Why is the Moscow Metro so beautiful?

The stations, built as a testament to Stalinism, offer marble walls, high ceilings, stained glass, mosaics and chandeliers.

Is the busiest station in the Moscow Metro?

The station is located under the busiest Moscow transport hub, Komsomolskaya Square, which serves Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky railway terminals. Because of that, the station is one of the busiest in the whole system….Komsomolskaya (Koltsevaya line)

Komsomolskaya Комсомольская
Station code 070
History
Opened 30 January 1952
Passengers

How many metro stations are in Moscow?

250 287

Moscow Metro
Number of stations 250 287 (including 6 stations of the Moscow Monorail and 31 stations of the Moscow Central Circle)
Daily ridership (average) 6.992 million (highest, 26 Dec 2014) 9.715 million
Annual ridership 2.5 billion (2018)
Chief executive Viktor Kozlovsky

Where is the deepest metro in the world?

THE world’s deepest metro system is the Pyongyang Metro in North Korea which is 110 meters deep. The tunnel was built as part of an underground military facility. THE world’s deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

Which is the biggest metro in the world?

The Shanghai Metro is the world’s longest metro network at 803 km (499 mi) and also has the highest annual ridership at 2.83 billion trips.

Is Moscow Metro 24 hours?

Operating times & frequency The Metro Moscow operates daily between 5:30 am and 1 am, with trains departing every 1 to 3 minutes during peak times. Outside of rush hour, trains are less frequent, every 4 to 7 minutes depending on the line and the time of day.

Which country has the fastest metro?

THE world’s fastest metro system train is the Maglev or Transrapid which runs by way of magnetic levitation on the Longyang Road to Pudong International Airport line of the Shanghai Metro in China.