Saturday 23 May 2015

RU-3618872 Vintage postcard of Leningrad Metro (St Petersburg Metro) Narvskaya Station

The Saint Petersburg Metro (Петербу́ргский метрополитен) is the underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since November 15, 1955. The system exhibits many typical Soviet designs and features exquisite decorations and artwork making it one of the most attractive and elegant metros in the world. Due to the city's unique geology, the Saint Petersburg Metro is one of the deepest metro systems in the world and the deepest by the average depth of all the stations. The system's deepest station, Admiralteyskaya, is 86 metres below ground. Serving 2.15 million passengers daily, it is also the 16th busiest metro system in the world.

This vintage postcard is captioned “Leningrad Metro” and besides the train, it also shows a female worker in Narvskaya  Station.  This postcard was sent by Victoria (May 2015) Postcrossing.

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