Beautiful Stations of the Moscow Metro

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Safety in the Moscow Metro

All metro stations are equipped with red/blue Emergency-Information-Points with two buttons. The emergency button is located on the red side and the information button on the blue one.

There are video surveillance cameras and alarm systems in all stations and passages of the Metro.

The Moscow Metro is also being equipped with metal detectors.

Beautiful Stations of the Moscow Metro

Mayakovskaya (Маяковская)

Opened on November 11, 1938

The hall of Mayakovskaya Metro Station

This elegant station impresses with its simple columns made of marble and stainless steel. Cupola mosaics show the achievements of the soviet aviation. The station was named after the Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). As the German Army approached Moscow in 1941, Stalin held a speech here addressing the Supreme Soviet before sending Russian troops to the front.

Mayakovskaya station was designed by the architect Alexei Dushkin and won a Grand Prix at the New York World’s Fair 1938. Alexei Dushkin also designed the stations Kropotkinskaya (Кропоткинская) und Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Площадь Революции)

Mosaic of Komsomolskaya Metro station

Komsomolskaya (Комсомольская)

Opened on March 15, 1935. Opening of the demolished and rebuilt hall of the ring station: 1952

This monumental station has many different platforms and one of the longest escalators of the Moscow Metro - 80 meters. The Ring line station is decorated with eight gold mosaics, huge chandeliers and marble columns.

The hall of Kropotkinskaya Metro Station

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