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The red "M" - sign for the Metro-stations in Moscow.
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The Moscow Metro, which spans almost the whole of
the Russian capital, is one of the world's most
heavily used metro systems. It is well known for
the ornate design of many of its stations, which
contain stunningly beautiful examples of
socialist realist art.
In total, the Moscow Metro has 278.3 km of route
length, 12 lines and 171 stations; on a normal
weekday it carries 8.2 million passengers.
Passenger traffic is considerably lower on
weekends bringing the average daily passenger
traffic during the year to 7.1 million passengers
per day. The Moscow Metro is a state-owned
enterprise.
Each line is identified by a number, a name and a
colour. The voice announcements refer to lines by
name, while in colloquial usage they are mostly
referred to by colour, except the Lyublinskaya
Line (number 10) and the Kakhovskaya Line (number
11) which have been assigned shades of green
similar to that of the Zamoskvoretskaya Line
(number 2). Most lines run radially through the
city, except the Koltsevaya Line (number 5),
which is a 20-km-long ring connecting all the
radial lines and a few smaller lines outside. On
all lines, travellers can determine the direction
of the train by the gender of the announcer: on
the ring line, a male voice indicates clockwise
travel, and a female voice counter-clockwise. On
the radial lines, travellers heading toward the
centre of Moscow will hear male-voiced
announcements, and travellers heading away will
hear female-voiced announcements (a good mnemonic
rule here is: ‘your boss calls you to work; your
wife calls you home’). In addition, there is an
abundance of signs showing all the stations that
can be reached in a given direction.
The system was built almost entirely underground,
although some lines (numbers 1, 2 and 4) cross
the Moskva river, while line number 1 also
crosses the Yauza river by bridge. Other
exceptions include the Filyovskaya Line, which
has a long surface section (seven stations)
between Kievskaya and Molodyozhnaya stations, and
the Butovskaya Light Metro Line (L1) with 4
elevated stations. Two further surface-level
stations exist on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
and on the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya Line
[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_Metro] |
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Hi Thorsten
Nice composition. Good sharpnes and frame. Also good note. ( M )like MASTER Thorsten :)
Well done my friend
osse
This picture definitely catches the eye! And here you are again =)
I also like taking photos of this M-sign, probably I'll download one of them now, you've inspired me =)
hello Thorsten,
Perfect and simple photo, you´ve made a beautiful job with this announcement. One of my favorite.
My first day here in TL, but maybe a bit sad for you.
Regards
Hernán
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