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Hi Im Travling To Exminster from Bristol tomorrow on the m5 eny advice mite try 4 or 5 in the morning.what do you think

Not sure what happened but the traffic is mad

Roadworks have just started on the roundabout at junction 9 M5 which has caused chaos to the surrounding roads leading to/from the roundabout. It normally takes me 3/4 minutes to get onto the M5, last night (5.30pm) it took an hour!!

is the m5 southbound between j21 and j22 closed at night? We live along the A370 and lorries have been thundering past from about 2200 onwards.

Constant traffic jams from j2 Oldbury towards j1. I believe the cause is the 60 speed limit imposed on the slim premise of air quality. These jams cause more Co2 than if the limit was at 70

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Live M5 traffic updates today as holiday traffic sparks 'severe' delays northbound

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• Friday 2 June 2023 at 6:28pm

There are "severe" delays on the M5 northbound as thousands of people head home from half-term breaks in the South West.

Drivers are facing 60 miles of delays, with queues starting at J28 for Collumpton and do not ease until J16 for the Almondsbury Interchange.

Travel time between the two junctions is around two hours.

The worst patch of traffic is between J26 for Wellington and J17 for Cribbs Causeway, with traffic monitoring service Inrix describing delays as "severe".

Traffic is also building between J26 and J23 northbound with delays of 40 minutes.

All traffic is being temporarily held due to a car fire on the M5 southbound between J27 A361 (Tiverton) and J28 A373 Honiton Road (Cullompton / Service Area).

Motorists are facing delays of at least 20 minutes.

All traffic is being temporarily held and queues are forming due to an accident on M4 Westbound before J15 A346 Marlborough Road (Swindon East).

More to follow.

Live M5 traffic as drivers face delays ahead of hectic weekend

There are delays and congestion on the M5 from north of Bristol down to beyond Taunton as people head south for the weekend

• Updated 17:54, 4 AUG 2023

A dramatic vehicle fire is among the incidents that have contributed to delays on the M5 motorway today as people head south through Somerset to the coast for the weekend. There is currently heavy traffic stretching from South Gloucestershire down to Taunton, from junctions 14 to 26 so we will keep you up to date with our M5 live blog below.

A vehicle fire closed lanes and caused delays near Taunton earlier this morning when all traffic was being held between 8.40am and around 9am, due to the blaze. The incident has cleared but delays on the northbound carriageway remain between junctions 25 for Taunton and junction 24 for Bridgwater due to the volume of traffic.

Currently, there is slow-moving traffic around the Almondsbury Interchange, linking the M5 and the M4 motorways. Drivers are also experiencing delays at junctions 18 and 18A where the M5 meets the M49.

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• Miles of stationary traffic 14:21
• Heavy traffic around the Almondsbury Interchange 12:54
• Storm Antoni warnings from Met Office 12:10
• Vehicle totally destroyed in fire 10:27
• Residual delays as all lanes reopen on M5 northbound 09:36

RAC forecasts 'worst day of summer' on the roads

Motorists travelling in the South West tomorrow (August 5) have been told to prepare for a day of rough weather conditions due to Storm Antoni.

The RAC’s Rod Dennis said: “We expect Saturday to be the worst day on the roads of the summer so far, especially for anyone in the South West of England – and that’s a lot of people as our research shows it’s the most popular part of the country for leisure trips by car this year.

“Conditions will be atrocious with a wholly unpleasant mix of very strong winds and locally intense rainfall. The best advice is to slow down significantly to stay safe and avoid exposed moorland and coastal routes until the storm passes.

“Drivers towing caravans and trailers need to be particularly careful in these conditions and those with boxes and bikes on the roof should double-check they’re secured properly. Drivers should also watch out for fallen trees and be prepared for the disruption they cause.

“Nationally, we estimate around four million drivers will be using the roads for leisure journeys across the whole weekend.”

Broken down car cleared from M5

An update from traffic monitoring website Inrix says: "Earlier broken down car on M5 southbound at J24 A38 Taunton Road (Bridgwater South)."

M5 queues heading north at Bridgwater

A post from road monitoring website Inrix says: "Queueing traffic on M5 Northbound around J24 A38 Taunton Road (Bridgwater South). Friday delays and holiday traffic."

Queues on M5 between Bristol and Burnham-on-Sea

Inrix, the road monitoring website, says: "Queueing traffic due to holiday traffic on M5 southbound from J15 M4 J20 (Almondsbury Interchange) to J22 (Burnham-on-sea). Traffic is in patches."

Lane closed at junction 24 due to breakdown

A post on traffic monitoring website Inrix says: "One lane closed and queueing traffic due to broken down car on M5 southbound at J24 A38 Taunton Road (Bridgwater South)."

Miles of stationary traffic

Traffic England is reporting very slow and stationary traffic between junctions 16 and 18A, junctions 19 and 20, and junctions 24 and 25.

20-minute delays northbound

There are 20-minute delays and stationary traffic between junctions 26 and 25.

Warning for northbound and southbound M5 drivers

Drivers in travelling both northbound and southbound along the M5 are being urged to be cautious due to the build-up of traffic.

Heavy traffic around the Almondsbury Interchange

Heavy traffic and roadworks are causing delays around the Almondsbury Interchange where the M5 meets the M4.

Storm Antoni warnings from Met Office

The Met Office is warning of the arrival of Storm Antoni in Somerset tomorrow (August 5). There is a 12-hour weather alert for stormy weather. Read the full story here.

Queuing traffic on M5 southbound

Inrix is reporting that there is queueing traffic on M5 southbound at junction 15 for the M4 junction 20 at the Almondsbury Interchange where roadworks are taking place.

Incident cleared and traffic returned to normal

Traffic has returned to normal between junctions 25 and 26 northbound. We will keep you in touch with any further incidents on the M5 here.

Vehicle totally destroyed in fire

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service have issued a statement.

Fire Control received calls to reports of a fire on the M5 Northbound carriageway between junctions 26 and 25. 2 fire engines from Wellington were mobilised to the incident. On arrival, crews confirmed this to be a vehicle on the hard shoulder, well alight. Crews extinguished the fire using 2 breathing apparatus wearers and 1 hose reel jet. The vehicle was completely destroyed by fire.

Residual delays as all lanes reopen on M5 northbound

All lanes have reopened following the vehicle fire between junctions 25 and 26 of the northbound M5. Inrix is reporting travel time of around 30 minutes. Traffic cameras show residual congestion in the area.

Two miles of queuing traffic

There is approximately two miles of queuing traffic on the M5 between junctions 25 and 26.

Two lanes reopened as vehicle recovery takes place

Traffic was held from 8.40am until just before 9am. Two lanes have now reopened, leaving one closed to enable recovery of the vehicle.

There are long tailbacks on the M5 right now

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HELP! Please sign our petition to reinstate the live CCTV traffic camera feeds for the M5

As most of you will have already seen, back in December, National Highways, the government body who control and operate the CCTV cameras on the M5 (and the rest of England) restricted access to their feeds, freezing the images on that date and not allowing third parties like us to give you the access to the latest traffic images you previously enjoyed.

We've been working hard to get this access restored but have unfortunately met with nothing but bureaucratic red tape and a response of "no, because we said so" from National Highways.

Road users in Scotland and Wales don't have this problem; their government bodies put the needs of the public first and have created ways for third-party providers to build fast, helpful services, now used by thousands of UK motorists daily.

The more people that sign, the quicker this can be resolved, so please share!

We have been told by National Highways that the camera feeds for the M5 will be reinstated shortly.

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Live M5 traffic updates amid 'half hour' delays in Somerset

Long delays are forming in Somerset

• Updated 16:38, 9 SEP 2023

Drivers on the M5 in Somerset are facing severe delays as holidaymakers descend on their favourite destinations before the heatwave fizzles out. Temperatures have soared to well above 30C this week with a heatwave arriving just as children went back to school.

The Met Office expects another scorcher today (Saturday, September 9) and it seems many people are heading for the West Country coast to make the most of the sunbathing weather. According to Traffic England, the map run by National Highways, there are delays of up to half an hour on the M5 southbound this afternoon.

It is reporting congestion between Bristol and Somerset in particular, advising as of 1.30pm: "There are currently delays of 30 minutes against expected traffic." Traffic cameras suggest motorists are moving, however.

READ MORE: A303 delays live as detached caravan causes chaos on road

Traffic monitor Inrix states: "Traffic congestion on M5 Southbound between J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead) and J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way (Clevedon). [Also] traffic congestion and heavy traffic on M5 Southbound between Mule Street (Michaelwood Services) and J15 M4 J20 (Almondsbury Interchange)."

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• M5 southbound 15:30

Traffic returns to normal

Inrix reports: "Traffic returned to normal on M5 Southbound between J17 A4018 (Cribbs Causeway) and J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way ( Clevedon )."

Delays remain southbound

The latest log from Inrix says: "Slow traffic on M5 Southbound between J17 A4018 (Cribbs Causeway) and J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way ( Clevedon )."

Inrix latest

M5 - SOMERSET - SOUTHBOUND - BRISTOL

Traffic congestion on M5 Southbound between J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead) and J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way ( Clevedon ).

M5 - GLOUCESTERSHIRE - SOUTHBOUND

Traffic congestion and heavy traffic on M5 Southbound between Mule Street ( Michaelwood Services) and J15 M4 J20 ( Almondsbury Interchange).

Long delays near Bristol

A live traffic map from the AA shows heavy traffic heading southbound near Bristol. The latest log from Inrix says: "Traffic congestion on M5 Southbound between J19 A369 Martcombe Road (Portishead) and J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way ( Clevedon )."

Saturday traffic

Hello and welcome back to our live blog.

It's another hot day and that means lots of you are heading southbound on the M5, so it's looking pretty busy with maps suggesting a delay of up to half an hour.

M5 slip road reopened

Inrix says: "M5 Northbound lane re-opened on exit slip road, broken down vehicle removed at J11A A417 (Gloucester / Cirencester ).

"One lane (of two) closed."

Inrix reports: "M5 Northbound lane closed on exit slip road due to broken down vehicle at J11A A417 (Gloucester / Cirencester ). Traffic is coping well.

Road closed after lorry flips near M5

A road closure is in place after a lorry flipped near Cribbs Causeway this evening (September 8). A picture sent to Bristol Live shows the vehicle overturned outside Mollie's Motel and Diner at around 6.30pm.

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Traffic easing near Bristol

Inrix reports: "Traffic easing, earlier broken down vehicle on M5 Southbound at J18 M49."

M5 - CITY OF BRISTOL - SOUTHBOUND - BRISTOL

Queueing traffic due to earlier broken down vehicle and holiday traffic on M5 Southbound at J18 M49. Congestion to J16 (Aztec West). Travel time is 15 minutes. All lanes have been re-opened. Lane one (of three) was closed near the entry slip.

M5 - SOMERSET - SOUTHBOUND

Broken down vehicle removed on M5 Southbound at J23 A39 (Bridgwater North).

M5 - GLOUCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND

M5 Northbound lane closed on exit slip road due to accident at J13 A419 ( Stroud ). Traffic is coping well.

Heavy southbound traffic near Bristol

Lane closed near Bristol

A recent log from Inrix says: "Long delays and one lane closed due to broken down lorry and holiday traffic on M5 Southbound at J18 M49.

"Lane one (of three) is closed near the entry slip."

Long delays near Clevedon

Inrix reports: "Long delays due to holiday traffic on M5 at J20 B3133 Ettlingen Way ( Clevedon ). Congestion to past J15 (M4 interchange).

"Traffic in patches."

Queues near Weston-super-Mare

Queueing traffic on M5 Northbound at J21 A370 ( Weston-super-mare ). Travel time is 15 minutes.

M5 southbound

Severe delays on M5 Southbound near J18 M49. Congestion to J14 (Thornbury / Falfield).

M5 Somerset, southbound

Long delays due to holiday traffic on M5 Northbound between J25 A358 (Taunton) and J22 ( Burnham-on-sea ). Traffic in patches.

M5 Gloucestershire/Bristol, southbound

Long delays on M5 Southbound at J15 M4 J20 ( Almondsbury Interchange). Congestion to J14 (Thornbury / Falfield). In the roadworks area.

M5 traffic 'not moving' between junctions 24-23

Long delays in Somerset

Long stretches of delays.

A303 latest

Reports of heavy traffic due to broken down vehicle on A303 in both directions between Taunton turn off (Marsh) and Chard turn off ( Upottery ).

Traffic near Bristol

Traffic England maps confirm delays near Taunton

Long delays on M5 Southbound at J15 M4 J20 ( Almondsbury Interchange). Congestion to Michaelwood Services. In the roadworks area.

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M5 traffic live: Latest after huge lorry fire caused delays for more than eight hours

Smoke and flames coming out of a lorry on the northbound carriageway near Evesham this morning (Thursday, March 14)

• Updated 17:01, 14 MAR 2024

All traffic on the M5 northbound was brought to a standstill as a lorry burst into flames this morning (Thursday, March 14). Traffic was being held between junction 8 and junction 9 due to a lorry fire.

Traffic cameras show lengthy tailbacks as traffic builds ahead of rush hour. Smoke can also be seen pouring from the bonnet of the lorry, with firefighters working to extinguish the blaze.

Road and traffic monitoring site Inrix reported earlier: "All traffic being temporarily held and stationary traffic due to lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham)."

Emergency services have been contacted for further information.

This incident is ongoing. The latest updates will appear below.

No delays reported now

Huge delays remain into afternoon

Long delays and two lanes closed due to recovery work and earlier lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham). The fire is now extinguished, recovery and clean-up are underway, resulting in lanes one and two (of three) remaining closed.

Recovery work underway

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND Severe delays and two lanes closed due to recovery work and earlier lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham).The fire is now extinguished, recovery and clean-up are underway, resulting in lane one and two (of three) remaining closed.

Two lanes now closed

Delays and two lanes closed due to recovery work and earlier lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham). The fire is now extinguished, recovery and clean-up are underway, resulting in lane one and two (of three) remaining closed.

The fire has been extinguished

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND Delays and one lane closed due to lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham). The fire is now extinguished, recovery and clean-up are being arranged, resulting in lane one (of three) remaining closed. Traffic slowing southbound as it passes the scene.

Congestion now affecting the A38

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND Delays and two lanes closed due to lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham). Congestion to the A38 through Draycott as traffic diverts.Lanes one and two (of three) remain closed. Traffic slowing southbound as it passes the scene.

Southbound traffic slowing

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND Delays and two lanes closed due to lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham).Lanes one and two (of three) remain closed. Traffic slowing southbound as it passes the scene.

Map of delays and when motorway is expected to be clear

National Highways update:

Location The M5 northbound between junctions J8 and J7

Reason Vehicle fire

Time To Clear The event is expected to clear between 09:30 and 09:45 on 14 March 2024

Return To Normal Normal traffic conditions are expected between 09:30 and 09:45 on 14 March 2024

Delay There are currently delays of 30 minutes against expected traffic

30 minute delays

Traffic is currently held on the #M5 northbound between J8 #M50 and J7 #Worcester south whilst @HWFireControl deal with a lorry fire. Delays of 30 minutes are reported on approach. pic.twitter.com/2M6gaacWZa — National Highways: West Midlands (@HighwaysWMIDS) March 14, 2024

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Heavy traffic on the northbound carriage

Flames engulf the lorry

Dramatic scenes on the M5 near Worcester as a lorry bursts into flames.

All traffic being held

M5 - WORCESTERSHIRE - NORTHBOUND All traffic being temporarily held and stationary traffic due to lorry fire on M5 Northbound from J8 M50 to J7 A44 (Worcester / Evesham).

Smoke pours from the lorry

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Construction projects to cause campus-area travel delays this summer

Several new construction projects will begin immediately after commencement, joining multiple projects-in-progress on and near the UW–Madison campus. The projects will cause roadway, sidewalk, and bicycle facility closures, as well as Madison Metro detours.

This article highlights the areas of campus where travel is most likely to be significantly affected by construction projects, as well as provides suggested alternate routes to avoid construction zones. For the complete list of construction-related campus travel impacts, please refer to the summer 2024 construction forecast map .

Estimated project dates and travel configurations are subject to change due to weather and other factors.

For current travel impacts due to construction, visit our construction page and follow us on Twitter/X .

Lane reductions on University Avenue and North Lake Street to squeeze east campus traffic

The City of Madison is building a new parking ramp on N. Lake Street to replace the old ramp located near the University Bookstore. A City of Madison water utility project will also affect N. Lake Street just south of University Avenue (near Fresh Market), and the Fluno Center is undergoing a repair project.

Traffic impacts

Currently, the block of N. Lake Street just north of University Avenue is southbound-only due to a northbound lane closure.

In late June, the northbound lane closure on N. Lake Street closure will extend all the way to Johnson Street. Motorists wanting to travel southbound through east campus may detour along N. Park Street.

Also in June, two traffic lanes on University Avenue will close from Frances Street to N. Lake Street. The projects affecting this area of University Avenue will go through multiple phases, and motorists may encounter different traffic configurations throughout the summer.

University Avenue and N. Lake Street just south of University Avenue is expected to reopen in July, while the portion of N. Lake Street just north of University Avenue will reopen later in August.

Transit impacts

Campus bus route 80 will detour from N. Lake Street for the duration of the closure. Go to the Madison Metro website for details.

Bicycle impacts

Starting May 15, the water utility project work zone will block the contraflow bicycle lane at the University Avenue / N. Lake Street intersection. To continue east along University Avenue, cyclists must go around the work zone by crossing to the north side of University Avenue, crossing Lake Street, and doubling back across University to return to the contraflow lane (see map detail).

To avoid biking on N. Lake Street, cyclists may consider detouring along Frances St.

Pedestrian impacts

The southern crosswalk of the N. Lake Street and University Avenue intersection will close. The southern sidewalk of University Avenue in front of the Fluno Center will close between N. Lake Street and Frances Street. There will be a temporary protected walkway available in front of the Fluno Center. Otherwise, sidewalks and crosswalks along N. Lake Street and University Avenue will be maintained.

Observatory Drive hairpin turn closure to affect motorists and buses

Vehicle impacts

A masonry project will cause the hairpin turn on Observatory Drive to fully close between parking lots 9 and 10, near Helen C. White Hall.

The hairpin turn will fully close from May 13 to 31. On June 1, the area will reopen to eastbound traffic only during peak travel periods, and will otherwise remain fully closed during off-peak travel times. Motorists should use University Avenue to travel westbound across campus, W. Johnson Street to travel eastbound, or W. Dayton Street to travel in either direction.

Parking lot 9 (near Science Hall) will remain open for accessible parking only. Permit holders will be relocated.

Parking lot 10 (near the Education Building) will remain open to permit holders.

Madison Metro route 80 will detour starting May 13. Go to the Madison Metro website for details.

Cyclists should use Lakeshore Path to avoid this project.

Sidewalks will be maintained for the duration of the project.

Irving and Dorothy Levy Hall construction to affect cyclists and pedestrians

Vehicle traffic impacts

Ongoing construction of Levy Hall near the corner of N. Park Street and W. Johnson Street will continue through 2025. The project has caused the far-right lane of W. Johnson Street to close from Brooks Street to N. Park Street, while the remaining lanes are open to eastbound vehicle traffic.

A section of the southbound bicycle lane on N. Park Street is closed from W. Johnson Street to Clymer Place. Cyclists should use caution while merging with southbound vehicle traffic on this section of Park Street. Alternatively, cyclists may stop and walk their bikes along the protected pedestrian walkway or consider an alternate route, such as Mills Street.

Sidewalks on the south side of W. Johnson Street and the west side of N. Park Street are closed. A protected temporary walkway is available around the work site.

Morgridge Hall and BRT construction likely to cause bottlenecks around Union South and University Ave

The construction of Morgridge Hall and BRT facilities will affect travel on W. Johnson Street between Randall Avenue and Orchard Street near Union South. BRT facility construction will also affect travel on University Avenue in front of the Medical Sciences Center, just west of Charter Street. These closures are expected to last between May 13 and August.

A section of W. Johnson Street between Randall Avenue and Charter Street will be reduced to one lane. Orchard Street will remain closed. The right turn lane from Randall Avenue to W. Johnson will be closed.

Motorists wanting to head eastbound from Randall Avenue should detour via Dayton Street. Motorists should also expect delays on Johnson Street due to the multiple-lane closure in front of Union South, especially during peak travel times.

The far-right traffic lane of University Avenue will be closed in front of the Medical Sciences Center for half a block beginning at Charter Street. This closure will join the existing closure of the far-left lane, meaning that University Avenue will be reduced to one lane in front of the Medical Sciences Center.

Motorists should expect delays on this section of University Avenue, especially during peak travel times.

The westbound bicycle lane on University Avenue will close in front of the Medical Sciences Center. Cyclists traveling westbound should avoid University Avenue and consider detouring along W. Dayton Street or Linden Drive. The eastbound contraflow bicycle lane on University Avenue will remain closed, but protected bicycle facilities will remain open to bicycles traveling east.

There will be multiple sidewalk and crosswalk closures on Johnson Street and University Avenue.

Both crosswalks at the University Avenue / Orchard Street intersection will close. Pedestrians may cross University Avenue at Charter Street or Randall Avenue. Marked pedestrian detours will be available in front of Union South. A temporary protected walkway is available on the north side of Johnson Street and south side of University Avenue around the Morgridge Hall work site.

BRT construction to cause eastbound Campus Drive lane closure

The far-right eastbound lane of Campus Drive will close starting at University Bay Drive and reopen where Campus Drive intersects (old) University Avenue, east of the Wisconsin Energy Institute.  Although the left lane of Campus Drive will remain open, motorists should expect the closures near Union South to cause backups as far west as Campus Drive, especially during peak travel times. This closure is expected to last through the end of August.

Questions about pedestrian or bicycle access?

For questions or concerns regarding pedestrian accessibility during these closures, please let us know by completing a bicycling/pedestrian feedback form .

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In Transit: Notes from the Underground

Jun 06 2018.

Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

Buying Tickets

• Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
• You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
• There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
• Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
• If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
• You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
• You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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Moscow has hundreds of bus and trolleybus routes , many of which connect the city centre with its otherwise-isolated suburban neighbourhoods. Regular traffic jams mean that the bus network has not always been the most recommendable option , especially as the metro is so efficient. 

Having said that, new bus lanes have opened up recently making it a comfortable alternative for certain routes. The bus can be a good, economical option at night , when 13 routes replace the metro after it shuts down (all starting from Kitay-Gorod metro and taking the main roads out to the edge off the city).

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Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbs

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Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha, Neb., on Friday. Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP hide caption

Gopala Penmetsa walks past his house after it was leveled by a tornado near Omaha, Neb., on Friday.

OMAHA, Neb. — A tornado plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, on Friday afternoon, damaging hundreds of homes and other structures as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions. Injuries were reported but it wasn't yet clear if anyone was killed in the storm.

Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people.

Photos on social media showed heavily damaged homes and shredded trees. Video showed homes with roofs stripped of shingles, in a rural area near Omaha. Law enforcement were blocking off roads in the area.

Hundreds of houses sustained damage in Omaha, mostly in the Elkhorn area in the western part of the city, police Lt. Neal Bonacci said.

Police and firefighters are now going door-to-door helping people who are trapped.

Omaha Fire Chief Kathy Bossman said crews had gone to the "hardest hit area" and had a plan to search anywhere someone could be trapped.

"They're going to be putting together a strategic plan for a detailed search of the area, starting with the properties with most damage," Bossman said. "We'll be looking throughout properties in debris piles, we'll be looking in basements, trying to find any victims and make sure everybody is rescued who needs assistance."

Damaged houses are seen after a tornado passed through the area near Omaha, Neb., on Friday. Chris Machian/Omaha World-Herald via AP hide caption

Damaged houses are seen after a tornado passed through the area near Omaha, Neb., on Friday.

Omaha police Lt. Neal Bonacci said many homes were destroyed or severely damaged.

"You definitely see the path of the tornado," Bonacci said.

In one area of Elkhorn, dozens of newly built, large homes were damaged. At least six were destroyed, including one that was leveled, while others had the top half ripped off.

There were dozens of emergency vehicles in the area.

"We watched it touch down like 200 yards over there and then we took shelter," said Pat Woods, who lives in Elkhorn. "We could hear it coming through. When we came up our fence was gone and we looked to the northwest and the whole neighborhood's gone."

His wife, Kim Woods added, "The whole neighborhood just to the north of us is pretty flattened."

Dhaval Naik, who said he works with the man whose house was demolished, said three people, including a child, were in the basement when the tornado hit. They got out safely.

KETV-TV video showed one woman being removed from a demolished home on a stretcher in Blair, a city just north of Omaha.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said there appeared to be few serious injuries, in part because people had plenty of warning that storms were likely.

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"We not upon by a sudden storm," Schmaderer said. "People had warnings of this and that saved lives."

The tornado warning was issued in the Omaha area on Friday afternoon just as children were due to be released from school. Many schools had students shelter in place until the storm passed. Hours later, buses were still transporting students home.

Another tornado hit an area on the eastern edge of Omaha, passing directly through parts of Eppley Airfield, the city's airport. Officials closed the airport to aircraft operations to access damage but then reopened the facility, Omaha Airport Authority Chief Strategy Officer Steve McCoy said.

Severe weather damage to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb., can be seen from the Lewis and Clark Monument in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Friday Anna Reed/Omaha World-Herald via AP hide caption

Severe weather damage to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Neb., can be seen from the Lewis and Clark Monument in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Friday

The passenger terminal wasn't hit by the tornado but people rushed to storm shelters until the twister passed, McCoy said.

Flight delays are expected Friday evening.

After passing through the airport, the tornado crossed the Missouri River and into Iowa, north of Council Bluffs.

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency spokesperson Katrina Sperl said damage is just now being reported. Taylor Wilson, a spokesperson for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said they hadn't seen any injuries yet.

Before the tornado hit the Omaha area, three workers in an industrial plant were injured Friday afternoon when a tornado struck an industrial plant in Lancaster County, sheriff's officials said in an update on the damage.

The building just northeast of the state capital of Lincoln had collapsed with about 70 employees inside and several people trapped, sheriff's officials said. Everyone was evacuated, and three people had injuries that were considered not life-threatening, authorities said.

Sheriff's officials say they also had reports of a tipped-over train near Waverly, also in Lancaster County.

Two people who were injured when the tornado passed through Lancaster County were being treated at the trauma center at Bryan Medical Center West Campus in Lincoln, the facility said in a news release. It said the patients were in triage and no details were released on their condition.

The Omaha Public Power District reported that nearly 10,000 customers were without power in the Omaha area.

Daniel Fienhold, manager of the Pink Poodle Steakhouse in Crescent, Iowa, said he was outside watching the weather with his daughter and restaurant employees. He said "it looked like a pretty big tornado was forming" northeast of town.

"It started raining, and then it started hailing, and then all the clouds started to kind of swirl and come together, and as soon as the wind started to pick up, that's when I headed for the basement, but we never saw it," Fienhold said.

The Weather Service also issued tornado watches across parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. And forecasters warned that large hail and damaging wind gusts were possible.