Metro Two is widely regarded as one of Moscow’s most secretive engineering projects, a subterranean transit network allegedly designed to safeguard Soviet and later Russian leadership during crises.

This year, the authorities have plans to launch the first section of the Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line from Delovoy Tsentr to ...

Moscow Metro is one of a kind. The London Underground might be older and the Shanghai Metro might be larger, but no mass transit system in the world can compare with the opulent architecture and grand ...

Over the nine-year period that began in 2011 and ends Dec. 31, Moscow has spent a total of 1.031 trillion rubles (US$16.12 billion) adding new lines and extensions to its famed metro system. Now Metro ...

A historic marble plaque on the wall of Sokolniki underground station marks the opening of the Moscow metro 90 years ago. Considered the most beautiful underground railway system in the world, the ...

On May 15, 1935, a bold new chapter in Moscow’s history began underground. The city unveiled its first metro line — just 11.5 kilometres long, with 13 stations connecting Sokolniki to Park Kultury and ...

MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) - In Moscow, some of the best architecture may lie many metres underground. With its vaulted ceilings, marble floors and tiled mosaics of Vladimir Lenin and the Red Army, the ...

When the Moscow Metro was first announced in the 1930s, the city’s residents were immediately fascinated by how it might look. Station designs were reportedly displayed in shop windows along bustling ...