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Moscow Metro

While above-ground transport is generally preferable for short trips around the city centre, visitors should certainly try the metro at least once, especially when travelling further afield. The metro also more than occasionally offers up architectural or design wonders and, in peak hours, an insight into the irreproachable manners of Moscow’s residents. If you want to be really well-informed, read our tips on riding the metro.

The first subway line in Moscow appeared in 1935. The underground lines were under construction ever since, with no interruption throughout the war period in the 40s when the metro stations served as the safest bomb shelters in the city. Presently Moscow metro represent one of the longest and broad network of underground lines in the world. It consists of 11 lines (over 260 km long) with 160 stations. Daily up to 10 million passengers use the metro trains for traveling around the city. The stations operate from 5:35 am - 1:00.

As the signs in the metro itself are in cyrillic, it’s just as well to come to terms with the cyrillic map, here:

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