The metro in Moscow is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world. Image by Christophe Meneboeuf. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Moscow metro plans to auction off subway carriages

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The metro in Moscow is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world. Image by Christophe Meneboeuf. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

The metro in Moscow is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world. Image by Christophe Meneboeuf. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

MOSCOW (AFP) – Moscow metro, the rapid transit system serving Russia’s capital and most populous city, is set to auction off more than a hundred of its iconic blue carriages after updating its rolling stock, a spokesman told AFP on Thursday.

The 120 carriages will be sold in lots of three and the state-owned system hopes to raise a total of almost 8 million rubles ($255,221), said metro spokesman Alexei Manakov.

The blue carriages with a white stripe along the side could be ripped apart and used for scrap metal or be turned into temporary accommodation for construction workers, wrote Izvestia daily, citing a metro official.

More exotically, some could become museum exhibits or be used for spare parts for other metro systems in ex-Soviet countries that use the same type of carriages.

Moscow metro celebrated its 78th birthday this week.

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The metro in Moscow is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world. Image by Christophe Meneboeuf. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

The metro in Moscow is one of the most heavily used rapid transit systems in the world. Image by Christophe Meneboeuf. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

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