The trains in the Moscow Metropolitan runs over 9000 trips on a given day, and now those trains can run to a new station, “Trubnaya.” They quit working on this station about 20 years ago, but now they’ve refurbished it and opened it to the public. It’s stylized after a Moscow street from the 20s, but since much of the Moscow Metro dates from the 30s anyway, I think that means it’s meant to match.

HТВ (en teh veh), a television network, has posted the clip to the right with a transcription. There’s also a longer one. They talk really fast, but I recommend taking a look. The only way I got to understand newscasters was by listening to it every day.

The most exciting thing about this station is that you can pay your fare at the turnstile with your cell phone.

The Russian cell phone system is different from ours, you can change your service provider by changing a small chip in the back of the phone. It’s called a SIM card (сим-карта). Now you can buy a SIM card that will track your metro fare. I think this is brilliant, one less thing to forget when you leave the house. Currently however it’s just experimental, so it will only work at Trubnaya.

Most new stations are located ever further from the center of Moscow, but this one is inside circle ring. It’s near the middle top on the grey and light green lines. The Kremlin is at Охотный Ряд, on the red line right in the center. If you click on the stations, you can find out how long it takes to get from one station to the other, although I think it usually took me significantly longer.