April 2013
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| The map of the Moscow metro, 2013. |
I wanted to go on the Moscow metro, because I had been told the stations was splendid and each one was different.
When I stood at the entrance I could only see the well worn swing doors. I walked into the gloomy old-fashioned hall. It was simple and small, but the escalators, carrying the passengers down to the platform, were very long. When I arrived the platform, I realised the station was decorated in reddish-brown and grey marble. So, it looked old and dark. It was impressive but it looked outdated - the hall, escalators, ticket machines, trains, lights - they all looked as if they were the grandfather of the one in HK. It was completely difference from the last station I saw where I got off. This one had white marble columns, and the floral-patterned-cornice just below the ceiling. It was magnificent.
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The hall of napk noge?bi station, 2013.
(Sorry I can't spell Russian.) |
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The platform of napk noge?bi station, 2013.
(Sorry again I don't know Russian.) |
I was crazy about the next station which had lots of exquisite mosaic depicted scenes of revolution history and soviet industries on every single of wall. The paintings were fine and detail and set in ornate floral frames. The ceiling was hung with chandeliers, whether they were crystal or glass I do not know. This station was sumptuous decorated. I felt I was walking in a palace.
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| The platform of KNEBCKAR station,2013. |
The next station was all decorated with bronze statues in a repeating sequence. Some of these was clearly popular, and the bronze were shiny where people had touched them, thinking it would bring them good luck. The most popular statues seemed to be those of dogs and cockerels, I touched these too.
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