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Mark Jolles <Jollesm@sf.logica.com> writes:

>The zoo station on the new Portland light rail line will be the deepest 
>station in the world I think at about 260 feet deep.  The St. Petersburg 
>station is so deep because of a problem with the water table or something 
>like that.  St. Petersburg, I've heard, is sort of like Venice and they 
>have to dig deep to get to rock I think is the explanation.

The explination of the St. Petersburg Metro makes sense, but even
then, they're having problems.  I just returned from an Eastern
European holiday, and spent 4 days in St. Petersburg.  They recently
had to close off a section of one of the lines.  I'm tempted to say
that it was the red/number 1 line (Devyatkino-Prospect Veteranov), but
don't count me on that one.  (An American surrounded by cyrillic leads
to one confused American :-).  Due to the water table rising, they had
to seal the tunnel off for a couple of stops, and are using bus
service to replace the closed metro section.  The section that is
closed is north of downtown, and I think the closed section starts at
Ploschad Lenina, but once again, I'm not too certain.

As to the escalators, I would say they move 2-3 times as fast as your
normal lazy American department store escalator.  It is an interesting
experience being thrown off the end of one of them (they move so fast,
the first step you take off of them is almost at a running speed).  I
timed the main escalator ride at Nevsky Prospekt, and it was just a couple
of seconds shy of 3 minutes.  There was a small additional escalator
at the bottom of the main one which was about 10-15 seconds long.
Unfortunately, I don't know any distances, as my host family there
only spoke a few words of English, and I only speak a few words of
Russian.  Overall, however, it almost seemed as if the combined times
of the escalator rides took longer than the actual ride on the Metro
train, but that's probably just a psychological thing (unless you were
only travelling 1-2 stops, when it would be a reality).

-Dan H.
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