Holiday of Baku Metro Workers
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Being in Baku and not watching the metro would be a big mistake. The architecture of the stations is very beautiful, decorated with taste and with the inclusion of national motives.
To describe the beauty (in general), I do not see the point - it is better to see once. There's no argument about taste either. In my opinion, the three most impressive stations look like this: Nizami, Narimanov, Ganjlik. The last two columns, but not the typical centipedes. There are almost no typical ones in Baku. “Ganjlik” somewhat resembles the Moscow “Kropotkin”, reduced by 1.5 times. It is a shame that the lighting of the middle hall at the Narimanov station is turned off - the station is somewhat dark. But even in this state it is very original.
Well, the most memorable of the Baku stations is Nizami. Even if you are not going to use the subway as a transport, you should definitely include a visit to the Nizami station in your cultural program as a separate item – a very beautiful mosaic of pylons on the themes of the classic of Azerbaijani poetry! Just in case, I would add that with the exception of Azi Aslanov, metro stations in Baku were built during the Soviet period (for example, Nizami opened in 1979). It is a question of whether or not Azerbaijani culture was clamped down during the Soviet years.
So, before you get to the subway, you need to purchase a token at the box office. At the end of 2006, its price is 5 gapiks (Azerbaijani kopecks), which is approximately equal to 1.5 Russian rubles. This is probably a record for the lowest fare in the CIS metro (10% of the fare in Moscow).
Each train has five cars. An interesting feature of Baku residents is to stand with their backs at the door from the platform. Even if there is a free seat in the car, someone should lean against the barely closed doors.
It is believed that there are two lines in Baku (red and green), but the traffic scheme provides that from one station you can leave in three or four directions. Therefore, pay attention to the light boards at the ends of the platform, lighting up indicating the direction of the nearest train. A separate movement is organized only on the shuttle section "Jafar Jabbarli" - "Khatai" (there is only one train in the "shuttle" mode).
Another interesting feature of the metro is the appearance of toilets right at the stations. Yes, so unusual for us - right at the end of the station door, above it the sign "Toilet". However, such establishments are not at all stations, but at least at several stations in the center they are (Baky Soviti, Sahil).
