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Building an underground station while trains pass by
This is the story of Tverskaya station on the Moscow Metro – retrofitted to the existing Zamoskvoretskaya line during the 1970s, while trains continued to pass through the neighbouring tunnels. Photo by A.Savin (Wikimedia Commons · WikiPhotoSpace), via Wikimedia Commons Early history Originally […] Continue reading
Retrofitting an underground station to the Kiev Metro
How does one go about retrofitting a station to an existing underground railway? It was was problem that Ukrainian engineers solved in the 1970s, when Teatralna (Театральна) was added to the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kiev Metro system. Photo by […]
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Tagged abandoned, construction, Kiev, Kiev Metro, metros, museum, Ukraine, urban exploration, urbex
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Moscow’s deepest metro station at Park Pobedy
The Moscow Metro is known for deep stations, but Парк Победы (Park Pobedy) is the winner – at 73 metres underground it is the deepest station in the city, and third deepest in the world by mean depth. Underground there […]
Rubbing the dog’s nose for good luck
The stations of the Moscow Metro are known for their ornate architecture, but Площадь Революции (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line has another form of artwork to offer. A series of bronze sculptures. For some reason the dog sculpture […]
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Tagged artwork, metros, Moscow, Moscow Metro, public art, Russia, sculpture, Soviet Union
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Circular station vestibules in Russia
Russian metro stations are best known for the ornate design at platform level, but the entrance vestibules back at ground level can also be quite amazing. This is the original entrance to Park Kultury station, opened along with the first […]
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Tagged architecture, metros, Moscow, Moscow Metro, railway stations, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Metro
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Kiev’s metro tunnel that is actually a bridge
On the Kiev Metro there is a curious section of tunnel that doesn’t run underground – instead the concrete tube is carried over a deep railway cutting by a bridge, only to head straight back underground. Image by AMY, via […]
Ghost stations of the Kiev Metro
Hidden beneath the streets of Kiev, Ukraine is something unusual – a trio of unused metro stations that see train pass through, but never stop. Львiвська Брама (Lvivska Brama) Львiвська Брама (Lvivska Brama) is the best known of the three […]
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Tagged abandoned, ghost stations, Kiev, Kiev Metro, metros, Ukraine, urban exploration, urbex
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Interchange stations on Soviet metro systems
Interchange stations on Soviet designed metro systems are a little odd for anyone accustomed to urban rail networks elsewhere in the world – the platforms for each line are treated as their own station, with their own street entrance, and […]
Posted in Trains
Tagged Kiev, Kiev Metro, metros, Moscow, Moscow Metro, Russia, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Metro, Ukraine
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Russia’s three tiers of rail services
Historically the USSR was served by three tiers of rail services: metro, suburban, and long distance. Each operated with a distinct style of rolling stock, even 20 years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, these three families of train are still visible today across Russia.
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Tagged Elektrichka, metros, Moscow, rail operations, Russia, Russian Railways, Sapsan
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Newsagents: then and now
Here’s a traditional newsstand on the Kiev Metro. And the modern equivalent in Moscow – a bank of newspaper vending machines. Given how the internet has decimated traditional print media, how long until even the vending machines disappear?
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Tagged Kiev, Kiev Metro, metros, Moscow, Moscow Metro, newspapers, Russia, Ukraine
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