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  • Updated By sue_stone on October 12, 2005
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  • Riding the huge escalator at a metro station - Saint Petersburg
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    St Petersburgs metro system is a cheap and easy way to get around the city. Although the coverage is not as extensive as cities like London & Paris, it is excellent for some of those sites that are out of the central area (around Nevsky Prospekt). One very impressive feature of St Petersburgs metro is that it is the deepest in the world!! And it sure does take forever to get down those HUGE escalators!! We caught the metro several times during our stay, and just bought single journey tokens from the ticket office, at R10 each. You can buy a 10 journey pass as well if you are staying longer, which allows 10 rides in a 7 day period, and this cost R82. When using the metro, be sure to know the name of the station at the end of the line in the direction you want to go, and how the name looks in Cyrillic letters too. You may need to count the number of stops to yours so you know where to get out, as it is not always obvious which station you are at. One of things that can be confusing - often you will find a station that has 2 different names - this happens when 2 different metro lines stop at the same station, and each lines station will have its own name. Photos are not allowed...but you can always sneakily snap one if no one is looking.

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    Metro: Entry towards the Metro
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  • Updated By filipdebont on May 27, 2004
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  • Entry in Cyrillic - Saint Petersburg
    Entry in Cyrillic
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    In the beginning it was pretty difficult using this Metro system, because all the signs and the station names are in Cyrillic writing (so almost impossible to read, for a non-Russian). Like this it is pretty impossible to find out which side of the metro station to choose in order to travel in the desired direction. The only possibility was asking it at the locals, but that wasn't easy either as only few people did speak another foreign language (except from Russian of course). For example look at the picture, the 4 characters symbolise the word Entry. The Exit sign looked a bit the same but had 6 characters (pronounced vychod).

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    Metro: Explore St. Petersburg by metro
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  • Updated By HORSCHECK on August 14, 2005
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  • Nevsky Prospect metro sign - Saint Petersburg
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    The most efficient and fastest way to explore St. Petersburg is by metro. It consists of 4 colour coded lines. During peak times the frequency is less than 2 min. The metro works on a flat fare, therefore a single token is 10 Rubles (2005). Discount cards with 10 or 25 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 min. 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. For more info about the metro, please have a look at my "General Tips".

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    Metro: Metro Tokens
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  • By filipdebont on May 27, 2004
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  • Metro Tokens - Saint Petersburg
    Metro Tokens
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    To use the Saint Petersburg Metro system, you need to buy a token. At the entry of each Metro station there was an ofice window (one or more). The price for a token was really cheap, 1 token = 8 Roubles (1 Euro = 35 Roubles). I bought 5 tokens (= 40 Roubles); like this I did not need to stand in line in front of the office window on my further Metro journeys.

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    Metro: The St. Petersburg Subway
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  • Updated By emilienoelle on October 15, 2005
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  • Photography is not allowed on the subway in St. Petersburg so I have no photographs of it, but I have to tell you that it is the most beautiful subway in the entire world. Some of its stations are absolutely breathtaking. There is one full of cut crystal columns and chandeliers, another with a beautiful statue of the poet Pushkin where people still stop by and leave flowers. Some of the stations are full of Soviet-inspired artwork that is truly a sight to behold. It is also clean, very clean. You can be arrested for littering. The stations and trains are crawling with police who seem to be just waiting for someone to commit a violation, so don't pull out camera. You might lose it, or worse, end up in prison or paying a hefty bribe. This is also the deepest subway in the world. You must descend two long escalators to reach the platforms. The reason for this is because St. Petersburg was essentially built on a swamp and the tunnels had to be cut into the underlying bedrock. If you have the chance take the subway instead of a cab.

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    Metro: The deepest Metro system
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  • By filipdebont on May 30, 2004
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  • the long rolling staircases - Saint Petersburg
    the long rolling staircases
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    I had read in several travel guides that the Saint Petersburg Metro system, is one of the deepest Metro systems in the world. Well this could be true, as the rolling staircases were very long; it looked as they had no ending. Surely these were the longest rolling staircases I ever used. The local people were even reading a book while using these staircases. The reason for this depth is easy to understand, as the Metro system needs to pass underneath several rivers and canals.

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    Metro: Passing the Tourniquets
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  • Updated By filipdebont on May 27, 2004
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  • The tourniquets - Saint Petersburg
    The tourniquets
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    It was also possible to buy a 10 trip card. Such a card is even cheaper then 10 tokens, so you need to figure out how may times you are going to use the Metro system during your stay in St Petersburg. So once you have bough a token you have to continue towards the tourniquets. Insert your token, and walk quickly through the tourniquet system, waiting too long, could mean you have lost your token and need to insert a new one. Some of these tourniquets are especially equipped for the use of the magnetic cards (10 trip card or monthly cards).

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    Metro: St Petersburg Metro System
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  • Updated By filipdebont on May 27, 2004
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  • Metro Station Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskovo - Saint Petersburg
    Metro Station Ploshchad
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    So Bus Nr 13 brought me towards the Metro station of Moskovskaya, this Metro station is located at the Southern edge of the city. The Metro stations can easily be recognised on the big blue M. The Saint Petersburg Metro system has four different lines; each line has its own colour.

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    Metro: Using the Metro
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  • By filipdebont on May 30, 2004
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    To it was very handy to have a good (small) Metro map, with the names of the Metro stations in Cyrillic writing. That way I could compare the words on the signs with my map, like this it was not so hard to find out which side of the Metro to choose. Once you had chosen a side (read direction), well then it was the matter to know were to get out. One method was counting the stations, as it is impossible to see the name of the station on a sign when it stops. So you need to count the number of stops. Or you can (try) to listen to the announcements. But it a bit confusing as they first pronounce the next stop and then the second one. Also some names are pronounced differently then they are written.

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    Metro: Great Architecture
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  • By filipdebont on May 30, 2004
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  • Metro station of Ploshchad Vosstanija - Saint Petersburg
    Metro station of Ploshchad
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    Well in fact, maybe this tip could also be placed under the Chapter Must See tips. But of course it is very handy to use the Metro system, but you should also take some time to look around as some of these Metro stations are real pearls of architecture. They used the best architects and artists to design these stations. They used all kind of materials like marble, granite. These Metro stations are decorated with statues, mosaics and chandeliers. Some of the most beautiful stations are Avtovo with its pillars, and Kirovski Zavod, which looks like a basilica. Be careful when you want to make a picture in the Metro, do it quickly and without using your flash, as it is not allowed. See picture as this Metro station was decorated with Roman signs (Metro station: Ploshchad Vosstanija)

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