The Moscow metro is known for its efficiency and ornate stations. I rode it and found that it's miles ahead of New York City's subway system.

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The Moscow metro is one of the busiest and most efficient in the world.

• The Moscow metro, one of the busiest metros in the world, is known for its efficiency and its beautifully ornate stations.
• On a recent trip to Russia, I rode the Moscow metro and found it to be a vast improvement to the subway system in New York City, where I live.
• The stations are cleaner, better ventilated, and more beautiful, and the trains are quieter and more efficient.
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The Moscow metro is known for its efficiency and its beautifully ornate stations.

It's also one of the busiest metro systems in the world, with more than 8.5 million riders every day.

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On a recent trip to Moscow, I decided to ride the metro to see how it stacks up to the subway system in New York City, where I live.

Here's what it was like.