At the Krasnopresnenskaya station, the benches come from the Cathedral of Christ-Sauveur, which was built from 1839 to 1883 in memory of the victory of Russia against the army of Napoleon I. The cathedral was destroyed under Stalin in 1931, but the benches remained intact. Metro architects decided to install them in some stations. (Photo by Didier Bizet/The Washington Post)

Subway passengers walk past bronze sculptures representing the Soviet people at the Ploshchad Revolyutsii metro station in Moscow, on November 14, 2012. The station was opened in 1938. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)

“Can't wait”. Location: Inao Station (JR Oito-Line), Nagano Prefecture, Japan. (Photo by AZURE)

Commuters ride on the roof of a Jakarta state rail train at Cawang train station on January 27, 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images)

Battersea Power Station. The chimney rims are thinner on top than you might expect. (Photo by Bradley L. Garrett)

A general view of the ghost town of a former Soviet military radar station near Skrunda, Latvia, April 9, 2016. (Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters)

Young girls carry containers filled with drinking water beside the railway station in Agartala, India, April 20, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)

An actor performs as a zombie during the “Train to Apocalypse” event at a Light Rail Transit (LRT) train station in Jakarta, Indonesia, 09 September 2022. The Indonesian capital's LRT operator modified train cars and stations into zombie apocalypse settings to promote the use of public transportations. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)