When it comes to the population of Moscow, as a rule, incorrect figures are given. The fact is that in Russia, the population count in a city is based on the number of people who are registered in that city. In fact, the population of Moscow is much larger, more than 20 million people.
@@bobirkhonismailov8904 I deliberately underestimated the figures, I did not take into account tourists and people who come for a short period of time. The real figure is approximately 27 million people.
I had 2 weeks in Moscow. I can say that I am in love with the transportation system. I never needed any taxi or car. You can simply go to random metro station and go wherever you want. Greetings from Türkiye
@GlassMeteorite I agree. We have so nice views. Especially Kabataş-Bağcılar tram line offers amazing views throughout the historical island and on Galata Bridge. But, every metro station in Moscow Metro is so unique, and I won't forget any of them. I had amazing memories with people I love. Especially Коммунарка and Воробьёвы горы 🥰
There're still some awkward spots here and there, for example it takes me around 20 minutes to get to work by car, but 40+ minutes to get there by transport. But seeing a bigger picture i won't complain, honestly.
Fun fact. The word "koltsevaya linia" translates to english as "ring line". So the orbital lanes name for us russians are: - Ring line - Big Ring line - Moscow Central Ring (officially called Moscow Central Circle)
I think better call it "circle" line(because circle is geometric shape, but ring is material thing in form of circle). Even, few years ago in english announcements in metro it had been called "circle line"(but now "koltsevaya", why - idk)
@@wherespirt You are right. This is a matter of what's more right or convenient, I was talking about literal translation. "Circle" is literally translated to russian as "krug", which is a different word.
@@nickonicifor5638 I don't think there are doing so. The key thing is that metro lays deep underground where all daily and yearly fluctuations of temperature are greatly damped to some comfortable value. This constant temperature is supported by surrounding megatons of ground which serves as powerful thermal energy damper and accumulator.
As an expat I lived in Moscow for 15 years from 2005. The transformation of the city and speed of it was insane. Especially after 2010 with the election of new mayor Sobyanin whose still running the city with amazing efficiency. I took metro to my office and most of my business meetings. One thing I always remember and pointed to my friends visiting Russia was that, once a metro train left the platform, before its rear red lights dissapeared out of sight in the tunnel, you could see lights of the new train coming from the other end of the tunnel. I love Moscow, my favourite city in the whole world.
Ahahaha no, it was really good at the beginning, but now it’s bad. Destroyed trolleybus system, the tram network is not developing, There are too many overpasses being built, and very little infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians
watching as an employee of a transit system in florida and i cant help but cry, bravo moscow and the russians for such a beautiful smart eficent network.
Aeroexpress trains are not a part of Moscow transportation system. Although they are playing a role of passenger trains on D1, they are not a type of public transportation around the city per se. They are just expensive trains to get to the airport, that's all. Those ships are not really efficient. They are more like a tourist attraction, because Moscow officials presented it as a "first in the world year-round electric ship". So, they are not showing the efficiency of public transportation of Moscow.
As a local, I can say one more awesome thing that no one is talking about. Museums and art galleries have huge collections and are absolutely free if you are under 25 (Everyone can issue a "Pushkin card" for free and pay for tickets from her account, which is replenished at the expense of the state once a year) The opportunity to see with your own eyes the treasures of Troy, paintings of the 15th century, real mummies, hundreds of dinosaur skeletons, a collection of the rarest minerals in the world for free is amazing Or, for example, one of the world's largest zoos, which costs $ 5 for adults and is free for children in which you can sometimes be allowed to feed a flamingo or a giraffe.
Yeah, they've bought a lot of stuff into collections. Some (mostly Kievian Rus artifacts and a bit before its era, and a lot of local Ukrainian art) they stole during Soviet era from Kyiv and whatnot, which was a dick move as they never returned them (even tho they said it was temporary). When Ukraine asked to return them after getting independence, surely, requests were declined. But, either way they would be just 2-3% of the whole collection, nowhere near 80% being stolen from Egypt and whatnot by UK museums :D Would be nice if they'll return it all after the war tho...
Kudos for pronouncing all those difficult names of the lines! Just a sidenote: people living in Moscow almost never use those names, they just call them "red line", yellow line", or "salad (green) line" (not to be mistaken with simply "green line"). When a new line is planned, there's a big debate about which color to choose, because it's hard to find a color that wasn't already used and could be easily named by an everyman.
Котофейка, так делают везде. Либо по номеру. Я из Нижнего Новгорода, у нас говорят "красная/синяя ветка" либо "1/2". Ни разу не слышал, чтобы кто-то называл её вот этим длинным сложным названием. При том, что я знаю, что мой русский дом (живу не в НН, поэтому пишу так) находится на конечной станции Автозаводско-Нижегородской линии. Но никто так не говорит. Поэтому я думаю, что так во всех городах.
@degrade_with_me Все люди называют их цветами, разве что мцд и кольца выпадают. Но объявляют в пересадках всегда по имени, и ты сидишь и думаешь, что там за таганско-краснопресненская или савеловско-дмитровская
@@k0jz0r69 Кольцевую не называют по цвету, потому что она кольцевая. Если бы ее не было, мы называли бы кольцевой МЦК. Аббревиатур никогда не слышал, если честно.
Is actually take the 4.5 hour gap as a positive thing. Maintenance is very important esp with cleaning and repairs. NYC struggles with cleanliness and sees massive disruptions in service when maintenance needs to occur
Well the Moscow metro is one of the cleanest in the world. But if there's really required maintenance, then some stations could be closed, or for example on the radial line could be enabled clockwise only mode (but it was in holidays when the traffic is down)
I've once heard a joke: "If subway in Moscow stopped working for a day, everyone would get lost immidiately". That's so true as no one really knows how to get around the city by streets
I live in Moscow for 23 years now. And sometimes, I got a feeling by communicating with residents, that at least 50% of them doesn't even know how to get from A to B by roads. They simply use metro all the time, it gets them everywhere they ever want. It's a shame tho, Moscow is as beautiful on the surface as beneath it.
As a student I can say, that some categories of people can pay even less money, about 500 rubles or 5 dollars per month. That saves a lot of money, because every day I'm going to the other side of the city to get to my university
When I was a student I paid 600 rubles per month for the metro and additionally 200 rubles for the land transportation, which sums it up at 800 rubles or $9 in total.
This video is incredibly well-designed! :) Thank you so much for having made it - learnt a lot! Keep up the incredible work, and I wish you all the very best!
And if you have a Troika card, you can use the same card on a bus, metro and ferry, for just about 50p per journey of any distance within the city. The suburban trains are also frequent, and there’s a bike hire system. It’s easy, so easy to get around Moscow by public.
@@MrSeagull26 Nowadays you can use your phone on the metro, I think all of the stations were upgraded with the new gates. You can also use any debit or credit card, even most Moscow buses allow that now. The fare on metro + suburban rail is ~half $, metro + rail + any number of bus transfers in 90 min = about $1 per entire trip within the city
@@xnzx203and nobody uses it because it works like shit. And because it's blatantly a justification to put cameras on the gates. I've seen people putting stickers over them, though to mwtro workers' credit they don't last long as I've never seen them twice in a row.
@@MrSeagull26Nah, this function is shit. The idea is very good, but it works badly. I once tried to use it and then just couldn’t use my card. And also, what’s the point of this, when you can just use Mir Pay and pay with your phone using NFC and get the same price.
How can you watch this video? Isn’t the internet and basic american tech companies highly censored out there?? And if this is true you guys can openly use the internet then my last question is when will the next ‘people’s revolution’ be?? We’re patiently waiting but honestly anxiously.
@@theirishbandit7301 what revolution u mean? I am russian streamer, and can use american sources, Russia isn't cut from the world - this is propaganda of american and western media. We have everything, I don't feel sanctions at all
New York cannot even dream about this kind of public transportation organization. It was very surprising to me when I visited NYC-dirty metro with weird people everywhere. We, Russians, thankfully are very spoiled by magnificence and cleanliness of Moscows subway
I'm from Moscow, and I should note that the Troika card (a travel pass for all types of transport) costs only 19,500 rubles ($207) for a year. In addition, this annual pass allows you to rent city rental bicycles for free, and can also be replaced if lost (you must register in advance in the mobile application).
The orbital road project was not developed by engineers. This is the legacy of the layout of ancient Russian cities, not only Moscow. That's why traffic problems are so hard to solve.
@@Vladimir-ui3ij How was this not developed? It was already on the 1971 general plan. We already have three transport rings (Sadovoe, MKAD, TTK) and chords similar to the MCD have already been opened.
@@Vladimir-ui3ij it was absolutely developed by engineers over centuries, Moscow is an onion that grows over time and gains more and more rings. Kremlin as the 0-ring, then Garden Ring, Boulveyard Ring, Third Ring, Moscow Circle Road (that largely contains modern Moscow), the rings keep growing around Moscow too with the Central Ring Road, A-108, P-132. When Stalin was in office, the area around third ring was still semi-rural, nowadays parts of it are considered "the center".
Fun detail: In peak times, around 7-9 AM, when the train leaves the station you can already see the headlights of the next train. On some lines the usual time between trains are closer to 50 seconds.
Sometimes when I’m in a certain mood I board the last train car (it usually has no more than 10 people in it) on the Circle (aka Koltsevaya) line and just chill for about an hour enjoying the Metro sounds.
Try going to light-blue line via the central crossing with dark blue, grey and red lines, sit in the first or last cart. Its the line that's partially outside, and you can always choose the place to sit in because it ends right there in the middle of the city, reverses the train and comes back to Kuntsevskaya st. If you ever need to speed up on the way back, change to the dark blue one and ride to the ring / center, as they're nearly parallel.
Hi! We also have electric scooters in the capital that we can rent. And yes, we have a really serious problem with traffic jams on the roads. And yet, even in the dead of night, cars make a lot of noise. Thank you for the video about Moscow! (Russia💖💖)
Moscow public transportation is amazing. The best I have ever seen and used. Many cities should learn from it. It is very easy to understand it for a foreigner. St. Petersburgh and Kazan's pub transport are great as well
There is, but this video totally missed it. The fact it these huge halled stations were also intended to be used as a shelter for cataclysms like a nuclear bombing. You can see hydo hydrolock doors hidden in the walls on some station entrances while traveling through them.
@@new1ru It is true mostly only for the very old stations in the center of the city. Since 1960s most of the stations built by "open-grond" "cheaper" (comparatively) way, so these stations could not be used as nuke shelters. "Centipede" type, in particular (there are 38 columns-legs in standart project)
@@yurypozdnyakov5177 как убежище функционировать могут, но класс защиты ниже, в эпицентре не выстоят, но уже километрах в 3 от него вполне. Учитывая, что жилые районы на окраинах - не приоритетные цели для боеголовок - вполне достаточно.
@@yurypozdnyakov5177the new ones are also cheaper in terms of design from my pov. They step away from the classical design of the old stations, which really bring the nostalgic 19-20th century theme into the modern city that is Moscow. I also doubt they will be an attraction like old ones are in the future.
Thank you! So nice to hear somone across the board acknowleges our public transport system! At the same time I agree with about the traffic problems. Some people just can't get off their cars XD. Thoug most of the roads have special line for public transport so even traffic is not that big of a problem for busses.
@@sergeysyschikov8251смотря где. Если говорить об электричках - они редко и плохо обслуживаются, а за счет того, что ездят они из самых закоулок, тут уже играет фактор маргиналов и прочей нечисти, которые не умеют пользоваться всем аккуратно. В мцк даже вплотную к туалету нет абсолютно никакого запаха, причем что туалет стоит почти в каждом вагоне. И это все потому, что он обслуживается чаще и лучше, к тому же люди более осторожно им пользуются
@@sergeysyschikov8251 И узнаете долб..ба по словам его. А вообще, конкретики маловато в твоём замечании. Почему именно воняет? Из-за меня? из-за таких как я? Из-за того,что таких как я много? Или это скрытая претензия к РЖД касательно качества санузлов в новых поездах?
Обычные маршруты ходят до часу - половине второго, но есть ночные маршруты. Они не такие удобные, т.к. маршруты в основном проложены от одной станции метро к другой, но они ездят ночью и до 5-6 утра.@@FlipiFlax
As Moscow resident, i must say, that cirle lines do a great work. I live at south-west corner of city, the end of red line, and worked at Aviamotornaya at south-east. With introduction of Big Cirle Line my journey to work became shorter by 30 minutes. An additional spare hour per day! And it greatly improved situation in city center and radial lines.
@@muhammad4779 why wouldn't it be safe? Here in Russia you can't simply just buy a gun if you want. You need a license that is fucking hard to get. And CCW permit is practically impossible to get for a common folk. People who actually carry guns are either police or military. As for "cool" - imo moscow is somewhat "grey" city. Been there 5 times and barely had any enjoyment. People are selfish, noone would care if you'd hurt yourself or somehow lose consciousness. Noone gives a shit about one another. I rather stay in Vladivostok :p
@@muhammad4779Hello, I am a native resident of Moscow. I would say that Moscow is a completely safe place to live. The only thing worth considering if you move is the area to live. You should not settle in new areas, although they are attractive in price, but due to their newness there is no normal infrastructure there yet and it will be difficult for you. If you move into one of the older areas (one where the houses are at least 30-40 years old), you will get optimal living conditions with five-minute access to the metro, kindergartens, schools, clinics, hospitals, shopping centers, etc. I have been to many cities in Europe and I can say that in terms of life, Moscow is the most convenient city.
By the way it's really easy to establish a time when a train comes using yandex maps, it also made it really easy to choose the wagon which doesn't have a crowd in it. Public transport in Moscow is extremely comfortable, there are many chargers in buses, wagons etc
Arguably the best metro in the world. Considering how big the city is, the fact that you can get from point to point so easy was very impressive when I visited. I heard it is consistently getting expanded too
@@danilavanila6842честно вам достаточно пока, когда к нам в СПб уже очередь на горнопроходческую машину подойдёт...квоту не дают Беглову нашему, не можем и 2 станции в год строить блин, Северная столица называется 😢
In Russia, we constantly joke that Sobyanin will soon expand the metro all the way to China, or somewhere else. You can even find a meme showing a map of the Moscow Metro, where stations are located all around the world
Thanks for that representative video 🙏🏼 it was insanely interesting to find real facts about our transportation system from the foreigner’s point of view. Many thanks, this video sould be more viral so I comment in case of that. One more fact: during the rush hour its almost a 30 seconds gap between trains in metro.
You forgot to mention the river ferry transport that are now a part of the public transportation system too! Brand new, clean, all-year! Also, there is free wifi and charging USB outlets on buses and metro, not to mention how clean the transport is! I absolutely LOVE the M2 bus line, you can literally ride from Botanical gardens on the North through Mira ave, Jremlin, Bolshoi up to Arbat, and Victory Park - within 40 minutes while enjoying the most wonderful view of this beautiful city! The buses are allowed to use a separate line, so they're not subject to traffic jams. Oh I just absolutely love this city, best city in the world 🌎❤
The circle design is actually how most cities were found in early days, because circle is the easiest to defend. Then it expanded and again expanded, and we have a city that was built on that basis, circles. Good for metro, good for defense, but horrible for cars. As I recall, most US cities are designed in blocks, heck, even St. Petersburg was designed like that. This is optimal for cars, but makes the city large and inconvenient for pedestrians
Block design isn't really good for cars, check out modern urban logistics research papers. There is plenty of good videos on YT on the topic, if you wish to explore. It turns out that the more optimal roads layout for cars is a large grid-like structure in which the local segments has few entrances and minimum to zero trespassing routes - when carefully planned with consideration of local population and points of attraction, this layout could eliminate traffic almost to zero.
The classic Greek culture and the Roman Empire infraestructure and urban planning were far away from circular. They liked orthogonal things, big central avenues.
@@kolyashinkarev7366 No, not for that reason. In Europe, cities were also built in circles. The plan of St. Petersburg has completely objective reasons, St. Petersburg was literally built on a swamp. Most of this area was and is swampy, which greatly affects the construction. That's why the whole design is so geometrically straight. In addition, some of the streets were originally planned as canals.
Important point to note: the original design and the core idea of Moscow's transport system its a Soviet design. Its centered arround people's need, and its meant to connect neighborhoods and therefore the people, and not just workers to their workplaces, like western metro systems.
You are getting it wrong. The core point is to get ppl moved from thier residence to the factory. Meanwhile Moscow is de-industrialized after the collapse of the USSR station names keep the history. Avtozavodskaya, Electrozavodskaya and Aviamotornaya are for car plant, electric production facility and airplane engine production center respectfully. Btw Aviamotornaya faced the deadliest incident in Metro history in the 80th.
It's not really "for people's needs." The system was conceived according to how the life of a Soviet person was seen. In reality, it is a huge problem that every day most of the residents migrate to work and back in the evening. There is not enough opportunity to work in your area, and this is just a feature of city planning.
The problem is, the Soviets built it only in Moscow, where they must put on a show for capitalistic bastards, other cities are having enormous problems with traffic. So the concept is quite shitty. In Europe there are no big cities, everyone has a car and no problem at all. Moscow is not amazing, it's mostly crowded and stinky, the air quality is very bad.
As a russian student that everyday ride from one end of MCD to the center of the city to my uni, it is very convenient and smart transport system, and I pay only 10$ a month. At the same time the amount of people in rush hours is insane! Thank you for video, it is great!
I used to live in Moscow. I was there when the MCC opened, it was extremely useful. I really liked the public transport there. But driving, especially on the ring roads is HELL. I think Moscow's public transport is underappreciated on youtube, but I still can't forgive them for what they did to the trolleybuses. Also, you missed the new electric ferries, but those aren't that important
Trolleybus wires looked really bad and were difficult to maintain. Buses are way more efficient and electric ones are basically the new gen trolleybuses
@@damn_thats_art well, i'm not sure, electric ones are better than trolleybus. I remember hearing a lot from urbanists, when our government eliminated the troll system: they said, electric buses have batteries that you can't recycle and have to throw away when it's off, while trolleybuses charge with their runners. And we miss trolleybuses!
@@damn_thats_art no, batteries are heavy and take a long time to charge. It is better to have a bus which can switch between electric bus mode and trolley bus mode
Euopean cities evolved naturally and grew with additional layers over the course of centuries, so we have shops / offices / public services / entertainment places evenly distributed among housing districts.
@@PrograError soviets designed new towns with pedestrian traffic and availability in mind, they knew very well that personal transportation is gonna be luxury for socialist citizen
not true. European cities were designed for horses and carriages, not millions of cars, trucks and busses. Confusing and narrow streets are not well designed compared to the nice grid layout in American planned cities
One of the important part of transport system in Moscow at spring-summer-autumn are scooters which are available everywhere. You can simply rent an electrical scooter using mobile phone and move anywhere around. The price is ultra cheap
7:33 "Lodz" is a small city of 680k inhabitants in poland. The fact that the traffic congestion is among the biggest cities in Europe is ridiculous. Its so bad people brag about how special it is.
@@user-zx6fg9lv4d they are a bit more useful that monorail, but are still useless. i live near north of moscow river and work on the south part of it, but can't commute by river trams. they are stationed mostly in southern part of moscow and routes are short. it's mostly an attraction of sorts.
@@user-zx6fg9lv4d it's a way to monetize regularly scheduled icebreakers on the river, so they serve a practical purpose. They are also comfy places to hang out and/or work undisturbed, they have tables, free wifi and a coffee vending machine.
You can't really commute with these. My workplace is just across the Moscow river from my home, but getting over it with a river tram still takes longer than taking a subway+MCC ride because the river trams only run once an hour. It's nice to take one once in a while to enjoy the scenery (and it's cheap, costing but a single ride on the Troika), but completely unfeasible as a reliable means of public transit.
They are an experiment currently. The first route has been promoted as a sightseeing attraction to the point that you couldn't get a ride without standing in a line for half an hour. Seems like the concept and the specific implementation (electric boats, floating stations etc.) passed the stress test so there will be a larger rollout in the following years. Moscow is built on a relatively large river and not using it for public transport since the Soviet river tram system was retired is a shame.
Few notes from the citizen of Moscow: 1) Speaking about Electrobuses, Moscow used to have the largest trolleybus system in Europe until 2010-s. Now it's gone (despite the campaigns) and majorly replaced with regular buses, while electric ones are only a third, so in the end it became worse for the ecology. 2) MCD lines are refurbished suburban train lines with new trains, upgraded platforms and integrated ticket system, though it's not the case for some stations and trains, especially on recently opened line (D4 has the worst trains for now). D5 is the special case as it is initially planned to open as two separated parts with plans of building underground tunnel connecting them in the future. Old suburban train lines were not in good condition though. 3) Many transfers between new metro stations are too long (longer than it's needed to stretch passenger flow) and in some cases there's only ground transfer which is not comfortable. 4) While trams themselves are updated, that's not the case for the infrastructure. Maintenance happens very late and there have been no new tram routes in decades...
@@albertbokor6643no, usually they make whole routes being serviced exclusively by electrobuses. The other sad fact is that Moscow electrobuses have to charge while resting, so they spend 1/3rd of their time not servicing passengers. It's still a mystery why city authorities didn't choose trolleybuses with batteries.
@@minkinayuin Bulgaria they replaced most of the Trolleybuses with diesels from Germany. When i went there in early 2010s they had almost only Trolleybuses. In the recent years more diesels that still had german stickers on the inside came up. I guess because Trolleybuses are not really practical when it comes to maintenance and especially when there is construction work being done around the area of the bus stop. Omnibuses are just more flexible in general, even if the electric ones need to charge. And trolleybuses are basically just smaller trams, so they don't make sense for moscow to keep up, when in their eyes trams need to be diminished aswell.
Все минусы транспорта Москвы в одном комментарии... Я бы ещё добавил, что на МЦД слишком часто происходят отмены и задержки поездов. Раньше, когда у нас ходили обычные электрички, это случалось крайне редко. + в дальнем Подмосковье сохранились дневные трехчасовые окна, из за чего в первую электричкау после этого окна уже не влезают пассажиры. Видимо в Цппк считают, что в дальнем Подмосковье никто не живёт. А у нас тут вообще то на МЦД 4 за Железнодорожным есть еще Купанвна, Электросталь, Ногинск, Павловский Посад, Орехово Зуево, Электрогорск, Электроугли с общим населением 550к, и большая часть жителей этих городов работает в Москве.
@@user-ul5tf8ui6t Я бы ещё добавил маршрутки. В центре от них давно избавились, но ближе к МКАДу они до сих пор есть и пользуются огромной популярностью среди жителей Подмосковья
There are no trash cans inside the stations, only at entrances/exits and littering is an administrative offense. With quick response police offices + patrols at every station and cameras everywhere it's almost impossible to get away. And there is also a literal army of cleaning personnel.
В России только Москва так процветает и имеет отличный транспорт, а мы, колонии Москвабада, в целом, нет, а в Азии и Европе во множестве городов. Не поймите превратно, я патриот страны, но это грабительское и колониальное отношение московской олигархии к остальной стране просто поражает. Только москвичам хлеба и зрелищ, хороший достаток и кучу возможностей хобби и развития, ведь революции делаются в столице, сытые и изнеженные её не сделают. А раздражение и нищету большинства жителей никто не заметит с этого московского праздника жизни - напоминаю, в большинстве регионов медианная зарплата около 30 тысяч, то есть половина получает даже меньше этой мизерной суммы. Россия нищая страна😢, а Москва не Россия С другой стороны, положительное в этом то, что московские сытые либералы никогда не захватят власть в стране, ибо они не понимают страну, а страна не понимает их
as a person who has lived in Moscow since birth, I can say that I can get anywhere in the city in less than an hour. until I found out that it is not so convenient in other countries, I thought it went without saying, but it turns out that I was very lucky to be born in Moscow.
Well, not 1 hour i would say, to get from Hovrino to Buninskaya alleya by metro u will waste 1 hour 15 min and i suppose u can find more complicated situations with longer travel times. But i would still say that between anywhere in the world and moscow in terms of means of effective transportation, i still chose moscow.
@@goshagachechiladze4931 Я из г.Самара и чтоб добраться с одного конца города на другой(примерно 17 км) мне понадобится час и это без пробок.с пробками 2часа.Метро у нас маленькое.
While watching this video I was riding in the Moscow metro, changing from mcc to bcl and then to zamoskvoretskaya. Interesting video, no irony, I cried.
Btw in Moscow there is also a huge amount of electric scooters, which anyone can can rent like cars. The parking stations of the scooters are close to the metro stations and other places like shopping malls... So after using metro you can just switch to the scooter and reach any destination you need very quickly) and it’s extremely cheap!
@@holodilnickтак, если подписку оформляет, то страт бесплатный, а ещё и цена в минуту падает. Поэтому, если их используете редко, то да, стоит дорого, но, когда каждый день ими пользуешься, выходит дёшево.
@@holodilnickв цену входит закупка новых самокатов, обслуживание старых, зарплаты работникам и многое другое. Цены берут не с потолка. И если не брать самокат покататься просто так, то это и правда недорого
I live in Saint-P, it's way worse here in terms of public transport. But the Moscow officials say they want to expand their MCD up to our city for convenience. That would be quite a feat, hope they'll do.
@@bsod111еще долго не убьют. Троллейбусы и трамваи в СПб то единственный адекватный способ пересадки с ветки на ветку между соседними линиями на окраинах. Еольыа нет и не будет еще лет 30 наверное
@@Clockworkg1rl Yes! At some point in the future we might well happen to find ourselves traveling down the red line and discover that the final station is Unter-den-lindenskaya
It's cool to see a foreigner so interested in the russian metro! I just love the busy,but somewhat satisfying atmosphere and sounds of passing trains here,also most of the stations have the most majestic and glorious designs I've ever seen! If you'll ever be in Moscow,the metro is the best and cheapest option to check out the town!
Imagine being this pathetic because they feel validated when someone made a youtube video about their metro . So insecure just like most Russians in here, sad cringy society.
8:20 car sharing service in Russia let you rent cars not hourly, but for minutes. Some of them have option for "fixed rate" rides that work like Uber: you pay fixed price to go from point A to B. Costs almost the same as taxi though...
The obvious benefit is being able to, say, come to a marketplace, leave the vehicle in parking you dont have to pay for, come back out in a few hours, and use the same vehicle *if you put it into reserved stationary mode or nobody took it* or same-ish one nearby and be able to ride back home with whatever you bought, even if its something quite big. SUV taxis cost more, and minivans even more than that, whereas nearly all rented cars around are SUVs afaik
@@IHateHandlesWayTooMuchI have a car but when I need to go to my friend to have some beers I take a car sharing and taxi on the way back. Very convenient lol
Because ussr had centralised planning and socialism and planned whole cities from scratch. It's not just metro, it's factories, schools, hospitals, workers clubs and libraries, cultural buildings and parks.
А Чернобыль то как спланировали великие советские инженеры, а дома какие в Краматорске строили, а Байкал то как чуть не засрали заводом на Слюдянке, благо развалилось всё
@@user-eu7ic8ch4j Да вот осталось у вас на украине декомунизацию провести, остановить АЭС ГЭС ТЭЦ совковые. А то вы скромно только памятники сносите. Мы вам поможем. Снесем все проклятое советское наследие. Советское образование вы уже убили и снова превратились в немытых хуторян. С остальным мы вам поможем, по братски!
I am from Moscow. And I can say that metro here is really good designed, and metro realy comfetble. Also really funny to hear how you say our long stations names, sorry about that slavic laguages has long words)
In the end of January 2024, Vnukovo station opened. Now one can get by metro right to the airport (which is further then the suburb area). I think, Sheremet‘evo and Domodedovo stations should be waiting for its turn to be built. Also, this year opened an all-year line of the river transport („river tram“ we call it). So there is another extremely convenient connection now- and insanely beautiful because of the sightview, the Moscow river goes throughout the whole city center!
You have very cute way to pronounce russian words and names 🥹 I know that my language is difficult to learning, and that it is very difficult for foreigners to learn to read my language and pronounce words. However, it's very nice to hear how hard you are trying. ❤ (I am Russian)
I live in los Angeles and they close the Metro from 2am to 4am for maintenance, so from 2 to 5 is not to bad since that metro system is use more constantly through the day/months/years
I live in Moscow and in 10 years here I've used metro at 5am only ONCE. I don't mind it being closed for a few hours if it's that clean and stably working
He didn’t mention the best fact about Moscow metro system.. Not only they have free WiFi but the your phone connection (including internet) still works even in the deepest stations and on train rides between the stations (I don’t know how many Gs, I have an iPhone so it just says LTE)
Another amazing thing about Moscow is that city is also spacy and green. Buildings stand afar from each other, leaving large amount of territory for plants. Moscow out of the old city center is also a one wonderful park!
Speaking about troika card and a price per trip. If you're a student, pensioner or a disabled person you have a special card with amazing prices - around 5 dollars for months pf using metro, around 9 dollars for everything else. It really saves tones of money for those who need it the most)
I lived in Moscow for a few years and I loved it, the transport is the best I’ve ever seen and I’ve lived in a lot of places. The city is also very walkable and beautiful, as well as the rest of the country.
I am glad they mentioned it at the end, because my experience in Moscow is just waiting in traffic jams the whole time. I live so far away from the metro that taking it is impossible for most journeys. Very different experience to this video. On the pro side from my experience is that it’s really well priced and beautiful (although don’t ask about the prisoners that built most of the central stations)
When metro/tube was built they were digging under streets and houses and in some cases they had to put a lot of support structures underground for a lot of buildings in the center, there are amazing photos about it as well as some houses were moved from their places - it was huge and very serious project.
I enjoyed your video, nice job! Except I don't use face recognition to enter the metro, because I've noticed it takes a long time to register for other passengers, I simply carry my trusty troika in my pocket when I'm out. Privet from Moscow!
1:21 is the Nakhimovsky Prospect (Avenue of Admiral Nakhimov), the station I was born and raised at, and spent my whole childhood and youth riding from
so true, It's even difficult to call Istanbul Europe. Yeah, they have some european architecture but people there are closer to Middle East than to Europe.
@@nataliekhanyola5669 Absurd. You seem to understand little about Russia. Almost 80% of Russians live in the European part and the entire history of Russia is the European history of relationships.
Omg, guys it’s so cute if you say something cool about Russian because last time I think everyone can talk only about war. Thanks for a video, I live in Moscow and this video amused me ❤
Tbf, almost all metro systems in the world close during the night, NY being more the exception than the rule. It's a great thing but it's not always possible.
It's definitely possible for Moscow, but really, is it worth all the maintenance nightmare when most of the traffic goes in current working hours anyway
@@alexmashkin863 It would still be cool Im getting tired of thing that im only started properly drinking in bar and metro closes in 20 minutes or so and i should go Night buses are good but their frequency is VERY low - one each every 15 minutes, and changing routes is hard because of that - its +15 minutes to your journey for each change
It would be possible, but just isn't worth doing. There's not enough demand, the intervals between trains would be much longer, there would be relatively few people so you'd need security etc. It just isn't a good use of money. Everyone I know took cabs in NYC if they wanted to get home after a night out, the subway was even worse at night than during the day.
Fun fact: people living in Moscow usually name the nearest metro station when you ask about their adress)
Thanks, Sheldon!)
True
True
I've been living the whole live in St. Petersburg and Moscow and I have never thought that somewhere people answer another way
Nice joke, but it is kinda true. The prices of them houses are sky-high!
When it comes to the population of Moscow, as a rule, incorrect figures are given. The fact is that in Russia, the population count in a city is based on the number of people who are registered in that city. In fact, the population of Moscow is much larger, more than 20 million people.
I read once that it might be even 30 mln. With visitors.
@@bobirkhonismailov8904 I deliberately underestimated the figures, I did not take into account tourists and people who come for a short period of time. The real figure is approximately 27 million people.
А в СПб думаю в туристический сезон тоже более 10млн будет, а так ~7-8 млн то наберётся с Мурино/Кудрово и тд. и иммигрантами
@@mtm_777 У вас сезон летом?
@@user-qh6dh2br8t для узбеков/таджиков/армян и других граждан - сезон круглый год) но не такой наплыв как в Мск, спасиб и на том)
Бляха , ребята , тут в комментариях одни русскоязычные , которые пишут на английском , иронично
Так канал на английском с англоязычной аудиторией, в чем проблема? Или собственное невежество в глаз ударило?
русскоязычные смотрят потому что их хвалят
@@carnap355 ну приятно ведь
Сам себя не похвалишь, никто не похвалит
Просто нам интересно что о нас говорят и как видят, и хочется чтобы отзыв был удобен для иностранцев
I had 2 weeks in Moscow. I can say that I am in love with the transportation system. I never needed any taxi or car. You can simply go to random metro station and go wherever you want. Greetings from Türkiye
As a Moscow citizen I was in love in Istanbul public transport system) Routes with The Bosporus view are extremely gorgeous
@GlassMeteorite I agree. We have so nice views. Especially Kabataş-Bağcılar tram line offers amazing views throughout the historical island and on Galata Bridge. But, every metro station in Moscow Metro is so unique, and I won't forget any of them. I had amazing memories with people I love. Especially Коммунарка and Воробьёвы горы 🥰
I literally dont ever need a car in Moscow. I can get everywhere by public transport. Free wifi is everywhere, free charging ports...
And the station are like 2 kms apart, so in the worst case you’ll have to walk only 1 km to wherever you want.
There're still some awkward spots here and there, for example it takes me around 20 minutes to get to work by car, but 40+ minutes to get there by transport. But seeing a bigger picture i won't complain, honestly.
But but CNN tells me that Russia is full with mud and half destroyed buildings with people having to light fire using primitive methods
and cheap mobile internet
But no free speech
Fun fact.
The word "koltsevaya linia" translates to english as "ring line".
So the orbital lanes name for us russians are:
- Ring line
- Big Ring line
- Moscow Central Ring (officially called Moscow Central Circle)
I think better call it "circle" line(because circle is geometric shape, but ring is material thing in form of circle). Even, few years ago in english announcements in metro it had been called "circle line"(but now "koltsevaya", why - idk)
@@wherespirt You are right. This is a matter of what's more right or convenient, I was talking about literal translation.
"Circle" is literally translated to russian as "krug", which is a different word.
Another fun fact: former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who promoted the ring traffic system, was sometimes called the “Lord of the Rings.”
I was in Moscow in 2014. January, -22 C, they are heating metro stations.
@@nickonicifor5638 I don't think there are doing so. The key thing is that metro lays deep underground where all daily and yearly fluctuations of temperature are greatly damped to some comfortable value. This constant temperature is supported by surrounding megatons of ground which serves as powerful thermal energy damper and accumulator.
As an expat I lived in Moscow for 15 years from 2005. The transformation of the city and speed of it was insane. Especially after 2010 with the election of new mayor Sobyanin whose still running the city with amazing efficiency. I took metro to my office and most of my business meetings. One thing I always remember and pointed to my friends visiting Russia was that, once a metro train left the platform, before its rear red lights dissapeared out of sight in the tunnel, you could see lights of the new train coming from the other end of the tunnel. I love Moscow, my favourite city in the whole world.
Как же похорошела Москва при Собянине))
Спасибо вам за этот отзыв, желаю вам здоровья и всего самого лучшего!
@@teimy42мы должны его клонировать, и разослать по регионам, он адски эффективен как хозяйственник
Ahahaha no, it was really good at the beginning, but now it’s bad. Destroyed trolleybus system, the tram network is not developing, There are too many overpasses being built, and very little infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians
@@commonsense7841 is this sarcasm?
watching as an employee of a transit system in florida and i cant help but cry, bravo moscow and the russians for such a beautiful smart eficent network.
You forgot consider three lines of aeroexpress from central Moscow to airports and also electric ferries.
Aeroexpress trains are not a part of Moscow transportation system. Although they are playing a role of passenger trains on D1, they are not a type of public transportation around the city per se. They are just expensive trains to get to the airport, that's all.
Those ships are not really efficient. They are more like a tourist attraction, because Moscow officials presented it as a "first in the world year-round electric ship". So, they are not showing the efficiency of public transportation of Moscow.
@@tonymontana1702they are part of it, you can travel there by regular tickets
@@user-jq4ej7pf9o no they are not, you need to buy a separate ticket
@@VelvetSage only if you travel to the airport
@@VelvetSageyou can use Troika card on ferries, it's the same card you use in metro. I use it myself, it's a firsthand information.
i freakin love Moscow metro, you can pin-point your arrival time within 2-3 minute margin at all times
And if you walk fast on line changes, you can even be faster than estimate!
@@Elfcheg that's so true. I walk twice as fast as the crowd (if possible) and it saves me a couple of minutes on the line switching every day
yes, but there is one thing, size of Moscow. for example for me, to get to my training, i need to go from home before 2 hours
@@s.i.n4985 Why? Are there 3 fitness centers within 1 km of my house in Moscow? Why choose a fitness center that is far from home?
@@vikkymi6386
Probably very specific training, like stadiums for bikes and not your usual fitness
As a local, I can say one more awesome thing that no one is talking about.
Museums and art galleries have huge collections and are absolutely free if you are under 25 (Everyone can issue a "Pushkin card" for free and pay for tickets from her account, which is replenished at the expense of the state once a year)
The opportunity to see with your own eyes the treasures of Troy, paintings of the 15th century, real mummies, hundreds of dinosaur skeletons, a collection of the rarest minerals in the world for free is amazing
Or, for example, one of the world's largest zoos, which costs $ 5 for adults and is free for children in which you can sometimes be allowed to feed a flamingo or a giraffe.
Last summer an adult ticket to the zoo was 10$ :( So it is now
Sudents also could get there for free! Only if you're on full-time education though
Ошибаетесь, до 23 лет. Мне сразу как 23 исполнилось, 5к перестали приходить.
Yeah, they've bought a lot of stuff into collections. Some (mostly Kievian Rus artifacts and a bit before its era, and a lot of local Ukrainian art) they stole during Soviet era from Kyiv and whatnot, which was a dick move as they never returned them (even tho they said it was temporary). When Ukraine asked to return them after getting independence, surely, requests were declined. But, either way they would be just 2-3% of the whole collection, nowhere near 80% being stolen from Egypt and whatnot by UK museums :D
Would be nice if they'll return it all after the war tho...
@@RIP212 Kiev is a Russian city.
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Kudos for pronouncing all those difficult names of the lines! Just a sidenote: people living in Moscow almost never use those names, they just call them "red line", yellow line", or "salad (green) line" (not to be mistaken with simply "green line"). When a new line is planned, there's a big debate about which color to choose, because it's hard to find a color that wasn't already used and could be easily named by an everyman.
Котофейка, так делают везде. Либо по номеру. Я из Нижнего Новгорода, у нас говорят "красная/синяя ветка" либо "1/2". Ни разу не слышал, чтобы кто-то называл её вот этим длинным сложным названием. При том, что я знаю, что мой русский дом (живу не в НН, поэтому пишу так) находится на конечной станции Автозаводско-Нижегородской линии. Но никто так не говорит. Поэтому я думаю, что так во всех городах.
@degrade_with_me Все люди называют их цветами, разве что мцд и кольца выпадают. Но объявляют в пересадках всегда по имени, и ты сидишь и думаешь, что там за таганско-краснопресненская или савеловско-дмитровская
@@degrade_with_me ну не прямо везде. Например в Париже местные называют линии по номерам, не по цветам.
@@degrade_with_me никогда не слышал, чтобы кольцевую называли коричневой. Также часто используются аббревиатуры - БКЛ, АПЛ, например.
@@k0jz0r69 Кольцевую не называют по цвету, потому что она кольцевая. Если бы ее не было, мы называли бы кольцевой МЦК. Аббревиатур никогда не слышал, если честно.
Is actually take the 4.5 hour gap as a positive thing. Maintenance is very important esp with cleaning and repairs. NYC struggles with cleanliness and sees massive disruptions in service when maintenance needs to occur
Absolutely smh 🤦🏻♂️ weekend track work never ends
Yeah hearing "fire on this station and line is closed" was weird
Well the Moscow metro is one of the cleanest in the world. But if there's really required maintenance, then some stations could be closed, or for example on the radial line could be enabled clockwise only mode (but it was in holidays when the traffic is down)
In the Moscow metro, trains run every 10-15 seconds, and in New York every 10-15 minutes, so a break is needed
@@firegirl24also that in New York metro the trains are expected to run run 24/7/365 days a year.
I've once heard a joke: "If subway in Moscow stopped working for a day, everyone would get lost immidiately". That's so true as no one really knows how to get around the city by streets
Now living in Moscow I can confirm this is so true. It's so much easier than London, Paris, New York etc not to mention beautiful, clean and spacious!
I live in Moscow for 23 years now.
And sometimes, I got a feeling by communicating with residents, that at least 50% of them doesn't even know how to get from A to B by roads.
They simply use metro all the time, it gets them everywhere they ever want.
It's a shame tho, Moscow is as beautiful on the surface as beneath it.
Why do you need to know how to get from A to B by roads? Online maps are easy to use
@@user-vd8oy1wh4r Exactly, street navigating is a skill of old people. Modern gadgets make it redundant.
Are you from Ukraine?
Its cuz they are poor obv
@@lirus3639 who are you referring to?
As a student I can say, that some categories of people can pay even less money, about 500 rubles or 5 dollars per month. That saves a lot of money, because every day I'm going to the other side of the city to get to my university
When I was a student I paid 600 rubles per month for the metro and additionally 200 rubles for the land transportation, which sums it up at 800 rubles or $9 in total.
@@fusafungin and even this is considered expensive
Мой проездной только на метро на 90 дней стоит вроде бы 1450, поэтому в месяу я плачу меньше 500р, за ежедневные 2 поездки до вуза и обратно
're u HSE uni student?
@@user-ph8dm5fb4nno, I'm MIREA student
I'm from Russia myself, but even I was interested in listening and learning a few new things. Thank you very much for your work!
This video is incredibly well-designed! :) Thank you so much for having made it - learnt a lot! Keep up the incredible work, and I wish you all the very best!
And if you have a Troika card, you can use the same card on a bus, metro and ferry, for just about 50p per journey of any distance within the city. The suburban trains are also frequent, and there’s a bike hire system. It’s easy, so easy to get around Moscow by public.
By the way, you can also top up Troika directly from your phone using NFC at any time
@@MrSeagull26 Nowadays you can use your phone on the metro, I think all of the stations were upgraded with the new gates. You can also use any debit or credit card, even most Moscow buses allow that now.
The fare on metro + suburban rail is ~half $, metro + rail + any number of bus transfers in 90 min = about $1 per entire trip within the city
They also introduced payments using facial recognition in the subway. this works already now, and in almost all stations you can pay with "face id".
@@xnzx203and nobody uses it because it works like shit. And because it's blatantly a justification to put cameras on the gates. I've seen people putting stickers over them, though to mwtro workers' credit they don't last long as I've never seen them twice in a row.
@@MrSeagull26Nah, this function is shit. The idea is very good, but it works badly. I once tried to use it and then just couldn’t use my card. And also, what’s the point of this, when you can just use Mir Pay and pay with your phone using NFC and get the same price.
As a resident of Moscow and an employee of the Moscow metro, I confirm that the video reflects reality.
Фига-се, машинист что-ли?
How can you watch this video? Isn’t the internet and basic american tech companies highly censored out there?? And if this is true you guys can openly use the internet then my last question is when will the next ‘people’s revolution’ be?? We’re patiently waiting but honestly anxiously.
@@theirishbandit7301 what revolution u mean? I am russian streamer, and can use american sources, Russia isn't cut from the world - this is propaganda of american and western media. We have everything, I don't feel sanctions at all
@@theirishbandit7301 censored? Man, u dont know, arent u?
@@sherbinatormomentssir, you clearly are a fake, you can’t just pretend russia is a normal country /s
New York cannot even dream about this kind of public transportation organization. It was very surprising to me when I visited NYC-dirty metro with weird people everywhere. We, Russians, thankfully are very spoiled by magnificence and cleanliness of Moscows subway
И вот я живу в Москве, я все это знаю, я пользуюсь всем общественным транспортом города, и не могу понять, почему я слушаю и смотрю этот ролик)
Ахахахаах дааа
All of Moscow is waiting for the metro to connect Moscow to St. Petersburg
Так уже есть скоростной маршрут. Из Москвы в Питер можно за 3 часа доехать (примерно 700 км пути). От 7 долларов за сидячее место
@@KoT_MaTp0cKuH всё равно если было питерское и московское метро соединились было хорошо
Ждём метро Москва-Владивосток
Ждëм метро Калининград - Аляска
@@lex_barker Россия - Россия получается??
thank god, Zamoskrovetskaya line finally gets new "Moskva 2024" trains, such a relief for ears
It also needs new rails. This line shakes the brains out of me.
А зачем вы, русские, разговариваете на тему метро в Москве, при этом на английском языке ?)))
@@user-fz4uq4yo1e да прост)
@@user-fz4uq4yo1e Mozhet, my zapadnye ekspaty.
@@holodilnick хахахаха
As a russian, i really like our underground, really comfortable and safe.
I'm from Moscow, and I should note that the Troika card (a travel pass for all types of transport) costs only 19,500 rubles ($207) for a year. In addition, this annual pass allows you to rent city rental bicycles for free, and can also be replaced if lost (you must register in advance in the mobile application).
It is worth noting that the orbital design is not only in Moscow's public transport, but also in the roads and layout of the city.
The orbital road project was not developed by engineers. This is the legacy of the layout of ancient Russian cities, not only Moscow. That's why traffic problems are so hard to solve.
true, but surface level traffic outside the center of the city is still very congested.
And Air Defense.
@@Vladimir-ui3ij How was this not developed? It was already on the 1971 general plan. We already have three transport rings (Sadovoe, MKAD, TTK) and chords similar to the MCD have already been opened.
@@Vladimir-ui3ij it was absolutely developed by engineers over centuries, Moscow is an onion that grows over time and gains more and more rings. Kremlin as the 0-ring, then Garden Ring, Boulveyard Ring, Third Ring, Moscow Circle Road (that largely contains modern Moscow), the rings keep growing around Moscow too with the Central Ring Road, A-108, P-132. When Stalin was in office, the area around third ring was still semi-rural, nowadays parts of it are considered "the center".
Fun detail: In peak times, around 7-9 AM, when the train leaves the station you can already see the headlights of the next train. On some lines the usual time between trains are closer to 50 seconds.
Sometimes when I’m in a certain mood I board the last train car (it usually has no more than 10 people in it) on the Circle (aka Koltsevaya) line and just chill for about an hour enjoying the Metro sounds.
Try going to light-blue line via the central crossing with dark blue, grey and red lines, sit in the first or last cart. Its the line that's partially outside, and you can always choose the place to sit in because it ends right there in the middle of the city, reverses the train and comes back to Kuntsevskaya st.
If you ever need to speed up on the way back, change to the dark blue one and ride to the ring / center, as they're nearly parallel.
Hi! We also have electric scooters in the capital that we can rent.
And yes, we have a really serious problem with traffic jams on the roads. And yet, even in the dead of night, cars make a lot of noise.
Thank you for the video about Moscow!
(Russia💖💖)
Use electric car. 😂But the battery immediately committed suicide when exposed to -40°c Russian temperatures 😂
Hah, yeah🤭
Therefore, we have electric scooters only in spring and summer
уже в середине апреля в 3 мкр. Московском дебилы закеглили мужика,самокаты-зло.
@@carkawalakhatulistiwanot sure if -40 is possible in moscow
Moscow public transportation is amazing. The best I have ever seen and used. Many cities should learn from it. It is very easy to understand it for a foreigner. St. Petersburgh and Kazan's pub transport are great as well
ну шо ти верзеш?
Приезжай, посмотри@@user-fj3cc5gk4g
@@user-fj3cc5gk4g , okay, nafo soybot
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@@user-fj3cc5gk4gправду он говорит, ты такое не любишь.
Theres a reason there is a series of Books and Video Games set arouns the Moscow Metro system.
There is, but this video totally missed it. The fact it these huge halled stations were also intended to be used as a shelter for cataclysms like a nuclear bombing. You can see hydo hydrolock doors hidden in the walls on some station entrances while traveling through them.
@@new1ru It is true mostly only for the very old stations in the center of the city. Since 1960s most of the stations built by "open-grond" "cheaper" (comparatively) way, so these stations could not be used as nuke shelters. "Centipede" type, in particular (there are 38 columns-legs in standart project)
@yurypozdnyakov5177 да, новые станции, меньше рассчитаны, но они и не в центре, не гермодвери есть
@@yurypozdnyakov5177 как убежище функционировать могут, но класс защиты ниже, в эпицентре не выстоят, но уже километрах в 3 от него вполне. Учитывая, что жилые районы на окраинах - не приоритетные цели для боеголовок - вполне достаточно.
@@yurypozdnyakov5177the new ones are also cheaper in terms of design from my pov. They step away from the classical design of the old stations, which really bring the nostalgic 19-20th century theme into the modern city that is Moscow. I also doubt they will be an attraction like old ones are in the future.
Thank you! So nice to hear somone across the board acknowleges our public transport system! At the same time I agree with about the traffic problems. Some people just can't get off their cars XD. Thoug most of the roads have special line for public transport so even traffic is not that big of a problem for busses.
The best thing About mcc and mcd is that unlike metro trains, they have toilets
Точно подмечено.😅 У меня уже условный рефлекс. Когда сажусь в эти поезда, первым делом иду делать пи-пи. Серьёзно!
@@user-kh2qf4dj5pтак вот почему в 1х вагонах от вони зачастую ехать невозможно
@@sergeysyschikov8251смотря где. Если говорить об электричках - они редко и плохо обслуживаются, а за счет того, что ездят они из самых закоулок, тут уже играет фактор маргиналов и прочей нечисти, которые не умеют пользоваться всем аккуратно. В мцк даже вплотную к туалету нет абсолютно никакого запаха, причем что туалет стоит почти в каждом вагоне. И это все потому, что он обслуживается чаще и лучше, к тому же люди более осторожно им пользуются
@@sergeysyschikov8251 И узнаете долб..ба по словам его. А вообще, конкретики маловато в твоём замечании. Почему именно воняет? Из-за меня? из-за таких как я? Из-за того,что таких как я много? Или это скрытая претензия к РЖД касательно качества санузлов в новых поездах?
@@user-kh2qf4dj5pкакой ужас. А донести своё добро не судьба?
4:46 correction: there are 16 night bus routes they travel from 12AM to 5 AM
до часу ночи, даже в интернете написано)
@@FlipiFlax Я лично на многих из них в 3 утра уезжал
@@FlipiFlaxне все 1 маршрут на Маршруте Б там до часа ночи другой маршрут Б круглосуточный все остальные до 5 часов утра
@@FlipiFlaxМетро до часу ночи, а есть ночные и круглосуточные (Б и м40) маршруты
Обычные маршруты ходят до часу - половине второго, но есть ночные маршруты. Они не такие удобные, т.к. маршруты в основном проложены от одной станции метро к другой, но они ездят ночью и до 5-6 утра.@@FlipiFlax
Such a good video, brief and informative, thank you for sharing this!
Seems like amazing place to bar hop around with friends on Saturday, I can imagine.
As Moscow resident, i must say, that cirle lines do a great work.
I live at south-west corner of city, the end of red line, and worked at Aviamotornaya at south-east. With introduction of Big Cirle Line my journey to work became shorter by 30 minutes. An additional spare hour per day!
And it greatly improved situation in city center and radial lines.
is moscow safe and cool place to live?
@@muhammad4779 why wouldn't it be safe? Here in Russia you can't simply just buy a gun if you want. You need a license that is fucking hard to get. And CCW permit is practically impossible to get for a common folk. People who actually carry guns are either police or military.
As for "cool" - imo moscow is somewhat "grey" city. Been there 5 times and barely had any enjoyment. People are selfish, noone would care if you'd hurt yourself or somehow lose consciousness. Noone gives a shit about one another. I rather stay in Vladivostok :p
@@NeCkItThEoNe I'd rather you not give suggestions as a tourist
@@muhammad4779да, все ок
@@muhammad4779Hello, I am a native resident of Moscow. I would say that Moscow is a completely safe place to live. The only thing worth considering if you move is the area to live. You should not settle in new areas, although they are attractive in price, but due to their newness there is no normal infrastructure there yet and it will be difficult for you. If you move into one of the older areas (one where the houses are at least 30-40 years old), you will get optimal living conditions with five-minute access to the metro, kindergartens, schools, clinics, hospitals, shopping centers, etc. I have been to many cities in Europe and I can say that in terms of life, Moscow is the most convenient city.
so happy to see some russian representation that doesn't demonize us. thank you so much 🙂
Moscow ain't russia
@@dotdot5906, Moscow is capital of Russia
@@manastorm9575 it is a popular opinion in _russia_ that Moscow is a separate entity that exists by sucking the soul out of the rest of the country
@@manastorm9575 it is a pretty big opinion in russia that Moscow is not representative of what the rest of the country is
@@manastorm9575 many actually consider it a parasite that only has so much quality due to sucking the soul out of the rest of the country
Comment from Moscow, thanks for your video! :)
By the way it's really easy to establish a time when a train comes using yandex maps, it also made it really easy to choose the wagon which doesn't have a crowd in it. Public transport in Moscow is extremely comfortable, there are many chargers in buses, wagons etc
Arguably the best metro in the world. Considering how big the city is, the fact that you can get from point to point so easy was very impressive when I visited. I heard it is consistently getting expanded too
14 new stations should be completed in 2024
@@danilavanila6842честно вам достаточно пока, когда к нам в СПб уже очередь на горнопроходческую машину подойдёт...квоту не дают Беглову нашему, не можем и 2 станции в год строить блин, Северная столица называется 😢
Unarguably. 😊
In Russia, we constantly joke that Sobyanin will soon expand the metro all the way to China, or somewhere else. You can even find a meme showing a map of the Moscow Metro, where stations are located all around the world
@@user-qx8kf3st8t and yet, the yellow line is still in two pieces lmao.
Thanks for that representative video 🙏🏼 it was insanely interesting to find real facts about our transportation system from the foreigner’s point of view. Many thanks, this video sould be more viral so I comment in case of that. One more fact: during the rush hour its almost a 30 seconds gap between trains in metro.
It’s very nice and pleasant to see, that people overboard interested in my beloved city and country 🌞
You forgot to mention the river ferry transport that are now a part of the public transportation system too! Brand new, clean, all-year!
Also, there is free wifi and charging USB outlets on buses and metro, not to mention how clean the transport is!
I absolutely LOVE the M2 bus line, you can literally ride from Botanical gardens on the North through Mira ave, Jremlin, Bolshoi up to Arbat, and Victory Park - within 40 minutes while enjoying the most wonderful view of this beautiful city! The buses are allowed to use a separate line, so they're not subject to traffic jams.
Oh I just absolutely love this city, best city in the world 🌎❤
The circle design is actually how most cities were found in early days, because circle is the easiest to defend. Then it expanded and again expanded, and we have a city that was built on that basis, circles. Good for metro, good for defense, but horrible for cars. As I recall, most US cities are designed in blocks, heck, even St. Petersburg was designed like that. This is optimal for cars, but makes the city large and inconvenient for pedestrians
St.Petersburg was designed blocky because Peter 1 wanted it to look like europe
Block design isn't really good for cars, check out modern urban logistics research papers. There is plenty of good videos on YT on the topic, if you wish to explore. It turns out that the more optimal roads layout for cars is a large grid-like structure in which the local segments has few entrances and minimum to zero trespassing routes - when carefully planned with consideration of local population and points of attraction, this layout could eliminate traffic almost to zero.
The classic Greek culture and the Roman Empire infraestructure and urban planning were far away from circular. They liked orthogonal things, big central avenues.
@@LaViejaConsolada well, in medieval Russia they did circles
@@kolyashinkarev7366 No, not for that reason. In Europe, cities were also built in circles.
The plan of St. Petersburg has completely objective reasons, St. Petersburg was literally built on a swamp. Most of this area was and is swampy, which greatly affects the construction. That's why the whole design is so geometrically straight. In addition, some of the streets were originally planned as canals.
Important point to note: the original design and the core idea of Moscow's transport system its a Soviet design. Its centered arround people's need, and its meant to connect neighborhoods and therefore the people, and not just workers to their workplaces, like western metro systems.
You are getting it wrong. The core point is to get ppl moved from thier residence to the factory. Meanwhile Moscow is de-industrialized after the collapse of the USSR station names keep the history. Avtozavodskaya, Electrozavodskaya and Aviamotornaya are for car plant, electric production facility and airplane engine production center respectfully.
Btw Aviamotornaya faced the deadliest incident in Metro history in the 80th.
Western system are all about making most profit
Lol no the core of it is middle ages design built around the core where the govt resides.
It's not really "for people's needs." The system was conceived according to how the life of a Soviet person was seen. In reality, it is a huge problem that every day most of the residents migrate to work and back in the evening. There is not enough opportunity to work in your area, and this is just a feature of city planning.
The problem is, the Soviets built it only in Moscow, where they must put on a show for capitalistic bastards, other cities are having enormous problems with traffic. So the concept is quite shitty. In Europe there are no big cities, everyone has a car and no problem at all. Moscow is not amazing, it's mostly crowded and stinky, the air quality is very bad.
I never thought about that, thanks for the video!
As a russian student that everyday ride from one end of MCD to the center of the city to my uni, it is very convenient and smart transport system, and I pay only 10$ a month. At the same time the amount of people in rush hours is insane!
Thank you for video, it is great!
I used to live in Moscow. I was there when the MCC opened, it was extremely useful. I really liked the public transport there. But driving, especially on the ring roads is HELL. I think Moscow's public transport is underappreciated on youtube, but I still can't forgive them for what they did to the trolleybuses. Also, you missed the new electric ferries, but those aren't that important
Trolleybus wires looked really bad and were difficult to maintain. Buses are way more efficient and electric ones are basically the new gen trolleybuses
@@damn_thats_art well, i'm not sure, electric ones are better than trolleybus. I remember hearing a lot from urbanists, when our government eliminated the troll system: they said, electric buses have batteries that you can't recycle and have to throw away when it's off, while trolleybuses charge with their runners. And we miss trolleybuses!
Yeah the situation with trolley bus in Moscow is a tragedy. We in Saint Petersburg should treasure and protect our trolley buses!
@@damn_thats_art no, batteries are heavy and take a long time to charge. It is better to have a bus which can switch between electric bus mode and trolley bus mode
@@damn_thats_art
>looked really bad
Собянин, is that you?
Every European city is "Insanely Well Designed" compared to American ones...
Euopean cities evolved naturally and grew with additional layers over the course of centuries, so we have shops / offices / public services / entertainment places evenly distributed among housing districts.
@@konstantin3374not very much for the former bloc cities... other than older than WWII cities, most are soviet new towns...
@@PrograError soviets designed new towns with pedestrian traffic and availability in mind, they knew very well that personal transportation is gonna be luxury for socialist citizen
not true. European cities were designed for horses and carriages, not millions of cars, trucks and busses. Confusing and narrow streets are not well designed compared to the nice grid layout in American planned cities
@@captainfreedom3649 nice grid layout of not being able to reach workplace or shops from your suburban home without personal vehicle.
the amount of effort and engineering that went into this is insane ... and also i have used this rented cars before it is amazing
As a person who was born and raised in Moscow (I'm still here lol), it makes me really happy to see Moscow talked about :] Hi everyone!!
I live in Belarus and in morning rush hours intervals are about 1 minute or slightly more. Very convenient
Good job with making this video
Don't hear very often something good about my city from westerns
That's usually related to the people within Moscow, not the city itself.
One particular bald man has not won much love over here.
@@Ted52 As a Muscovite I don't know anyone here who likes him or his bald head 😂
@boumer7 Tucker Carlson liked it. :)
@@Da...I am a Moscovian as well and I know a bunch of people who does like him:) P.S. Muscovite is a mineral lol
@Ted52 and the whole world despise your senile grandpa with alzheimer in the white house😂
One of the important part of transport system in Moscow at spring-summer-autumn are scooters which are available everywhere. You can simply rent an electrical scooter using mobile phone and move anywhere around. The price is ultra cheap
Заебись, внатуре лучший город Земли. Спасибо дедам за такой родной город.
Написал вася из зажопинска
Вот бы они еще тебя воспитали, чтоб не матерился как сапожник.
I've been to Moscow last year and can say that it's beautiful! So many changes since my previous visit in 2005.
since 2005 most post communism countries changed the faces of the cities to a completely different look.
7:33 "Lodz" is a small city of 680k inhabitants in poland. The fact that the traffic congestion is among the biggest cities in Europe is ridiculous. Its so bad people brag about how special it is.
How is it that bad somehow??
Recently, traffic jams in Moscow were also huge. I remember driving about 100 meters in 2 hours.
@@user-qh6dh2br8t they don't see real traffic in asia 😂. Car don't more in 2 hours
@@carkawalakhatulistiwa In Asia? What country are you talking about?
insanely well designed my ass. Go to maps and you see multple giant rings of roads around moscow. They have huge trafic problems
Been there as a tourist, LOVED the city, loved the transportation infrastructures.
Moscow metro should be literally best in the world. Had an amazing experience
😊 st.petersbug
@@TheMadara05 moscow is more easy to use and very efficient as well.
@@TheMadara05скоро там все станции закроют. Будет как омское
You forgot about river trams, that are also electrical and works round the year and also part of troika rides
Yet, it's uncertain whether they'll be a full-fledged public transport like metro or will remain a gimmick like Moscow monorail.
@@user-zx6fg9lv4d they are a bit more useful that monorail, but are still useless. i live near north of moscow river and work on the south part of it, but can't commute by river trams. they are stationed mostly in southern part of moscow and routes are short. it's mostly an attraction of sorts.
@@user-zx6fg9lv4d it's a way to monetize regularly scheduled icebreakers on the river, so they serve a practical purpose. They are also comfy places to hang out and/or work undisturbed, they have tables, free wifi and a coffee vending machine.
You can't really commute with these. My workplace is just across the Moscow river from my home, but getting over it with a river tram still takes longer than taking a subway+MCC ride because the river trams only run once an hour. It's nice to take one once in a while to enjoy the scenery (and it's cheap, costing but a single ride on the Troika), but completely unfeasible as a reliable means of public transit.
They are an experiment currently. The first route has been promoted as a sightseeing attraction to the point that you couldn't get a ride without standing in a line for half an hour.
Seems like the concept and the specific implementation (electric boats, floating stations etc.) passed the stress test so there will be a larger rollout in the following years. Moscow is built on a relatively large river and not using it for public transport since the Soviet river tram system was retired is a shame.
Few notes from the citizen of Moscow:
1) Speaking about Electrobuses, Moscow used to have the largest trolleybus system in Europe until 2010-s. Now it's gone (despite the campaigns) and majorly replaced with regular buses, while electric ones are only a third, so in the end it became worse for the ecology.
2) MCD lines are refurbished suburban train lines with new trains, upgraded platforms and integrated ticket system, though it's not the case for some stations and trains, especially on recently opened line (D4 has the worst trains for now). D5 is the special case as it is initially planned to open as two separated parts with plans of building underground tunnel connecting them in the future. Old suburban train lines were not in good condition though.
3) Many transfers between new metro stations are too long (longer than it's needed to stretch passenger flow) and in some cases there's only ground transfer which is not comfortable.
4) While trams themselves are updated, that's not the case for the infrastructure. Maintenance happens very late and there have been no new tram routes in decades...
i assume the battery busses are mostly used as peak hours supplement?
@@albertbokor6643no, usually they make whole routes being serviced exclusively by electrobuses. The other sad fact is that Moscow electrobuses have to charge while resting, so they spend 1/3rd of their time not servicing passengers. It's still a mystery why city authorities didn't choose trolleybuses with batteries.
@@minkinayuin Bulgaria they replaced most of the Trolleybuses with diesels from Germany. When i went there in early 2010s they had almost only Trolleybuses. In the recent years more diesels that still had german stickers on the inside came up. I guess because Trolleybuses are not really practical when it comes to maintenance and especially when there is construction work being done around the area of the bus stop. Omnibuses are just more flexible in general, even if the electric ones need to charge. And trolleybuses are basically just smaller trams, so they don't make sense for moscow to keep up, when in their eyes trams need to be diminished aswell.
Все минусы транспорта Москвы в одном комментарии... Я бы ещё добавил, что на МЦД слишком часто происходят отмены и задержки поездов. Раньше, когда у нас ходили обычные электрички, это случалось крайне редко. + в дальнем Подмосковье сохранились дневные трехчасовые окна, из за чего в первую электричкау после этого окна уже не влезают пассажиры. Видимо в Цппк считают, что в дальнем Подмосковье никто не живёт. А у нас тут вообще то на МЦД 4 за Железнодорожным есть еще Купанвна, Электросталь, Ногинск, Павловский Посад, Орехово Зуево, Электрогорск, Электроугли с общим населением 550к, и большая часть жителей этих городов работает в Москве.
@@user-ul5tf8ui6t Я бы ещё добавил маршрутки. В центре от них давно избавились, но ближе к МКАДу они до сих пор есть и пользуются огромной популярностью среди жителей Подмосковья
Thanks for the vid. If I may add, there is also public river trams in Moscow right now)
good work!
i live in Moscow, love the city, not going to leave anytime soon to live anywhere else
wow moscow. how clean their subway is is insane. cleanest in the world in my book
There are no trash cans inside the stations, only at entrances/exits and littering is an administrative offense. With quick response police offices + patrols at every station and cameras everywhere it's almost impossible to get away. And there is also a literal army of cleaning personnel.
Tokyo metro can compete easy. Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou. They all way batter then NY, Sydney, etc
what the fine for it ?@@konstantin3374
theres no homelssness in the subway's to correct is thatbbecause of the poilice not allowing it @@konstantin3374
В России только Москва так процветает и имеет отличный транспорт, а мы, колонии Москвабада, в целом, нет, а в Азии и Европе во множестве городов.
Не поймите превратно, я патриот страны, но это грабительское и колониальное отношение московской олигархии к остальной стране просто поражает.
Только москвичам хлеба и зрелищ, хороший достаток и кучу возможностей хобби и развития, ведь революции делаются в столице, сытые и изнеженные её не сделают.
А раздражение и нищету большинства жителей никто не заметит с этого московского праздника жизни - напоминаю, в большинстве регионов медианная зарплата около 30 тысяч, то есть половина получает даже меньше этой мизерной суммы. Россия нищая страна😢, а Москва не Россия
С другой стороны, положительное в этом то, что московские сытые либералы никогда не захватят власть в стране, ибо они не понимают страну, а страна не понимает их
as a person who has lived in Moscow since birth, I can say that I can get anywhere in the city in less than an hour. until I found out that it is not so convenient in other countries, I thought it went without saying, but it turns out that I was very lucky to be born in Moscow.
Well, not 1 hour i would say, to get from Hovrino to Buninskaya alleya by metro u will waste 1 hour 15 min and i suppose u can find more complicated situations with longer travel times. But i would still say that between anywhere in the world and moscow in terms of means of effective transportation, i still chose moscow.
@@goshagachechiladze4931 Я из г.Самара и чтоб добраться с одного конца города на другой(примерно 17 км) мне понадобится час и это без пробок.с пробками 2часа.Метро у нас маленькое.
I can too, but I can also enjoy free press and democratic elections. Turns out I was very lucky not being born in Moscow.
@@modestoney1577 please tell me, what country you live in? Norway?
@@modestoney1577If your free press says u have democratic elections and we don't, then I have a bad news, u have neither
While watching this video I was riding in the Moscow metro, changing from mcc to bcl and then to zamoskvoretskaya. Interesting video, no irony, I cried.
Watching it from the Moscow metro train!❤
Btw in Moscow there is also a huge amount of electric scooters, which anyone can can rent like cars. The parking stations of the scooters are close to the metro stations and other places like shopping malls... So after using metro you can just switch to the scooter and reach any destination you need very quickly) and it’s extremely cheap!
Нихрена себе «икстримли чип», самокаты чуть ли не по цене каршеринга.
@@holodilnick7 рублей за минуту не настолько уж и близко к каршерингу))
@@bizzarshinaСкорее около 10 рублей в минуту плюс 50 за старт. Жалко щас скриншот не сделать, зимой чё-то нету самокатов.
@@holodilnickтак, если подписку оформляет, то страт бесплатный, а ещё и цена в минуту падает. Поэтому, если их используете редко, то да, стоит дорого, но, когда каждый день ими пользуешься, выходит дёшево.
@@holodilnickв цену входит закупка новых самокатов, обслуживание старых, зарплаты работникам и многое другое. Цены берут не с потолка. И если не брать самокат покататься просто так, то это и правда недорого
I live in Saint-P, it's way worse here in terms of public transport. But the Moscow officials say they want to expand their MCD up to our city for convenience. That would be quite a feat, hope they'll do.
хорошо, что в питере хоть троллейбус не убили
@@bsod111еще долго не убьют. Троллейбусы и трамваи в СПб то единственный адекватный способ пересадки с ветки на ветку между соседними линиями на окраинах. Еольыа нет и не будет еще лет 30 наверное
Moscow metro has no borders, lol
Saint Petersburg is a more beautiful city though.
@@Clockworkg1rl Yes! At some point in the future we might well happen to find ourselves traveling down the red line and discover that the final station is Unter-den-lindenskaya
It's cool to see a foreigner so interested in the russian metro!
I just love the busy,but somewhat satisfying atmosphere and sounds of passing trains here,also most of the stations have the most majestic and glorious designs I've ever seen!
If you'll ever be in Moscow,the metro is the best and cheapest option to check out the town!
Imagine being this pathetic because they feel validated when someone made a youtube video about their metro . So insecure just like most Russians in here, sad cringy society.
Fascinating! This is awesome. Commented. Liked. Subscribed. 🙂
8:20 car sharing service in Russia let you rent cars not hourly, but for minutes. Some of them have option for "fixed rate" rides that work like Uber: you pay fixed price to go from point A to B. Costs almost the same as taxi though...
The obvious benefit is being able to, say, come to a marketplace, leave the vehicle in parking you dont have to pay for, come back out in a few hours, and use the same vehicle *if you put it into reserved stationary mode or nobody took it* or same-ish one nearby and be able to ride back home with whatever you bought, even if its something quite big. SUV taxis cost more, and minivans even more than that, whereas nearly all rented cars around are SUVs afaik
@@IHateHandlesWayTooMuchI have a car but when I need to go to my friend to have some beers I take a car sharing and taxi on the way back. Very convenient lol
Because ussr had centralised planning and socialism and planned whole cities from scratch. It's not just metro, it's factories, schools, hospitals, workers clubs and libraries, cultural buildings and parks.
А Чернобыль то как спланировали великие советские инженеры, а дома какие в Краматорске строили, а Байкал то как чуть не засрали заводом на Слюдянке, благо развалилось всё
@@user-eu7ic8ch4j Вот и наслаждайтесь разбитым корытом:)
@@user-eu7ic8ch4j Да вот осталось у вас на украине декомунизацию провести, остановить АЭС ГЭС ТЭЦ совковые. А то вы скромно только памятники сносите. Мы вам поможем. Снесем все проклятое советское наследие. Советское образование вы уже убили и снова превратились в немытых хуторян. С остальным мы вам поможем, по братски!
@@user-eu7ic8ch4j Не отвлекайся. Жуй жёлудь.
@@user-eu7ic8ch4j лучше спланировали чем в США, у которых больше катастроф по каждой категории.
I am from Moscow. And I can say that metro here is really good designed, and metro realy comfetble.
Also really funny to hear how you say our long stations names, sorry about that slavic laguages has long words)
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In the end of January 2024, Vnukovo station opened.
Now one can get by metro right to the airport (which is further then the suburb area). I think, Sheremet‘evo and Domodedovo stations should be waiting for its turn to be built.
Also, this year opened an all-year line of the river transport („river tram“ we call it). So there is another extremely convenient connection now- and insanely beautiful because of the sightview, the Moscow river goes throughout the whole city center!
So strange but refreshing to hear a South African accent in this type of UA-cam video. Keep it up!
BMW driving on the sidewalk to avoid the traffic jam 9:37
Some things are the same around the world...
Yeah, somehow it's always BMW or Subaru
BMW seems to be a versatile moron hallmark without state and language borders.
The only people who drive BMWs are people who wear their baseball cap sideways after all
BMW nuff said
He just in hurry to his boyfriend
Man, so interesting! Continue to do same content!
You have very cute way to pronounce russian words and names 🥹
I know that my language is difficult to learning, and that it is very difficult for foreigners to learn to read my language and pronounce words. However, it's very nice to hear how hard you are trying. ❤
(I am Russian)
I live in los Angeles and they close the Metro from 2am to 4am for maintenance, so from 2 to 5 is not to bad since that metro system is use more constantly through the day/months/years
I live in Moscow and in 10 years here I've used metro at 5am only ONCE. I don't mind it being closed for a few hours if it's that clean and stably working
He didn’t mention the best fact about Moscow metro system..
Not only they have free WiFi but the your phone connection (including internet) still works even in the deepest stations and on train rides between the stations (I don’t know how many Gs, I have an iPhone so it just says LTE)
Another amazing thing about Moscow is that city is also spacy and green. Buildings stand afar from each other, leaving large amount of territory for plants. Moscow out of the old city center is also a one wonderful park!
It depends where you live, but definitely better than NYC
Wouldn't say it's very green as someone living in Finland. It's not too bad but I think there's only enough nature at the major forests/parks
Speaking about troika card and a price per trip. If you're a student, pensioner or a disabled person you have a special card with amazing prices - around 5 dollars for months pf using metro, around 9 dollars for everything else. It really saves tones of money for those who need it the most)
The time between trains is mind-blowing! After one train depart you can already see the lights and hear the sound of next incoming train
I lived in Moscow for a few years and I loved it, the transport is the best I’ve ever seen and I’ve lived in a lot of places. The city is also very walkable and beautiful, as well as the rest of the country.
Wow, great video! Was really surprised to see something nice about Moscow at a time like this. It's a shame it won't get the views it deserves.
thats why i like Moscow
+ night vibe, when on the whole metro platform only you and couple-dozens people.
I am glad they mentioned it at the end, because my experience in Moscow is just waiting in traffic jams the whole time. I live so far away from the metro that taking it is impossible for most journeys. Very different experience to this video.
On the pro side from my experience is that it’s really well priced and beautiful (although don’t ask about the prisoners that built most of the central stations)
When metro/tube was built they were digging under streets and houses and in some cases they had to put a lot of support structures underground for a lot of buildings in the center, there are amazing photos about it as well as some houses were moved from their places - it was huge and very serious project.
Да, метро Минска это вообще песня! Они целые кварталы переносили и строили ветки. Слава метростроителям
watching this while taking a ride to college on Moscow Central Line
I enjoyed your video, nice job! Except I don't use face recognition to enter the metro, because I've noticed it takes a long time to register for other passengers, I simply carry my trusty troika in my pocket when I'm out. Privet from Moscow!
1:21 is the Nakhimovsky Prospect (Avenue of Admiral Nakhimov), the station I was born and raised at, and spent my whole childhood and youth riding from
Moscow is on the river. There are electric river boats as a part of public transport system as well. Big and very interesting topic.
Not really, they are more like a tourist thing here.
@@Havana-8 yup... slow and expensive but still electric aaand run all year round, even when the river is frozen....
Citizens barely use it...
@@OhManGa The river is never frozen, for some reason. Never ever seen it so, even at those -30° this year.
@@Havana-8 bcause its no more than 50% water, everything else is just chemicals
7:36 Moscow is the first biggest city in Europe. Istanbul is only half in Europe.
so true, It's even difficult to call Istanbul Europe. Yeah, they have some european architecture but people there are closer to Middle East than to Europe.
@@alexudr6634 but many Russians are closer to Eurasian/Asia than European.
Istanbul is the largest city in Europe.
@@nataliekhanyola5669 Absurd. You seem to understand little about Russia. Almost 80% of Russians live in the European part and the entire history of Russia is the European history of relationships.
@@nataliekhanyola5669in what sence? They culturaly and genetically europeans
Omg, guys it’s so cute if you say something cool about Russian because last time I think everyone can talk only about war. Thanks for a video, I live in Moscow and this video amused me ❤
Yay! I live in Kotelniki, I'm so happy my town in this video!
Tbf, almost all metro systems in the world close during the night, NY being more the exception than the rule. It's a great thing but it's not always possible.
It's definitely possible for Moscow, but really, is it worth all the maintenance nightmare when most of the traffic goes in current working hours anyway
@@alexmashkin863 It would still be cool
Im getting tired of thing that im only started properly drinking in bar and metro closes in 20 minutes or so and i should go
Night buses are good but their frequency is VERY low - one each every 15 minutes, and changing routes is hard because of that - its +15 minutes to your journey for each change
@@Alex_Gron That's a very niche problem, don't you agree? :-)) And there's always taxi, that's my choice when I go to the bar anyway 😄
@@alexmashkin863 fair enough but still annoying
It would be possible, but just isn't worth doing. There's not enough demand, the intervals between trains would be much longer, there would be relatively few people so you'd need security etc. It just isn't a good use of money. Everyone I know took cabs in NYC if they wanted to get home after a night out, the subway was even worse at night than during the day.