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Google celebrates 80th anniversary of Moscow metro with special Doodle

Google celebrates 80th anniversary of Moscow metro with special Doodle

15 May 2015

Google has celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Moscow metro today with a special doodle in the style of old posters depicting a mustachioed train driver driving the metro. To commemorate the occasion, a parade of old series trains could be observed from 5:30am on the ring line of the metro, and will go ahead again tomorrow.

In December 2013, plans were announced to transform the Moscow metro by adding a further 79 metro stations and 160km of track added by 2020.

Projections of the Moscow Metro in 2020: