to ride (and I didn't take it…
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Moscow metro. New station. Photographer: Konstantin Zimin
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