Moscow metro

Underground metro stations are associated with rats, garbage, noise and filth, not their interior design. However, there are a few subway stations in the world that go against the grain, standing out as excellent examples of the beautiful architecture and unique design that can be created in underground spaces.

Today is my last subway shot from Moscow. It is on the way out. Every station I visited had at least 3 escalators, and one was always stopped. I imagine that they run all three during the week when it is busy, but not during the weekends I guess. This one at Komsomolskaya was actually one of the shorter escalators and still is more than minute long ride. The longest escalator in Europe in in a different station - Park Pobedy - which takes more than 3 minutes to ride (and I didn't take it…

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This was the first station I visited. Kievskaya on the Moscow Metro. Planned to be the second, but unfortunately the one I had planned for 1st was shut down due to a bombing a couple of years back... I was there two weeks after the bombing in the Moscow airport, so I figured it was probably a good call that the station was closed. When I got here I realized that getting shots without people was going to be tough so my best bet was waiting for at least my immediate foreground to open up…

Moscow subway station