From its candy-coloured churches to vast, ornate palaces, Moscow is a visual feast - and this opulence doesn't stop at ground level.Featuring glittering chandeliers and columns, each station in the Moscow Metro is more spectacular than the last. Canadian photographer David Burdeny was granted after-hours access to the underground network, when the magnificent tunnels were empty of commuters. The lavish train system was built in 1935 while Stalin was in power, with the marble metro designed as a form of communist propaganda.Eighty years down the line, the Moscow Metro transports around 9 million passengers a day, with expansion plans hoping to make it the fourth largest subway system by 2020. The full series of Burdeny's work, Russia: A Bright Future, will be on display until November 8, at the Jennifer Kostuik gallery in Vancouver. The turquoise Taganskaya Metro Station is a hub on the Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro, which opened on January 1, 1950, showcases a number of blue huesLooking like a room in an art gallery or grand palace, the golden Kiyevsskaya Metro Station (east) is decorated with painted scenes surrounded by lavish borders Avoto Metro Station looks palatial and grand, with decorated columns, unique light fittings and patterned floorsEvoking the gallery feel of room from a modern art museum, the Aeroport Metro Station is curved and colourful without any litter in sightGuests waiting for trains at the yellow Komsomolskaya Metro Station are treated to yellow ceilings and magnificent chandeliersRainbow-coloured scenes adorn the walls of the golden Novolobodskaya Metro Station, which looks more like a walkway in a castle than a tube stationForget dirty benches, Kiyevsskaya Station boasts marble seats, with numerous stone paintings lining the subway wallsChoosing white paint for a subway station was a brave decision, but the Belorusskaya Station is in good condition and gleaminghe spotless Prospekt Mira Station is a golden haven with adorned pillars and glittering lights hanging over a monochrome floorAhead of the curve: Although 80 years old some of the tunnels look positively sci-fi. Sokol Metro Station alsohas no adverts on the wallsA shining walkway with round light alcoves in the ceiling awaits guests at the Mayakovskaya Metro StationThis futuristic decor can be seen at Elektrozavodskaya Metro Station with circular lights covering the curved ceilings, and marble figures visible on the wallsInstead of cramped walkways with adverts, the Arbatskaya Metro Station is a spacious and luxurious welcome to this area of Moscow
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