Metro. The Underground City

Metro is the fastest type of urban transport. Probably, everyone has had to use it at some point. But not everyone has thought about the fact that the metro is an entire underground world, vast, complex, and very interesting. This rich and informative book helps to get acquainted with it closer. It is dedicated to the Moscow Metro, opened in 1935, which is considered the most beautiful in the world. The reader will learn where the first "subways" appeared on our planet and what they were like, how the metro was designed and built in Russia, how underground paths are laid, what "quicksands" and "tunneling shields" are, what objects connected the first lines of the Moscow Metro, and what happened at the metro stations during the Great Patriotic War. Many interesting facts are described in the book about how clean air is supplied to the metro, what unique lamps are installed at different stations, how over time cars, escalators, turnstiles, and tickets have changed, and finally, where trains spend the night and how passenger safety is ensured. And, of course, the author talks about what discoveries can be made in this extraordinary museum underground.