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Is it safe to do a Moscow metro tour on a weekend night

Benicia, California
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Is it safe to do a Moscow metro tour on a weekend night
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Hello,

I and my travel companions are planning to do a Moscow metro tour on a weekend night.

Is this a safe time to do the tour ? Thank you.

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Yes, it is.

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Why wouldn't it be safe? There will be thousands of other travellers on the metro as well and there is security at the stations. Have done my own metro station tour last year and had no issues, the only problem was too many people sometimes to get good photos

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Metro is probably one of the safest parts of the city, day or night. Brightly lit, plenty of security personnel and cameras, never short of people. Make sure you start touring on a weekday no earlier than 9pm, 10 pm even better. Enjoy!

Benicia, California
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Thank you !

So it will not be completely empty even late at night and on a weekend ?

How late is the ticket office (kacca) open please ?

Does a cell phone work in the underground metro ?

If ever we get lost and need help, what recourse do we have ?

We have done our homework as best we could - tried to familiarize ourselves with the Cyrillic alphabet and our route, have colored copies of the map in both Russian and English and installed Yandex.metro.

Korolev, Russia
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1. Moscow never sleeps :)

2. Just like the Metro itself. From 5:30 AM to 1:00 AM

3. Yes

4. Ask Metro staff, police officers and information columns like this - http://akelthfcn69ajnj.users.photofile.ru/photo/akelthfcn69ajnj/4279092/xlarge/107131938.jpg

Edited: 6 years ago
Moscow, Russia
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> Does a cell phone work in the underground metro ?

Yes, in most places. Besides, there a free Wi-Fi network available in trains (but not in stations). To use it, you just have to register once with your cellphone number and watch some annoying ads every time you connect :) but it's great.

Plymouth, Minnesota
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To clarify. Cell phones work in stations themselves, but not while train is moving. The wifi to me is at best OK...for the most part, unless you are traversing maybe 5-6 stops. 10-15 minutes (i.e. a longer trip), it will not be very useful.

Benicia, California
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Thank you so much Trip Advisor friends ! We are looking forward to visiting Moscow and doing the metro tour among other things !

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One thing that struck me when we were traveling around the Moscow subways is how many armed soldiers, police etc in groups patrolling these stations. I don't think I ever entered a station without encountering half a dozen men with guns in uniforms.

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Yes, indeed there is quite a visible presence of security in the Metro, I think much more so today than maybe 5-10 years ago, and largely due to ongoing terrorist threats and incidents. There is quite heightened vigilance over this in Russia - seems higher than in Europe.

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