When sleep metros

At the invitation of the Department of Transport I happened to be there at night and see with their own eyes what is hidden from the eyes of passengers.



After closing the subway entrance compositions still moving through the tunnels and deliver passengers to their later stations.





But when the last passenger leaves the subway down to the people in orange vests.









First of all the escalators are turned off, and begins its daily service.







Introducing the nightlife began with the station turbine hall, service escalators.



Powerful engines, raising tens of thousands of passengers a day. The station "Marina Grove" - ​​deep, laying depth of 60 meters and the engine power is 380 kW. In smaller plants are placed on the motors 50, 100, 150 kW and more.











We go down and forward off the electricity supply to the conductor rail.



Signs for the safety and well as employees subway dress orange vests.



At 2 am going blackout contact rail. It is reported a long call and the announcement on the loudspeaker. Boils work. The workers have only 3 hours to prepare the underground has to date.





But so lonely subway sleeps. At 5:40 am, he will take it the first morning of passengers.





Workers serving turnout gear.









In handsfree announce the passage of a working train. The train carries bundles of rails 100 meters long for building paths to the station under construction & quot; «Butyrskaya." Since everything is de-energized, like the trains run on internal combustion engines.











With paths offer an unusual view of the familiar station.





Time comes to an end and it is time to the surface.



The station is already familiar working train.





So, everything is ready to receive passengers.



5:37 The first train set off towards the station "Dostoevskaya". That's it, I left the station, which had spent the night.



Source: e-strannik.livejournal.com