Subway in Saint Petersburg
Entering this city costs money. Immediately after entering, passengers are greeted by an escalator – a 'highway' moving at a speed of about three kilometers per hour. Is there any similarity between the metro city and St. Petersburg? At one time, the Moscow government wanted to charge a fee for entering the capital, but later abandoned this idea. The average speed of the highways used to enter the city often approaches the speed of an escalator.
When entering a carriage in the morning or evening hours, you feel – here it is, the cultural capital. Where else can you find so many reading people in one place? Not every reading room can boast such fullness. Using the subway in Saint Petersburg is convenient and simple; just compare the metro map of our city with Moscow's – everything is quite clear. So traveling in the underground brings, if not pleasure, then certainly not discomfort.
But with the onset of rush hour, the situation changes dramatically. When designing carriages, they could not even imagine how many people could fit in there! At each station, the carriage, like a tin can, is packed with another batch of passengers. People who were reading books and newspapers put aside this activity. At such times, the metro becomes a means of self-discovery – you can learn a lot about yourself by stepping on someone's foot or accidentally pushing.
Also, the culture of those around becomes clear. As soon as an elderly person, especially with a crutch, enters the carriage, all the young people on the benches instantly fall asleep. Such a generation? No, it seems that's not the point... It often happens that the train jerks, someone cannot hold on, and pushes or steps on a foot. Young people, in most cases, apologize. Representatives of the older generation, on the contrary, setting an example of culture and politeness, pretend that nothing happened.
Where can you listen to live music without a soundtrack? Of course, in the metro! Many performers perform both in the passages and in the carriages. Entry to the concert is free, tips are welcome.
In the metro you can buy everything you need. Many retail outlets are present in the passages: newspaper kiosks, cafes, and even pharmacies. Sometimes special promotions are held in metro carriages. A young man with large bags enters the carriage, looks around, and offers to buy all sorts of junk.
Every day, descending into the metro, residents of the metropolis immerse themselves in this city and spend several hours in it. Every day they see the same thing in it. Despite all its peculiarity, life there is banal and simple, and even in it there is some specific romance.
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