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As a Russian I'm glad to hear this :) What's funny is that we usually do not notice its beauty because we got used to it. And I don't travel a lot so I cannot

by Akcium 5y ago

As a Russian I'm glad to hear this :) What's funny is that we usually do not notice its beauty because we got used to it. And I don't travel a lot so I cannot compare. BUT In the past years we indeed got wi-fi, air conditioning and stuff. Some of trains are colored in thematic things, like: https://www.google.com/search?q=%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B0+%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE&newwindow=1&sxsrf=ALeKk00cwe6Xv5_Xet0ADV2z5VCHMkn96g:1621864176015&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio5NbwuuLwAhX3CRAIHYwODKAQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1440&bih=789 https://www.google.com/search?q=%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%... Check it out, they look really great!

Akcium 5y ago
But we also have problems, of course: big crowds, random rogues, some of trains are dirty and smelly etc
- pavlov 5y ago
  [New Yorker here doing the “Homer recedes into bush” meme]
- toyg 5y ago
  I can tell you by experience that those problems are exactly the same in London, Paris, and New York, at the very least. Even in Japan, that utopic land of heavenly rail deployment, you get squeezed to an inch of your life at peak times (but at least the guy shoving you in, will wear impeccably-clean white gloves...)
xenocratus 5y ago
That's really cool! Looking forward to seeing those stations and trains one day. Your link also prompted me to check the St. Petersburg metro stations: https://www.google.com/search?q=sankt+petersburg+metro&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiP35LsveLwAhUH-4UKHUFUAEkQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sankt+petersburg+metro&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAAyAggAMgYIABAIEB4yBggAEAgQHjIECAAQHjIGCAAQCBAeOggIABCxAxCDAToFCAAQsQNQ3tcBWKfzAWCs9QFoAHAAeACAAUWIAbkKkgECMjKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=C7KrYM-tMYf2lwTBqIHIBA&bih=789&biw=1440 https://www.google.com/search?q=sankt+petersburg+metro&tbm=i... Equally pleasing! :)

by Akcium 5y ago

Akcium 5y ago

But we also have problems, of course: big crowds, random rogues, some of trains are dirty and smelly etc

pavlov 5y ago
[New Yorker here doing the “Homer recedes into bush” meme]
toyg 5y ago
I can tell you by experience that those problems are exactly the same in London, Paris, and New York, at the very least. Even in Japan, that utopic land of heavenly rail deployment, you get squeezed to an inch of your life at peak times (but at least the guy shoving you in, will wear impeccably-clean white gloves...)

xenocratus 5y ago

That's really cool! Looking forward to seeing those stations and trains one day. Your link also prompted me to check the St. Petersburg metro stations: https://www.google.com/search?q=sankt+petersburg+metro&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwiP35LsveLwAhUH-4UKHUFUAEkQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=sankt+petersburg+metro&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzICCAAyAggAMgYIABAIEB4yBggAEAgQHjIECAAQHjIGCAAQCBAeOggIABCxAxCDAToFCAAQsQNQ3tcBWKfzAWCs9QFoAHAAeACAAUWIAbkKkgECMjKYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=C7KrYM-tMYf2lwTBqIHIBA&bih=789&biw=1440 https://www.google.com/search?q=sankt+petersburg+metro&tbm=i... Equally pleasing! :)