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Moscow Metro vs. London Underground
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In article , Paul Corfield wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:37:44 +0100, Ian Jelf wrote: In message , Tristan Miller writes Greetings. I just got back from a trip to Moscow. I made extensive use of the Metro there and thought I'd post my observations on how it compares with the London Underground. Thanks **very** much for posting this. We're off to Moscow (and Saint Petersburg) later in the summer and I'd been wondering about some of the "transport" elements, for Metro, trolleybus and indeed tram. I'm mildly jealous but then I think I'd be a bit too nervous about trogging off to Moscow on my own. I'd be concerned about the level of crime and corruption and being badly ripped off. FWIW, I didn't notice or experience any corruption from the Russian authorities. I've been there three times now (to Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, and Moscow) and all the journeys have been uneventful. My Russian friends also say they haven't experienced any corruption, such as being issued with frivolous fines from ticket inspectors, customs officers, police, etc., and one of them was even insulted by the notion that I thought that sort of thing actually happened there. Unfortunately I can't say the same about some other Eastern European countries. My Hungarian friends and relatives are always complaining about how they have to bribe the doctors there to get decent treatment, and when I visited Sofia last September a ticket inspector intercepted my payment to a bus driver and then fined me for fare dodging. When I refused to pay him, he called the police, who accepted his word against mine and three Bulgarian witnesses who gracefully spoke up in my defence. As for crime, your greatest risk is probably pickpockets, which are no doubt just as much a pest in London. Keep hold of your valuables when travelling and you probably won't have any problems. There are also zillions of private midibuses (there is a name for them but I can't recall it) scuttling all over the City which has helped remove patronage from the tramway system. They're called marshrutkas; I've discussed them in other posts in this thread. They're not at all tourist-friendly, but not difficult to use if it's explained to you in advance how to use them and which one you need to take. Regards, Tristan -- _ _V.-o Tristan Miller Space is limited / |`-' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- In a haiku, so it's hard (7_\\ http://www.nothingisreal.com/ To finish what you |
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