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 Great way to go by TheWanderingCamel
It is also the most efficient way of getting around the city. With roads often clogged with traffic and a truly mysterious one-way system on many of them, the metro network will get you just about anywhere you want to go much faster and with less confusion . The trains are big, fast and very, very frequent.
There are a few things you need to get clear before you set out though.
1. A familiarity with the Cyrillic alphabet is a BIG help. Metro maps give station names in Latin as well as Cyrillic type but this isn't repeated on the station signs, though the line maps on the trains themselves sometimes do. It really pays to familarize yourself with at least the first few letters of the name of the station you are heading for so that you recognize it when you get there.
2. Count the number of stops to your destination, and keep that number in your head. The station names tend to be on the tunnel wall rather than on the platform, fine when you are waiting for the train but not so good as you are coming into the station on the train and frantically looking to see where you are.
3. Interchanges can be confusing. Unlike other cities, Moscow's stations all have individual names and entrances so when you're underground and you want to change to another line you will be looking for a new station name rather than the names of a line. The lines are colour coded and the names of the stations along the line are given, but then you're back to contending with that Cyrillic script again.
4. Buying a block of 10 or 20 rides will save you money, and if 2 of you are travelling together, you can buy 1 block and share it by simply passing the ticket back over the barrier.
5. When you think the escalator you are on is actually heading for the deepest bowels of the earth, remember that many of these stations were built to function as bomb shelters. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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The most efficient and fastest way to explore Moscow is by metro. It consists of 11colour coded lines. During peak times the frequency is less than 2 min. The metro works on a flat fare, therefore a single token is 13 Rubles (2005). Discount cards with 10 or 20 trips are available.
Be prepared that everything in the metro is only written in cyrillic and metro station signs at the platforms are rare. So the best way to not lose orientation is to listen to the announcements on the trains. Firstly you will hear the arrival station, followed by the next station. If you have lost orientation just get off at a station and read the signs carefully, the next train will arrive in less than 2 minutes.
At stations where two or more lines meet, the interchange stations often have different names. This can be a bit confusing. It is most helpful to have a metro map with the stations in cyrillic and latin letters. Leave a Comment
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 Metro stations are marked
with a red "M" by saccharinicity,
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- Most of the lines are actually located in the depths of hell. The mile ride down to the trains have taught the Moscovites a simple rule: STAND TO THE RIGHT, WALK TO THE LEFT. If you value your life you will not get in their way when riding the escalators. You should also EXIT and ENTER the station through the appropriately marked doors.
- Learn the Cyrillic alphabet. I HIGHLY recommend this to anyone visiting Russia, whether or not you plan on riding the Metro, but when faced with the labyrinth of tunnels, stairs and escalators with 20 signs pointing in 50 directions, it is extremely helpful to at least be able to read.
- GET OUT OF THE WAY and LET THE PEOPLE OFF THE TRAIN BEFORE GETTING ON. Within a second of the doors being open people FLY like bats out of hell out of the train. It's like a tsunami of Russians in a wave of determination. Stand to the side of the doors and let them off before getting on. If you are just hanging out in the hall, I highly suggest you stand towards the walls or you risk being trampled without a second thought from anyone.
- Riding the metro in Moscow is very cheap. Look in each station for a sign saying "KACCA", this is where you buy your tickets. One ride costs approx 50 cents USD. If buying one or two rides, do not give the ticket agent a large bill. At the time of writing, 27 rubles = 1 USD. Please save your smaller Russian notes as your larger ones will be turned away. A simple "odin" (one) or "dva" (two) will suffice to get your point across. More than one ride can be put on the same ticket and more than one person can use the ticket. Stick the card in the machine and wait for it to pop out the top before continuing. Big metal arms attack you if you try to use an invalid card....I saw it happen, it wasn't pretty.
Moscow Metro runs very often...*very* efficient! Leave a Comment
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 Moscow Metro, not sure which
station, anybody? by UjamaflipLeave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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Taking the metro in Moscow is a sightseeing tour by itself. Many of the stations look like palaces with all the marble. mosaics and chandeliers. Apart from that it's a very effective transportation system with train running nearly every minute during peak times.
In 2005 the Moscow Metro celebrated its 60th anniversary.
My favourite stations are Komsomolskaya, Arbatskaya and Mayakovskaya.
One ride is 22 Roubles, a 5-rides ticket costs 105 Roubles (Jan. 09). Leave a Comment
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The Moscow underground is worldwilde known for its originality and its beauty.
There are also many tails baout foreingers lost for hours in it while trying to understand what that cyrillic name means.Actually most guides about Moscow has an underground map with double languages cyrillic and western.
I must say you need some attention at the beginning but then when you undertsnad what cyrillic name you have to look for it's not hard at all, just remebers that in the stations where you can change lines, names change too so you can find 1 metro station with practically 4 different names depending on the entrance you use. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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 Kievskaya Metro by MrBill
Once when we needed to get from Polyanka Metro downtown, I suggested taking the Metro. It would have taken maximum 10-minutes. As we had guests, my colleagues insisted that we take a car. We sat in traffic for 1 1/2 hours, I kid you not. And, that is not the exception, but day to day rush hour traffic.
The Metro is much faster. Trains come and go every minute to 2-minutes during peak times. Get ready to jump on or jump off, as the doors close quickly.
Do be prepared for some jostling in the crowds, as many people depend on the Metro to get around, and the stairs and escallators funnel all those people into a single file line to get back up to street level.
The perfect spot for pick pockets, so keep your wallet and purse well guarded. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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The metro is the easiest and most reliable way to get around Moscow. It operates from 5:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Trains run at intervals 2-5 minutes. Its layout is very simple: ten radial lines are joined together by a circular line.
Each radial line has its own name and color on the map, and you can get from practically any station to another with a maxi- mum of two transfers. Metro stations are marked with the large letter 'M?. To pay for your ride, buy a magnetic card at the sta- tion ticket office and insert it into the slot of one of the automatic gates. The fare for any length trip (whether you make one or two transfers) is 4 rubles for one-trip ticket. You can save money by buying magnetic cards for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30 or 60 trips for 13 rubles a trip. In every car there are several colored metro maps, above the doors is a diagram with the names (in Russian and English) of the stops of the line you are on (the diagram has the color of the line). The loud speaker announces (in Russian) the next coming stop and the stop you are on. Be careful: the doors close and open automatically!
Each station has a police post, a first-aid station and local telephones. Plastic cards for telephones can be bought at the metro station ticket office. Leave a Comment
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 Painting in the entrance hall
in Ploshad Rev. by Rick2001
1) It's cheap ! One tiket costs 7 Roubles ( 32R for 1? or 26 for 1$ up to 2nd of Jan 2004)
and with one ticket U can go everywhere without time's limit as long as U don't exit from a station.
2) It's efficient..... trains stop to a station every one-two minutes, every station has a digital clock with the Estimated time of arrival of the next train and the trains theirself are damned fast !!! About 90/100 Km per hour and U can go to any part of the city in few minutes
3) Some stations (especially the ones builded during Stalin's epoque) are beautifully adorned with statue or paintings.
The most beautiful ones are:
Majakovskaja
Kropotkinskaja
Ploshad Revoljutsii
Novokuznetskaja
Teatralnaja
Belorusskaja
Kievskaja
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