莫斯科地铁

有人说莫斯科地铁像宫殿，我觉得有点言过其实，只能说是有特色吧。地铁站建在地下很深的深处，要乘好久的扶梯。不是所有的莫斯科地铁站都装潢的很美，大多数很普通，甚至有点陈旧，但中心的几个主要车站里的确有精品。莫斯科地铁速度快，间隔短，线路辐射广，对于赶时间的人，是最好的代步工具。但在莫斯科乘地铁的体验真的不能说是很美好。首先大多数列车上了年纪，很破旧，运行的时候噪音大，部分车厢灯光昏暗，不适合乘车的时候阅读；其次有几条线路即使在非高峰时段也还是很拥挤；最后也是最重要的是，乘车安全真的很令人担忧，最近网上流传的极端民族主义者在地铁上殴打外国人的视频，相信让不少长居莫斯科的外国人感到心寒。

世界上能作为景点的地铁真不多，莫斯科算是特例了。其实莫斯科的地铁从现代的角度看挺一般的，列车很久，还没有英文标示。但是某些地铁站的设计还是挺有苏联的时代特色的。

我从酒店到克里姆林宫和红场。这个旅程很棒,有人带领我们,和我们一起去。和东京的地铁相比,这的自动扶梯移动得太快,火车开始的太猛。

莫斯科的地铁是一定要看的。在一个很繁忙的夜晚,我们一小队人跟着一个当地的导游去了,当天是莫斯科建市865周年也是九月一号开学的星期六。我们去的每个车站都有很多人,非常的喧嚣繁忙。我们不会想要在高峰时间独自出行,都不知道要往哪里去!车站的建筑和装饰很棒,电梯是我们上过的最长的最深的,不过圣彼得堡地铁的电梯是世界上最深的。与圣彼得堡的地铁不同,莫斯科地铁没有英文标示,斯拉夫字母书写的站名下面也没有拉丁字母。如果有英文的标识就好了!虽然我们的人不多,我们团队中的一个人的外套的前前后后以及口袋都被旁边一个明显不是旅行者的人摸了个遍。那个人明显是在摸索钱包或者是智能手机。旅行者们忽略了他,什么也没做没说,以防激起暴力活动。如果你不会读斯拉夫字母,不懂俄语,你需要仔细数你坐过的站以防坐过站或者迷路!

完全没有疑问,这绝对是世界上最好的地铁,站厅就像皇宫一样,车的间隔时间也很短,高峰时段1分钟一趟,普通时段5-6分钟一趟。地铁很有效率,大部分时间都挤满了人,用不同的颜色标明了不同的线路。

如果你打算餐馆莫斯科地铁,想要欣赏苏维埃建筑的的杰作,你最好周末去,因为那时没那么多人。莫斯科会是个很繁忙的城市,尤其是在高峰期。最漂亮的车站是在环线上,包括Komsomokskaya、 Belorusskaya、Kievskaya、Novoslobodkaya。Ploshad Revolutsii车站也同样值得参观,位于莫斯科的正中心。

我被这里的地铁震撼了,每一站都不一样的,大理石,吊灯,马赛克图案,壁画,雕刻,展现了苏联的生活,历史,观念和军事力量,我最喜欢的车站是Komsomolskaya和Kievskaya。而且这里车次很多,每2-3分钟就一班,便宜,只要你有俄语和英语版的地铁线路图,乘坐起来很方便的。我还建议读一下到到网关于地铁的介绍,这样你就知道怎么找到地铁和买票了。你也不用做出计划逛地铁的,就按照到到网上其他人的攻略就行啦:http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g298484-c4156/Moscow:Russia:Moscow.Metro.Underground.Palace.html我的博客上有我拍的地铁照片:http://tctravelphotos.com/wordpress/?p=965

So the Moscow Metro ( Metpo ) is pretty amazing and a bit intimidating for the average not Russian ( can’t read Cyrillic ). The Metro moves more people then the NYC subway and during rush hour can be over whelming but is the fastest way to get anywhere at that time. It’s also an huge and covers most all of Moscow. We used it everywhere we went with the exception of the airport and train station. Dragging bags could be a real pain as there are stairs all over.So this note is in two parts logistics and beauty. Logistics: use your smart phone it will save you. We have ATT ( 120mb - $30 / 300 - $60 ) also includes text messages and phone in country, Soooo worth it. We then got the app Yandex ( it also includes the St. Petersburg metro ) that converts from Cyrillic to English and back. You can also put in two stations and it will tell you how and where to transfer. Each line has a color and a number all signs have the number and color associated. On the back wall is the next 5 or 6 stations match them up and you know you’re on the right line. The first once or twice you try do it on non commute hours. If you get confused just move over to the side and look for signs remember the colors. On the floor you will also find signs in English of the station name, way out etc. Also you can use google translate to write in Russian Cyrillic take a photo of it and show them. We did this at the train station and the metro with ( is-vanecha yane nemnogoa penny mio parusiki / Excuse me I Understand little Russian ) . The phone will also work wonders once out of the metro mapping you to that final location. We did find some issue here, I think the buildings got in the way. If you wish to Photograph the actual stations I would suggest off hours as much as possible. Sunday night after say 5:00 (17:00 ) is about as good as you can get. Metro Closes about 1:00 and reopens at 6:00 keep that. Beauty: Many of the metro stops are just amazing works, most of the finer ones are on the brown circle line. Urban Legand states Stalin put his coffee cup on the metro map and no subway engineer dared question it. So the brown line was born. My favorite station was the Dostoyevskaya ( Dostoyevsky station) built in 2010. People were upset it showed a murder. The artist reply: It’s Dostoyevsky what you want people singing and dancing? It is worth the trip on the light green line. Next Polshchad Revolyutsil (Revolution/red Square) red or dark blue line. The brass works are amazing find the lucky dog and rub his nose for good luck. Mayakovskaya: done at the end of the war the stainless and marble are stunning. Kiyevskaya:with the murals are pretty amazing to see.

The Metro is brilliant,buy a ticket from the machine,or at the Tacca counter,the signs can be confusing,and hard to know,best thing is to count the number of stops you need...some trains old and dirty,no-one talks or makes eye contact so pretty unfriendly...but a great experience.

The Mosco Metro is great. Make sure you have a Metro Map and if you can't read Russian I suggest you carefully study where you are going before you set off, count the stops and ensure you have your destination written in Russian (use google translate) before you go. And avoid rush hour! Don't expect ticket offices and attendants to help much. Even if you understand Russian the Moscow Metro can be daunting as the signs are often not clear especially if you need to change lines. No eating, drinking or smoking on the Metro so don't try!Having said that, you can travel almost anywhere in Moscow with the Metro and a short walk and unlike the taxi's it's very cheap. Many of the stations are ornate and interesting in their own right, some of the deep stations have long, long escalators that are interesting to ride or exercise on. During the day trains are very frequent so you never wait long. An adventure not to miss!

Best in the world... A master piece of infrastructure.....Metro stations are very clean and very beautiful....Connection is amazing..

There are many stations in Moscow and many of them are really nice and unique, amazing art work on the walls and ceilings, statues at different stops. Old school wooden escalators and the train comes every 3 minutes so waiting is almost non existences. For the price of less then $1.00 USD you can visit all the good stations and snap a few pictures. Very clean and safe there is many police officers patrol.

The thing I was mostly surprise about the Moscow metro (besides Cyrillic) was the decoration and the statues remember the travellers a bit of Russian history.Must said is that since the stairs are quite steeper I had some vertigo, so be prepared.

Make sure to take the Metro while in Moscow. It is cheap and efficient, but more importantly it is gorgeous. It might be the best Metro in the world!

I read tons of comments, remarks, articles on the Moscow metro. As you WILL use it here are some good-to-know things.It is true that this is probably the most exciting network due to the fact that back in Stalin's era they prepared for a nuclear war and the Metro system was not only a way of transporting the masses but also a potential atomic bunker - at least some parts. Hence stations are deep which means rides on the escalator might take 3-4 minutes. It also means that the elite wanted to make sure that the stations are nice. Gold, chandelliers, white stuccos are common in the central stations. Kievskaya was my favourite one.There are many connection points or intersections, so to say. It might take you up to 10-12 minutes to get from 1 line to the other.Nowadays there are way out signs and lines' names where you can transit to are also in English - look on the ground you will find those pieces of information there.If you don't read and speak Russian take these steps:1. Print a metro map at home with both Russian and English names.2. Look for the colors - you will know where you are when you have a look at the platforms on the wall. All station names will have small dots next to them representing the color of the line.3. Yes, lines have different colors, always check these as they are a lot easierr to follow than names if you can't read Cirilic.4. If you look for something easy to understand, ask a policemen, they are much nicer than you would think. They are happy to show you directions. Pay attention to what they show and not what they say as it will be probably in Russian.5. When you need tickets say the number of rides (tickets are available baseed on number of entrances) you want to cover - these can be 1,3,5,11,20 etc. For 4 days 11 can be enough but it all depends on your willingness to walk.Safety is not an issue at all except for the heavy doors that people do not hold for the one coming behind them.