Arbatskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)

For other uses, see Arbatsky.

Arbatskaya Арбатская
Moscow Metro station
File:Arbatskaya - APL (Арбатская - АПЛ) (4317160074).jpg
Coordinates
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	3  Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Pylon station
Depth	41 metres (135 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	042
History
Opened	5 April 1953
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Smolenskaya toward  Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Ploshchad Revolyutsii toward  Shchyolkovskaya Arbatskaya toward  Kuntsevskaya Filyovskaya Line Transfer at: Aleksandrovsky Sad Terminus Kropotkinskaya toward  Salaryevo Sokolnicheskaya Line Transfer at: Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Okhotny Ryad toward  Bulvar Rokossovskogo Chekhovskaya toward  Altufyevo Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line Transfer at: Borovitskaya Polyanka toward  Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo
Route map Mitino yard Pyatnitskoye Shosse Mitino Volokolamskaya Mitinsky Bridge  Moskva River Myakinino Strogino Krylatskoye Molodyozhnaya Kuntsevskaya  4  Slavyansky Bulvar Park Pobedy  8A  Kiyevskaya  4   5  Moskva River Smolenskaya Arbatskaya  1   4   9  to Fili yard Ploshchad Revolyutsii  2  ( 1 ) Kurskaya  5   10  Baumanskaya Elektrozavodskaya Semyonovskaya Partizanskaya Pervomayskaya (closed) Izmaylovo yard Izmaylovskaya Pervomayskaya Shchyolkovskaya
Location
Arbatskaya Location within Central Moscow

Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Along with Smolenskaya and Kievskaya, it was built in 1953 to replace an older, parallel section of track which has since become part of the Filyovskaya Line. The old station had been damaged in a German bomb attack in 1941, so its replacement was much deeper and included larger stations that could double as shelters (especially if the bomb was atomic). Although it was initially supposed to be closed permanently, the old section was reopened five years later, creating the somewhat confusing situation of having two pairs of completely separate stations with the same names (Arbatskaya and Smolenskaya).

File:Arbatskaya Moscow Metro plaque.jpg

Plaque in the passage connecting Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and Filyovskaya Lines

Arbatskaya was designed by Leonid Polyakov, Valentin Pelevin and Yury Zenkevich. Since it was meant to serve as a bomb shelter as well as a Metro station, Arbatskaya is both large (the 250-m platform is the second-longest in Moscow) and deep (41 m underground). The main tunnel is elliptical in cross-section, an unusual departure from the standard circular design. The station features low, square pylons faced with red marble and a high vaulted ceiling elaborately decorated with ornamental brackets, floral reliefs, and chandeliers.

Transfers

From this station passengers can transfer to Biblioteka Imeni Lenina on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, Aleksandrovsky Sad on the Filyovskaya Line, and Borovitskaya on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line. Despite the name, however, it is not possible to transfer to Arbatskaya on the Filyovskaya Line.

Gallery

• Arbatskaya - APL (Арбатская - АПЛ) (5018298356).jpg

  One of the accesses to the platform

• Arbatskaya - APL (Арбатская - АПЛ) (5017695653).jpg

  Wall artwork

• Arbatskaya APL platforme.jpg

  Platform

• Arbatskaya - APL (Арбатская - АПЛ) (5017691645).jpg

  Incoming Rusich train

• Arbatskaya APL vestibule 1.jpg

  Vestibule

External links

• metro.ru
• mymetro.ru
• KartaMetro.info — Station location and exits on Moscow map (English/Russian)