Showing posts with label Metro stations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metro stations. Show all posts

March 19, 2016

2389 RUSSIA (Moscow) - Moscow Metro

2389 Moscow Metro - Taganskaya station (Koltsevaya Line)

Opened in 1935 with one 11km line and 13 stations, the Moscow Metro was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2016, it has 200 stations and its route length is 333.3km, serving Moscow and the neighbouring towns of Krasnogorsk, Reutov and Kotelniki. It is organized in a spoke-hub distribution paradigm, with the majority of rail lines running radially from the centre of Moscow, mostly underground.

January 2, 2014

0935 TAIWAN - Dome of Light in Kaohsiung City


Situated in Kaohsiung City, at the metro transfer station for the Red Line and Orange Line (Formosa Boulevard Station), the Dome of Light was created by renowned Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata, and is the world's largest public art installation made from individual pieces of colored glass. It has 30m in diameter and covers an area of 660 square metres, being made up of 4,500 glass panels. The dome tells the story of human life in four chronologically arranged themes: Water: The Womb of Life; Earth: Prosperity and Growth; Light: The Creative Spirit; and Fire: Destruction and Rebirth, with an overall message of love and tolerance.