The Moscow Metro opened in 1935 with one 6.8-mile line and 13 stations. The subway, the first underground railway in the Soviet Union, celebrated its 80th anniversary in May 2015. The system consists of twelve lines and 196 stations, with an average daily ridership of 6.7 million riders (2013).
[Photos] Moscow Metro
Moscow Metro. Photo: Alberto Carrasco Casado/Flickr
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Park Pobedy Station Moscow Metro. Photo:jaime.silva/Flickr
Smolenskaya Metro Station in Moscow. Photo: jaime.silva/Flickr
Moscow Metro artwork. Photo: Carlos Octavio Uranga/Flickr
Moscow Metro. Photo: Carlos Octavio Uranga/Flickr
Moscow Metro train at Mayakovskaya station. Photo: Tim Adams/Flickr
Novoslobodskaya station (Ring Line) Opened in January 1952 as part of the second stage of the line, it is one of the most famous stations on the system for its 32 stained glass panels, which are the work of Latvian artists E. Veylandan, E. Krests, and M. Ryskin. Photo: Sergey Radovnanchenko/Flickr
Moscow Metro. Photo: Chris Feser/Flickr
Moscow Metro sign. Photo: Obersachse/Creative Commons
Moscow Metro. Photo: Caroline Jiang/Flickr
Moscow Metro escalators. Photo: Dennis Jarvis/Flickr
Moscow Metro. Photo: Christopher Michel/Flickr
Moscow Metro patrol. Photo: Boris SV/Flickr
MoscowMetro Kievskaya Station. Photo: dmytrok/Flickr
Moscow Metro. Photo: Arthur/Flickr
Moscow Metro. Photo: dhean021/Flickr
The subway station is a joint project by the Moscow and Paris transportation councils. The entrance is a copy of a Parisian subway Art Nuveau entrance by Hector Guimard created in the beginning of the 20th century. Photo: Max Khokhlov/Flickr.