Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
NEED TO KNOW
Start
Komsomolskaya
End
Park Pobedy
Distance
18km, one to two hours
Time
The Moscow metro runs everyday from 5.30am until 1am. The metro can be un-
comfortably crowded at peak times, so the best time to take a tour is Saturday or
Sunday morning or any evening after 8pm.
Price
One ride costs R40, which is sufficient to tour the stations as long as you don't
exit the metro. If you intend to use the metro for transportation during your stay in Mo-
scow, you can purchase a card with multiple rides at discounted rates (eg, five rides for
R160 or 11 rides for R320).
Komsomolskaya
At Komsomolskaya the red line (Sokolnicheskaya liniya) intersects with the Ring line
(Koltsevaya liniya). Both stations are named for the youth workers who helped with early
construction. In the red-line station, look for the Komsomol emblem at the top of the lime-
stone pillars and the majolica-tile panel showing the volunteers hard at work. The Ring-line
station has a huge stuccoed hall, the ceiling featuring mosaics of past Russian military her-
oes.
From Komsomolskaya, proceed anti-clockwise around the Ring line, getting off at each
stop along the way.
