Yerevan Metro. Armenia © April 2017
Entering Yerevan metro is to step into a triumph of period style and engineering brilliance. Planned from the mid 1970s and inaugurated in 1981 the marriage of exquisite decoration, Soviet architecture, clean and bright layouts, meticulous maintenance propels travellers back into the future. Carriages accelerate, shake, rattle, roll, decelerate and project an acute sense of movement. This metro works, to enter it means to arrive in minutes. Safety means knowing that a devastating earthquake in 1988 could not harm the metro, and that travelators are monitored by human eyes. This metro is a gem, almost hidden in a time warp. Underground.
Entering Yerevan metro is to step into a triumph of period style and engineering brilliance. Planned from the mid 1970s and inaugurated in 1981 the marriage of exquisite decoration, Soviet architecture, clean and bright layouts, meticulous maintenance propels travellers back into the future. Carriages accelerate, shake, rattle, roll, decelerate and project an acute sense of movement. This metro works, to enter it means to arrive in minutes. Safety means knowing that a devastating earthquake in 1988 could not harm the metro, and that travelators are monitored by human eyes. This metro is a gem, almost hidden in a time warp. Underground.
