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Oxford Bus Company Travel Shop – Gloucester Green

Opening Times

Weekdays: 9am – 6pm Weekends: 9am – 5pm

Get ready for your travels at the Oxford Bus Company Travel Shop in Gloucester Green, Oxford.

The Oxford Bus Company Travel Shop is located between Gloucester Green Market and Gloucester Green Coach Station. With a range of services, the Travel Shop will be sure to get you ready for your next stop.

Drop in to purchase tickets and top-up, replace, or sign up for ‘the key’, a rechargeable travel smartcard that saves you time, money, and hassle on all Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel services.

If you’re looking to explore Oxford and make the most of your visit to the city, tickets for City Sightseeing Oxford open-top bus tours and walking tours can be purchased, and information on the various Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel services can be found within the available leaflets.

When it’s time for you to leave Oxford, coach tickets for the airline, Megabus, and National Express services can be purchased up to 10 minutes before departure, after which they must be acquired on board from the driver.

To contact the Travel Shop, get in touch with Oxford Bus Company/Thames Travel customer services who will appropriately direct your query.

Tel: +44 (0)1865 785400 Email: [email protected]

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Opening hours

• Monday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Thursday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Friday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
• Saturday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Sunday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

The Oxford Bus Company Travel Shop is located between Gloucester Green Market and Gloucester Green Coach Station.

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The Oxford Bus Company Travel Shop is located between Gloucester Green Market and Gloucester Green Coach Station. With a range of services, including an ATM, the Travel Shop will be sure to get you ready for your next stop.  

Drop in to purchase tickets and top-up, replace, or sign up for ‘the key’, a rechargeable travel smartcard that saves you time, money, and hassle on all Oxford Bus Company and Thames Travel services.  

When it’s time for you to leave Oxford, coach tickets for the airline, Megabus, and National Express services can be purchased up to 10 minutes before departure, after which they must be acquired on board from the driver.  

To contact the Travel Shop, get in touch with Oxford Bus Company/Thames Travel customer services who will appropriately direct your query. Tel: +44 (0)1865 785400  Email: [email protected]  

© The City of Oxford Motor Services Ltd 2023 Registered address: 3rd floor, 41-51 Grey Street Newcastle-Upon-Tyne NE1 6EE Registered company number: 91106. Registered in England & Wales. VAT number: GB 462 2545 56

Oxford Bus Company - Travel Shop: Reviews

Fantastic experience: Great company, extremely polite staff and drivers! My coaches were perfectly on time and the insides were comfortable, large enough and very neat! Dual USB charger sockets for phones, laptops, etc are also provided under the seats before yours.

Fantastic experience: I got monthly package with in 66 £. It’s easy to travel in Oxford Any time by use any bus If you’re in Oxford and you’re using buses then it’s good for you to get any of there packages like weekly monthly what’s package suite you. Packages———————- Monthly 66 £ weekly 20 £ One day Pass 4 pounds

Positive experience: When I missed my bus, the staff went out of their way to help me resolve the situation. Very helpful.

Positive experience: The X2 service must be the worst bus service that I have ever used. Every day the buses are late for 20-30 minutes, and today a bus did not show up at all. Even if I try to catch an earlier bus, I am always late for work because of this service. Oxford train station: 27.09.2022 - 9:15 X2, 9:35 X2, 9:55 X2, 10:15 did not show up,

Fantastic experience: Shannon at the Gloucester Green shop went the extra mile to sort out my keycard troubles. And another staff member opened the door for me after. Top notch customer service!

Fantastic experience: Better than stagecoach

Positive experience: Got my lost bus card renewed, so all is good. :) Looks like the staff is underpaid though, poor chaps.

Fantastic experience: amazing service, sharon was perfect in helping with my problem, very quick and efficient

Fantastic experience: Good to see place open and member of staff was helpful

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff, extremely kind and helpful.

Fantastic experience: Simom was so so helpful, went above and beyond. Incredibly efficient and kind too

Fantastic experience: Very friendly and helpful team!

Fantastic experience: Really helpful staff!

Fantastic experience: You're welcome!

Fantastic experience: Good

Fantastic experience: Friendly and polite, and usually know their beans re: tickets. Customer service is stubborn and unwilling to accept ideas (e.g. better WiFi on their London coaches - 100MB could easily be increased). That said: Stagecoach want a monopoly and Oxford Bus Company are all that stand in their way. Join the resistance! Support Oxford Bus Company!

Fantastic experience: Great customer service. Central location. Pleased that it I'd open on a Sunday. Thank you

Fantastic experience: X90 is one of the best options when traveling to London or Oxford. Their buses are clean and comfortable. Their staff is always friendly, and are conscious drivers. I always feel safe and rely on them for doing trips. Excellent company!

Fantastic experience: always very good and reliable.

Positive experience: Good company for travel London - Oxford. It offers various excursions and bus tours. Staff is happy to help you.

Fantastic experience: Primary coach station in Oxfordshire.

Fantastic experience: Persone molto disponibili e molto educati

Fantastic experience: Efficient way to travel from London to Oxford, not too expensive

Fantastic experience: Great lounge area and helpful staff

Fantastic experience: The place to organize bus trips in and through Oxford, as well as between Oxford and London. Friendly and efficient staff are the cherries on the cake.

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff

Fantastic experience: The ONLY way to travel into London if, like me, you are adverse to the Underground.

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff very helpful and clean and comfortable waiting room

Fantastic experience: Oxford to London, Westminster was quick and easy.

Fantastic experience: Very friendly staff and X90 service is excellent. At Travel Shop you can find a waiting area and vending machines. I'm sure Oxford Tube is more popular, but it's much quieter on X90 coaches. It's just makes trip to London more special.

Fantastic experience: Great staff very professional and polite and a nice clean shop.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Our staff are more than happy to answer any and all questions you may have about the Tour and City Sightseeing Oxford in general. However, flick through our FAQs to see if your answer is already here! Alternatively, you can contact us via email or telephone.

Can I hire a bus for an event?

For private or corporate events… Weddings… Birthdays… Business… Social Occasions… Hire an open top bus with or without a LIVE guide! Why not hire a bus for a filming project? Contact us for more details. Tour can be tailored to your requirements.

Call 01865 790 522 or email  [email protected]

How do you help customers that are hard of hearing?

We offer commentary notes for customers who are hard of hearing. Please ask your driver for a copy.

Can I purchase my ticket in advance?

What does the walking tour include.

A 45-minute “Stepping Through Oxford” Walking Tour is included in the price of the Open Top tour ticket (subject to availability). It can also be bought as a standalone tour at £8.00 for adults and £4.00 for children. Due to popularity, we, unfortunately, cannot guarantee availability on any specific tour.

If you choose not to take the walk, the bus will continue on our normal route and a recorded commentary will be available in the Guides absence.

Find out more about our Walking Tours.

Can I cancel my tickets?

All sales are final and tickets cannot be exchanged or money refunded by City Sightseeing – please see our full T&C’s .

Can wheelchair users and buggies travel on your buses?

We endeavour to make our vehicles inclusive to all of our customers and this includes making them as accessible as we can for disabled people and those with buggies.  We are therefore working hard to ensure our entire fleet of buses meets the needs of those of our passengers who use wheelchairs or are in buggies. All of our vehicles are able to accommodate wheelchairs, approved mobility scooters, prams and buggies. Whilst we welcome these on board for travel, it is at the discretion of the driver as to whether or not there is enough space available. If you are unsure of the suitability of your wheelchair, mobility scooter or buggy, contact us and we can arrange for a test to take place at our garage.

Wheelchairs, mobility scooters, prams and buggies must not block the gangway of our buses or coaches at any time and the dimensions of any mobility scooter must be in line with the requirements according to the bus’s safety limits.  It is up to the driver to decide if there is sufficient space and his/her decision is final: Your driver has the right to, therefore, refuse access if he or she feels that there is insufficient space or that there is a risk that, by letting on board such vehicles, this may be to the detriment of the other passengers’ safety.

We would kindly ask all of our customers, where necessary, to keep the wheelchair dedicated space free and, if you board with a buggy or pram and to the extent that it is possible for you to do so, to fold and store them in the luggage space. We wish to ensure our services are as inclusive as possible and we do therefore appreciate your assistance in permitting those with wheelchairs, mobility scooters, prams and buggies to use our buses. Where it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances, the driver will require non-wheelchair users to vacate the spaces and require, for example, that such non-wheelchair users move to a different part of the bus or even refuse to drive on until space is made available for those persons in wheelchairs.

It goes without saying that we will ensure that our drivers and our vehicles comply with the laws applicable to those who are disabled or using buggies.  This includes ensuring our vehicles are equipped with appropriate bus lowering systems or the appropriate folding or retractable steps and these must not be operated by anyone other than the driver or conductor whenever they consider that a disabled person will need the system to get on or off our buses. Wheelchair users who wish to alight at the next stop can use the bell push near the wheelchair space which lets the driver know that the ramp must be lowered at the next stop.

Do tours operate on Sundays?

Yes, we operate tours 7 days a week (with some seasonal exceptions)! Check our Timetable and Prices page for more information.

How do I recognise a City Sightseeing bus?

They will always be bright red buses with the City Sightseeing logo on the side, along with the tour location. Our tour buses seat 75 (45 upstairs and 30 downstairs). Most are wheelchair accessible and many offer half-covered upper decks – to guard against the traditional British Summer.

Are tours 'child friendly'?

Yes, children of all ages will enjoy the fun of an open-top double-decker bus. We also offer a very popular “kids’ commentary” with quizzes which many adults enjoy too!

How many different languages are offered?

Multi-lingual (14 languages) recorded commentaries are available on all tours, with selected departures also offering live (English-speaking) guides

Will there be a commentary?

Multi-lingual (14 languages) recorded commentaries are available on all tours, with selected departures also offering live (English-speaking) guides. Kids’ commentary is now also available!

Can I pay with a credit or debit card?

All of our buses are equipped with the latest contactless payment-enabled ticket machines, meaning we now accept all Visa, Mastercard and Maestro credit and debit cards with the contactless symbol, including those issued outside the UK, for transactions up to £100 in value. You can also use Google Pay or Apple Pay on your smartphone or smartwatch to make the payment.

Credit and debit cards can also be used to purchase tickets at our sales outlets at High Street Travel Shop and Carfax Tower, and at the Oxford Bus Company Travel Shop at Gloucester Green coach station.

You can also use your credit or debit card, or your PayPal account with our online booking system. To book online now please click here .

Do I need to keep my ticket?

Yes, your ticket gives you unlimited hop on, hop off travel on our tours for either 24 or 48 hours from the date of issue. When re-boarding simply scan the QR code on your ticket on the bus ticket machine and wait for the green light.

Your ticket also gives you discounts!

• 10% discount on your food and drink at Fernando’s Cafe
• £1 off entry to Oxford Castle Unlocked
• 10% discount off your next City Sightseeing tour anywhere else in the world over the next 12 months.

Are any attraction entry tickets or added benefits included in the cost of the tour ticket?

Yes! We have 10% off all food and drink at Fernando’s Cafe-Carfax for our ticket holders.

What are the start and finish times of the tours?

Individual times are shown on our Bus Timetables & Prices page , but typically, our city tour lasts approximately 1 hour and departs every 10 – 15 minutes in the summer and every 20 – 30 minutes in the winter. The first tour begins at 09:30 and our last tour starts at 18:00 in the summer, 16:00 in the winter.

Will we be able to recognise the bus stops?

How is it best to use the hop-on and off feature.

If you are unfamiliar with Oxford or its attractions, we recommend you take one complete circuit and listen to the commentary. You can then decide which places of interest you may want to visit, so you can Hop-off to see them up-close to then hop back on the bus. You can take as many loops on the bus as you wish within your valid ticket period!

Will we receive a full tour commentary if we join at any stop?

Yes, the tour commentary is associated to the stops, so if you stay on the bus you will always hear the full commentary. The main departure point for our tour is Oxford Rail Station but customers are welcome to join and leave us at any of our 20 stops.

Can we join the tour at any stop?

Yes! Because of the beauty of our Hop-on Hop-off policy, you are able to board the bus at any stop on the route to begin your tour.

Do all tours operate all year round?

Yes, although we do run a slightly reduced service between September and March.

The only dates that the City Sightseeing Oxford bus tour won’t operate on are the 25th December, 26th December and 1st January.

For full details please check our Bus Tour Timetables & Prices page .

Are tour buses very frequent?

Yes. Our city tour lasts approximately 1 hour and departs every 10 – 15 minutes in the summer and every 20 – 30 minutes in the winter,  see our timetables .

What are hop-on hop-off stops?

City Sightseeing tour operate on fixed routes, arranged in such a way they go through key points of interest and attractions in Oxford. Our Hop-on Hop-off stops are carefully selected to enable you to visit these places of interest. You can simply Hop-on or Hop-off at any of the 20 stops on the tour – keep a hold of your ticket for reboarding!

Does City Sightseeing Oxford travel from one city to another?

What is the duration of the tour.

Our city tour lasts approximately 1 hour and departs every 10 – 15 minutes in the summer and every 20 – 30 minutes in the winter,  see our timetables  ( please be aware of potential traffic delays around the route after 4:30PM. )

Will we get to see all the major attractions?

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• 3 Oxford City Centre, Westgate - Rose Hill, The Oval
• 3A Oxford City Centre, Westgate - Cowley, Templars Square
• 3S Rose Hill, The Oval - Elms Rise, Matthew Arnold School From 14 Apr
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• 4A Oxford City Centre, Police Station - Botley, Cumnor Hill Bottom
• 5 Oxford, Rail Station - Blackbird Leys, Sandy Lane West
• 5A Oxford City Centre, Speedwell Street - Minchery Farm, Carpenter Close
• 6 Oxford City Centre, Magdalen Street - Wolvercote, Papermill Square
• 8 Oxford City Centre, Westgate - Barton, Bayswater Road
• 11 Oxford City Centre, St Aldates - Watlington, Icknield Community College
• 11S Cowley, Templars Square - Holton, Wheatley Park School
• 11X Cowley, Car Factory Gate - Cowley, Car Factory Gate
• 15 Oxford City Centre, Police Station - Wood Farm, Palmer Road
• 35 Oxford City Centre, George Street - Abingdon Town Centre, Stratton Way
• 35A Elms Rise, Cedar Avenue - Kennington, Kenville Road
• 43 Oxford City Centre, Railway Station - Wantage, Market Place
• 45 Abingdon, Fitzharrys School - Cowley, Templars Square
• 46 Oxford City Centre, Westgate - Great Milton, Le Manoir
• 100 John Radcliffe Hospital, JR Hospital Main Entrance - Blackbird Leys, Sandy Lane West
• 108 Oxford City Centre, High Street - Bicester, Manorsfield Road
• 300 Redbridge Park&Ride - Pear Tree Park&Ride (All Stops) or Pear Tree Park&Ride
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• 700 Oxford, Thornhill Park & Ride - Kidlington, Churchill Road
• BB1A Rose Hill, Parade - Didcot Girls School
• BV1 Bicester North Station - Bicester North Station
• LGW the airline Oxford City Centre, Gloucester Green - Gatwick Airport, North Terminal
• LHR the airline Oxford City Centre, Gloucester Green - Heathrow Airport, Central Bus Station
• NU1 Wheatley Campus - Harcourt Hill Campus
• NU5 Headington, Brookes University - Oxford City Centre, Speedwell Street
• NX1 Oxford, Railway Station - Wantage, Market Place
• OXF the airline Heathrow Airport, Central Bus Station or Gatwick Airport, South Terminal - Oxford City Centre, Gloucester Green
• ST2 John Radcliffe Hospital, Main Entrance - Wytham, Field Station From 14 Apr
• U5 Headington, Brookes University - Oxford City Centre, Speedwell Street

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For enquiries relating to the key, please e-mail:

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Lost or stolen key card? Order a new one here.

For all other enquiries, please e-mail:

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We aim to respond to all e-mails within 48 hours, excluding weekends and public holidays. You can also call our Customer Services department on 01865 785400. You can also contact us by post at:

Oxford Bus Company Watlington Road Cowley House Oxford OX4 6GA

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Directions to the key…

• Oxford Rail Station is located on the West side of the city centre. It’s approximately a 5-10 minute walk from the Station to Gloucester Green. The easiest route is to walk left out of the Station, past the Saïd Business School and then straight onto Hythe Bridge Street. After the bridge you can cross over to George Street, where there is a Nandos Restaurant on the corner facing you. If you walk up George Street you’ll see entrances to G on your left at the junction with Magdalen Street, Broad Street and Cornmarket Street.
• Oxford Coach Station at Gloucester Green is located very closely to Debenhams. The road it leads onto is George Street. If you leave the Station directly onto the road (where the coaches enter and exit) you turn left and walk up until you see entrances to Debenhams on your left at the junction with Magdalen Street, Broad Street and Cornmarket Street.  

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The Moscow Metro Museum of Art: 10 Must-See Stations

There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Jonathon Engels, formerly a patron saint of misadventure, has been stumbling his way across cultural borders since 2005 and is currently volunteering in the mountains outside of Antigua, Guatemala.  For more of his work, visit his website and blog .

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