Avtovo and Ploshtad Vosstaniya in St Petersburg
If there's one thing that the Soviets did well, it was building Metro stations!! During the Soviet era (1950's), the Soviet Union built extensive Metro systems in both St Petersburg and Moscow. They say that up to 9 million people use the Moscow metro system daily, more that New York and London put together. (And yes, I do believe that at some point all 9 mill did try to get onto my train, as the good people at Lonely Planet suggested they might.) However not only did they make what is today a really quick and efficient mode of transport (I don't think I ever waited more than 2 minutes for a train, usually around 1 minute) they also decided to 'make it pretty'. Line 1 in St Petersburg (the Red line) and the Central line in Moscow are the best lines to go to check out these beautiful metro station. It became one of my favourite things to do in Russia - to visit stations and photograph them. One evening in St Petersburg, I spent all of 12 rubles (about 60 Australian cents) and an hour travelling along line 1 taking photos...
Move over London Underground!
Kievskaya in Moscow (Central line interchange)
1 comment:
Wow, city rail could learn a thing or two Claire!
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