The Moscow underground railway (Moscow Metro) is rail-based off-street (mostly underground) urban public transport with electric traction, located in Moscow and partially in the Moscow Region. It is historically the first and largest underground railway in the USSR and Russia, and one of the largest in the world.
On May 15 of 1935, the first 11.2 km long metro line between Sokolniki and Park Kultury stations with a branch line to the Smolenskaya station opened in Moscow. The initiator of the construction was the head of the Party organization of the capital L. Kaganovich. In 1935-1938, the construction of sections of the second phase was underway. The projects of the third phase of the Moscow Metro were continued during the war, the construction was resumed already in May of 1942. After the end of the war, the construction of the fourth phase of the Metro started. Soviet architects strived not only to make the stations convenient for passengers, but also to give each of them a unique appearance.
Today, the Moscow Metro consists of 15 lines with the length of about 471.7 km in double-track calculation, not including a monorail track, the Moscow Central Circle and Moscow Central Dameters, and has 271 stations, of which more than 40 stations are cultural heritage monuments.
The postage stamp provides an image of Moscow-2024 cars and a car of Model 81-714 against the background of the symbols of the Moscow underground railway; the coupon features cars of E and A types.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11¾:12¼ |
58 × 26 mm |
60 thousand stamps |