Post by Dmitri on Dec 30, 2007 20:00:11 GMT
The year has almost come to an end, so it is the time to sum everything up. For the Moscow, it was a good year, with 2 new interchange stations opened in the central part of the town.
1. On 15.05, southern entrance to the 'Mayakovskaya' station was re-opened. It was closed in September 2005 to allow replacement of the 67-years-old escalators.
Photos taken by Mr. Russos on May 14.
2. On May 20, delegation of the transport professionals from the UK visited Moscow. If anyone is aware of the official report been made, please let me know, I'd love to read it.
(News from the Transport in Russia).
3. On June 1, a picture gallery train named 'Akvarel' ('Watercolor') entered service. Basically, it is a 81-740 'Rusich' train with windows and seats removed from one side.
Photos by Mr. Russos.
Photos from the official Moscow Metro site.
Train's schedule.
4. Russian Railways decided they need a new image, so they replaced the old well-known logo with the new one. TBH I am quite unsure it is the money well spent
.
(Big red letters mean 'РЖД' - same as on the top of the old logo, not 'PID' as many seem to think. Images taken from Wikipedia article).
5. As you may have known, Sochi won 2014 Winter Olympics. Transport-related plans are immense, including new railway to Krasnaya Polyana along the Mzymta gorge (I've been there in august, and I have not seen the space for the railway there) and double-tracking the Black Sea coast railway line.
Useless trivia: XXII Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, XXII Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, and they'll become the first Winter Olympics ever held in the subtropics (exactly as you expect given that Russia is one of the world's coldest countries).
6. On August 30, new station 'Trubnaya' has been opened on the Line 10 ('Lyublinskaya'). Construction commenced in 1990, and 17 years later, it finally opened to the public ;D.
Photos by Mr. Russos.
7. Moscow Metro purchased from Lovat Inc. a TBM specially designed for the escalator tunnels.
Photos and a brief explanation.
8. On December, 29, new station 'Rossiyskaya' has been opened in Samara. At present, Samara Metro has 9 stations with 10.2 km of track. Yearly patronage is estimated to be around 20-22 mln, but there are hopes that the new station will increase that figure noticeably.
Photos of the event (from 5th onwards).
Latest Samara Metro track map.
9. On December, 29, new station 'Sretensky Bulvar' has been opened on the Line 10 ('Lyublinskaya'). For the 4 months, trains were skipping it, and yesterday it opened to the public, although with one interchange only (to the 'Turgenevskaya' station) - second one is to be opened ca. 15.01.2008 due to the delays with escalators.
The day before.
December 29 (first 7 photos).
1. On 15.05, southern entrance to the 'Mayakovskaya' station was re-opened. It was closed in September 2005 to allow replacement of the 67-years-old escalators.
Photos taken by Mr. Russos on May 14.
2. On May 20, delegation of the transport professionals from the UK visited Moscow. If anyone is aware of the official report been made, please let me know, I'd love to read it.
(News from the Transport in Russia).
3. On June 1, a picture gallery train named 'Akvarel' ('Watercolor') entered service. Basically, it is a 81-740 'Rusich' train with windows and seats removed from one side.
Photos by Mr. Russos.
Photos from the official Moscow Metro site.
Train's schedule.
4. Russian Railways decided they need a new image, so they replaced the old well-known logo with the new one. TBH I am quite unsure it is the money well spent
.(Big red letters mean 'РЖД' - same as on the top of the old logo, not 'PID' as many seem to think. Images taken from Wikipedia article).
5. As you may have known, Sochi won 2014 Winter Olympics. Transport-related plans are immense, including new railway to Krasnaya Polyana along the Mzymta gorge (I've been there in august, and I have not seen the space for the railway there) and double-tracking the Black Sea coast railway line.
Useless trivia: XXII Summer Olympics were held in Moscow, XXII Winter Olympics will be held in Sochi, and they'll become the first Winter Olympics ever held in the subtropics (exactly as you expect given that Russia is one of the world's coldest countries).
6. On August 30, new station 'Trubnaya' has been opened on the Line 10 ('Lyublinskaya'). Construction commenced in 1990, and 17 years later, it finally opened to the public ;D.
Photos by Mr. Russos.
7. Moscow Metro purchased from Lovat Inc. a TBM specially designed for the escalator tunnels.
Photos and a brief explanation.
8. On December, 29, new station 'Rossiyskaya' has been opened in Samara. At present, Samara Metro has 9 stations with 10.2 km of track. Yearly patronage is estimated to be around 20-22 mln, but there are hopes that the new station will increase that figure noticeably.
Photos of the event (from 5th onwards).
Latest Samara Metro track map.
9. On December, 29, new station 'Sretensky Bulvar' has been opened on the Line 10 ('Lyublinskaya'). For the 4 months, trains were skipping it, and yesterday it opened to the public, although with one interchange only (to the 'Turgenevskaya' station) - second one is to be opened ca. 15.01.2008 due to the delays with escalators.
The day before.
December 29 (first 7 photos).
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