China News Service, Moscow, December 17th, title: Entering the "Chinese style" subway station in Moscow
Author Tian Bing Zhang Meng
The Moscow Metro is not only a convenient means of transportation for citizens, but also enjoys the reputation of "underground art palace".
Recently, Miqiulin Street Station, which was constructed by China Railway Construction Corporation, was unveiled with a distinctive "Chinese style" image, adding a Chinese touch to the "underground art palace".
Walking into the Miqiulin Avenue subway station, traditional Chinese elements such as Chinese red pillars, tuanshou patterns, auspicious clouds, plum blossoms, and eight immortals patterns come into view. The platform generally adopts red, dark gray and white tones, and the red ceiling chooses a traditional checkerboard pattern. , The light boxes are distributed with patterns and paintings at intervals.
In the station, most of the passengers are in a hurry, but sometimes passengers take out their mobile phones to take pictures of the decorations in the subway station.
“It’s just been built here. It’s really beautiful.” An old Russian man holding a mobile phone to shoot said that he is a “born and raised third-generation Muscoviter”. Hearing that the subway built by a Chinese company has opened, he came here deliberately. have a look.
A three-year-old girl who was waiting for the subway with her mother was very curious about the decoration of the station. Various decorative patterns attracted her attention.
The little girl’s mother said that it was the first time that they changed to the subway here, and it was indeed much faster and more convenient than before.
Michurin Street Station is a project of the southwestern section of the third transfer ring line of the Moscow Metro.
On December 7, the first subway project of a Chinese enterprise in Europe-the southwestern section of the third transfer ring of the Moscow Metro was officially opened.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the opening ceremony in the form of a video link, announcing the opening of 10 stations on the third transfer ring line of the Moscow Metro.
According to the plan, the third transfer ring line of the Moscow Metro is the longest subway ring line in the world, with a total length of 70 kilometers.
In January 2017, China Railway Construction won the bid for the Southwestern Section of the Third Interchange Circle Line of the Moscow Metro. The bid section is 5.4 kilometers in length, including 3 stations, Aminyevo Station, Michurin Street Station, and Vernatsky Street Station. And 9 shield tunnel construction tasks, this is also the first time that Russia has introduced Chinese enterprises in the field of subway construction.
According to the Moscow City Government, about 340,000 residents live in the southwestern part of the city, and more than 100,000 residents live within walking distance of the new station.
The completion of the southwest section will reduce the daily commuting time of local residents by 40%.
After the opening of Aminyevo Station, Michurin Street Station, and Vernatsky Street Station, the passenger volume will reach 40,000 passengers per day at the initial stage of operation.
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