Secrets and Myths of the Moscow Metro

The Moscow metro is considered to be one of the most mystical places in the capital. Its planning and construction have grown already hundreds of legends and myths, popular not only among city residents, but also among tourists.

The Mysterious Train and the Black Engineer

It is only the visitor of the city to leave the comfort and comfort that surrounds his Moscow hotels, and strolling through the bright and sunny streets of the capital to descend into the metro, he immediately finds himself in another world. And this is not only the world of a large number of people hurrying about their business, it's a world of mysteries and secrets. So, for example, it is believed that late in the evening at the stations you can meet the ghost of the Black machinist. According to the legend half a century ago, the driver of one of the subway train received multiple burns, saving passengers from the fire. He died, and the metro authorities laid him all the blame for what had happened. And from that time the ghost of the machinist goes through tunnels and stations, he does not attack people, but just wants to achieve justice. But even more terrible story is connected with the breakdown of the escalator at the Aviamotor station. Old residents frighten tourists with stories about the victims of that accident, who died from the fact that parts of the escalator mechanism tore them to pieces. They say that the souls of these people have not found peace and have been wandering around the Aircraft for more than three decades. One can not help recalling the story of the composition with the souls of prisoners who died during the construction of the Ring Line. If you believe the legend, every month a train, stopping at each station, sweeps along the branch, but almost does not open its doors. The driver of this train is dressed in the shape of an old model. In the windows of cars of this composition, you can see extremely drained men in gray clothes. It is believed that you can not approach the composition, and if its doors are opened in any case, do not go inside. The mysterious mosaic that adorns the walls of the Kievskaya - Koltsovaya station attracts underground fans of the theory of time travel. In the corner of a huge panel you can see a man who sits in front of an open laptop and speaks on his mobile phone. This is more than strange, because the station was built in 1954!

The Second Metro

Many residents of Moscow are sure that along with those metro lines, which they enjoy from day to day, there are four more special branches. They are designed to connect important government and defense facilities. The so-called Metro-2 system, in its essence, does not transport government officials and does not fulfill the function of government transport. It is believed that it was created for emergency evacuation and transportation of goods and personnel. The first branch of this mysterious system was connected by the Kremlin with the government airport "Vnukovo-2". This line runs through the cellars of the nomenklatura house in Smolenskaya, passes through the Reception House located on the Lenin Hills and the famous wasteland located between Michurinsky Prospekt and Vernadsky Prospekt. This wasteland, called Ramenka, is famous for the legend that under it lies a huge underground city, which in the event of an atomic war is ready to give shelter to several thousand people. The second branch of Metro-2 starting from the Kremlin, it leads to the south, towards Chekhov, crosses several hotels in Moscow in the basement and ends in a large military town. The third branch extends to the village of Zarya, in which the air defense command post is located. This line, running parallel to the highway Enthusiasts, passes through the basements of the reception of the Ministry of Defense, located on Myasnitskaya Street. The fourth line Metro-2 is considered the newest and most mysterious. It also originates from the Kremlin and connects it with the Government Complex in Barvikha. Its construction was rumored to have begun in 1997 and continues to this day.