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Public transport

The metro is cheap, fast and deep — and its announcements follow a fixed script you can learn.

Quick answer

Bus and tram stops are остано́вка; metro and train stations are ста́нция and вокза́л. You travel на метро́, and метро́ never changes its ending.

Vehicles

метро́metrómetro (never declines)
авто́бусavtóbusbus
трамва́йtramváytram
тролле́йбусtrolléybustrolleybus
электри́чкаelektríchkasuburban train
такси́taksítaxi (never declines)

Places

остано́вкаostanóvkastop
ста́нцияstántsiyametro station
вокза́лvokzálrailway station
переса́дкаperesádkachange, transfer
вы́ходvýkhodexit
эскала́торeskalátorescalator

Tickets and rules

биле́тbilétticket
проездно́йproyezdnóytravel pass
ка́рта «Тро́йка»kárta tróykathe Moscow travel card
входvkhodentrance
ме́стоméstoseat

The announcements

Every Moscow metro train says the same two sentences. Learn them once and you will always know where you are.

Осторо́жно, две́ри закрыва́ются.Careful, the doors are closing.
Сле́дующая ста́нция — Арба́тская.The next station is Arbatskaya.
Вы выхо́дите?Are you getting off? — asked in a crowd
Переса́дка на кольцеву́ю ли́нию.Change here for the circle line.

Asking your way through

Как дое́хать до це́нтра?How do I get to the centre?
Ско́лько остано́вок?How many stops?
Мне ну́жен биле́т на две пое́здки.I need a ticket for two journeys.

Typical mistakes

на метре́

на метро́

метро́ is borrowed and never declines. Nor do такси́ or кафе́.

Я е́ду на остано́вке.

Я е́ду до остано́вки.

до + genitive for how far you ride.

Check yourself

Which is correct?

Метро́ never changes.

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