For a long time, the Filevskaya line was the main transport artery in the west of the capital. However, a few years ago, part of it was given to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya branch, which was extended to the northwest. So is there a need to develop the land-based Filevskaya line?

Construction history

This branch has the fourth number and a beautiful blue color. Almost all of it is shallow or even ground. Initially, it was closely connected with the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya branch, but after the opening of the Kurskaya station, this radius became completely independent.

It was the stations of the Filevskaya line that suffered the most during the Great Patriotic War. The reason for this was the shallow foundation. As a result, most of the stations did not tolerate enemy air strikes well. So, part of the Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya line (Filyovskaya line) was destroyed, and the metro bridge across the Moscow River was seriously damaged. It is not surprising that immediately after the war, the construction of a deep-laid radius began, duplicating the old one, and the remaining tunnels began to be used to store wagons.

However, in 1955 it was decided to restore traffic on this branch, as well as extend it further west. Filevskaya received a second life. In the future, she also played a role in the construction of the infrastructure of the business center on the banks of the Moscow River. In order to increase the speed and reduce the cost of the project, a mini-subway line was brought to this area, originating from the Kyiv station of the Filevskaya line. So it's too early to discount this line.

Current state

Now the Filevskaya Line has a total of 13 stations on two sections. One of them, connecting at both ends in Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya, goes west - to Kuntsevo and Fili. The other, starting from (Filyovskaya line), is a small section that captures the business. This radius is extremely necessary, since it involves an important area in the transport network. In the future, it is planned that this "appendix" will be part of a new branch, so that the accessibility of the business center will become even higher.

Some parts of the line in question are in disrepair and in urgent need of repair, but so far the city authorities are doing half measures and are discussing the possible complete closure of the branch for major repairs.

Stations

In the context of the Moscow Metro, the Filevskaya Pale Blue Line is considered quite short. She has only 13 stations on two radii:

• "Alexander Garden". It has transitions to and "Arbatskaya", and through one of them also to "Borovitskaya". This largest transfer hub is located in the very center of the capital and receives hundreds of thousands of passengers every day. In the immediate vicinity of the station are the Kremlin, Krasnaya and
• "Arbatskaya" (Filyovskaya line). One of the most unclaimed stations (a little more than 12 thousand people a day), since most passengers prefer the neighboring branch, which has convenient transitions. The ground lobby - one of the symbols of the metro - has the shape of a five-pointed star. It is located in the area of ​​the beginning of the Old and
• "Smolensk". It is located almost close to the nuclear submarine station of the same name. It is located at the intersection of the Arbat and the Garden Ring.
• Station "Kyiv" of the Filevskaya line. It is located near the station of the same name, has a transition to the Koltsevaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya branches. Trains leave from here in two directions - to the west to Kuntsevo and to the MIBC Moscow City.
• "Exhibition". It is located between the business part of the city and Expocentre. In the future, after the construction of the Third interchange circuit, it will have a transition to the Delovoy Tsentr station.
• "International". It is located in the central core of the Moscow-City MIBC and, as planned, will eventually become part of a large interchange hub.
• "Student". It is located in the Kievskaya street area, at the moment it is practically cut off from the surface public transport network.
• "Kutuzovskaya". It is located under the avenue of the same name, after which it is named.
• "Fili". It is located near Bagrationovsky passage. The platform is located at the junction of the tunnel and the ground section.
• "Bagrationovskaya". In the immediate vicinity of the station there are popular shopping centers "Gorbushka" and "Gorbushkin Dvor".
• "Filevsky Park". It is located in the area of ​​​​Minskaya Street, named after the nearby green area.
• "Pioneer". It is located on the site of the old village of Mazilovo, after which they wanted to name it in the project.
• "Kuntsevskaya". The final station with the transition to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya branch. Located in the area

Duplication of nuclear submarines

Not only guests of the capital, but also Muscovites themselves often get confused, because the Filevskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya branches partially duplicate each other not only in the direction, but also in the name of the stations. If you go out on the wrong one, you can get lost, although above-ground lobbies are usually also located not far from each other.

It may seem that the Filyovskaya line is not needed at all, however (even if compared to some other branches this one is not too busy), it still serves a significant passenger flow, and therefore cannot be closed for good.

Reconstruction

Since 2014, the leadership of the metro began to talk about the need for urgent repair of some sections of the branch. Since some stations of the Filyovskaya line are located on the ground, they suffer greatly from temperature fluctuations, precipitation and other factors. At the moment, some parts are in an extremely deplorable state, so there are even plans to temporarily close the entire branch (Kyiv-Kuntsevskaya radius) in order to carry out a major overhaul. True, this could turn into a transport disaster in the west of Moscow, so this option will be resorted to only as a last resort.

Development prospects

The extension of the branch to the east of the capital is impossible, and there is no particular need for this, according to the authorities. Nevertheless, the Filyovskaya line has not yet exhausted its possibilities.

Simultaneously with the problem of carrying out large-scale repairs (with the closure of stations or without such measures), a change in the trajectory of the entire branch is also being discussed. Perhaps Filevskaya will become an important part of the Solntsevo radius or the Third interchange circuit.

Filyovskaya line of Moscow, formerly called Arbatsko-Filyovskaya, (shown in blue on the map) is the fourth line of the Moscow Metro. Length 14.9 km, 13 stations. The final stops are Aleksandrovsky Sad, Krylatskoye and Delovoy Tsentr.

The history of the Filevskaya branch of Moscow is unusual. The section "Aleksandrovsky Sad - Smolenskaya" was included in the first stage of construction, as a fork branch. Trains ran from Sokolniki to Okhotny Ryad station and through one to Park Kultury and Smolenskaya. In 1937 this radius was extended to Kievskaya. After opening in 1938, the section "Ploshchad Revolutsii - Kurskaya" of deep foundation, "Aleksandrovsky Sad - Kyiv", was included in the new Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. At present, the Filevskaya branch of Moscow stands apart, having collected the largest number of non-standard solutions: the longest open sections in the metro; the line includes the oldest and newest sections; the shortest hauls; the shortest stations (with the exception of the Butovskaya light metro line); the steepest curves; a single line with stations arranged in a curve; the only one - with a fork branch; there are no full-fledged turnaround dead ends on any of the terminals.

A second exit will appear on Arbatskaya, which will be integrated into a new office and retail complex. Today, Arbat, one of the most famous and first Moscow pedestrian streets, does not have a convenient exit from the metro. The construction of a second exit to Arbatskaya will allow exiting the metro directly to the pedestrian zone, and the walking distance to the facilities on Novy Arbat will also be significantly reduced. The new exit will undoubtedly attract additional passenger traffic to the relatively deserted Arbatskaya today. This is the first object in the Moscow metro, which is partially being built at the expense of an investor who is building a shopping complex, in which a new exit will be built.

From the International station opened on August 30, 2006, it is planned to extend the line to the Western River Port. Earlier, it was also planned to build a new ring, the first section of which would be the extension of the Filevsky route along the route Mezhdunarodnaya - Begovaya - Dynamo - Savelovskaya. However, plans have changed and this "territory" will become a separate line starting from Vystavochnaya station.

The most complex reconstruction of the Filyovskaya line, which is being carried out by the Moscow Metrostroy, is gradually coming to an end. All work is carried out in the conditions of the existing subway, only sometimes it is possible to get a window for the whole weekend, as it was now.

Also, from June 18, the operating mode of the Filevsky Park station has changed. After the reconstruction, the eastern vestibule of the station was opened. At the same time, accordingly, the western lobby was closed for repairs. The mode of operation of the station platform has also changed. So, for repairs at Filevsky Park, the stations will close part of the platform. Trains going to the center will only open the doors of the first two cars. Trains coming from the center will only open the doors of the last two cars.

1. I'll start from the Kutuzovskaya station. Wall panels were installed here.

2. If you are bored, you can try talking to Mikhail Illarionovich. But he already looks at you appropriately in advance.

3. The most chic is a glass wall with MCC. Very unusual view of the platform and trains.

4. Passengers, especially small ones, really like it.

5. Thinking about work.

6. Station "Bagrationovskaya". A platform has been opened here, but there is still a lot of work to be done.

7. New marble was laid on the lobby. He became dark. Looks much better than the horror that was.

8. Although in the comments on my instagram someone cursed, they say, how dare you!

9. I personally like it. Far better than it was.

10. And the lobby has been updated.

11. The letter "M" at the station "Filyovsky Park"

12. This lobby just opened last weekend.

13. Station platform.

14. Pioneer station.

15. Work is in full swing here.

16. Difficult station, limited room for maneuver and very little time for crane work. Through the way it is allowed to deliver goods only at night, when there is no traffic.

17. Platform.

18. New marble is also new - dark greenish.

19. Station "Kuntsevskaya".

20. The most difficult object.

21. But the work is moving.

22. New platform.

23. A great job well done. There is very little left before the completion of the reconstruction.

Filyovskaya line - the fourth line of the Moscow Metro according to the number on the diagrams - a radial line connecting the center of Moscow with the western regions and the Moscow International Business Center. Basically, the land line includes shallow sections, a short deep section and a metro bridge across the Moskva River. The line operates on two routes with a fork branch, indicated on the maps in blue. At the moment, this is the only line in the Moscow metro that has a permanent route traffic.

Section of the Filevskaya line from the station. "Alexander Garden" to the station. "Smolenskaya" - Arbat or Staroarbatsky radius - is one of the three oldest radii of the first stage of construction.

The project of the first stage of the construction of the subway was completed in May 1932. In addition to the Myasnitsko-Usachev diameter, it also included the Arbat radius. Initially, it was planned to drill a radius in the Parisian way directly under the street. Arbat without opening the surface, for which mines were laid in August-November 1933. However, tunneling in a closed way under the street would affect numerous communications and would not make it possible to put the radius into operation simultaneously with the other two. As a result, at the end of November 1933, a decision was made to re-route the section with a shift of the route from the street line to courtyards and a change in the method of tunneling to trenching. On January 3, 1934, earthworks on the new highway had already begun.

Alexander Garden
Arbatskaya
Smolensk
Kyiv
Student
Kutuzovskaya
Fili
Bagrationovskaya
Filevsky Park
Pioneer
Kuntsevskaya

The project for tracing the radius of the end of 1934 included the construction of four stations on it: Lenin's Library, Arbatskaya Ploschad, Vakhtangov Street and Smolenskaya Ploshchad (formerly Smolensky Market). At the same time, within the framework of the first stage, it was planned to build two stations with island platforms: Arbatskaya Square and Smolenskaya Square, two other stations: Lenin Library and Vakhtangov Street (between Vakhtangov Street, now Bolshoy Nikolopeskovsky, and Maly Nikolopeskovsky lanes) were intended for the future and were supposed to have coastal platforms. At the last moment, Art. "Lenin's Library" was included in the launch site called "Comintern Street" (the project of the station was approved only in May 1934), and Art. Vakhtangov Street remained among the unrealized backlogs.

On May 15, 1935 at 6:45 a.m., the stations of the radius were opened for entry along with all stations of the first stage. At 7:00 the graphic movement began. Trains followed in turn along two routes: Sokolniki - Okhotny Ryad - Gorky Park of Culture and Sokolniki - Okhotny Ryad - Smolenskaya. Throughout the day, there was an unchanged tact schedule with a 12-pair schedule: a 5-minute interval on the general section and a 10-minute interval on the branches. 9 four-car trains were simultaneously working on the line, consisting of two two-car sections (motor and trailer cars of type A). Turnover under Art. "Smolenskaya" was carried out along the exit in front of the station.

On March 20, 1937, the Arbat radius was extended from st. "Smolenskaya" to the new - 14th metro station - "Kyiv", the first station of the II stage of construction. The first open section appeared in operation: the Smolensky metro bridge with an approach. Turnover at st. "Kyiv" was carried out in reverse dead ends.

On October 24, 1937, work began on joining the operating section of the launch Pokrovsky radius. On October 28, the bulk of the work on laying two turnouts and the only blind crossing in the metro was completed. Built before the launch of the first stage, the groundwork in the shallow tunnel under Manezhnaya Square was connected to the deep tunnels leading to the station. "Revolution square". On the evening of November 3, a trial train was solemnly passed from Arbatsky to Pokrovsky radius, which made a flight to the station. "Kursky railway station" and back.

On March 13, 1938, since the morning opening of the metro, the traffic pattern has changed: trains from st. "Sokolniki" followed only to Art. Gorky Park of Culture. Trains from st. "Kyiv" after Art. "Comintern Street" followed a new radius, two stations were opened: "Revolution Square" and "Kurskaya". Thus, two independent lines appeared in the metro: Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya.

During enemy air raids on Moscow in 1941, it was the Arbat radius that received the most damage among metro facilities. So, as a result of the night bombardment on July 23, a direct hit of an air bomb broke through the overlap of the tunnel on the Arbatskaya - Smolenskaya stretch. The blast wave, fragments and fragments of the ceiling killed 14 people and wounded up to two dozen. Also, a flyover part of the Smolensk metro bridge was damaged by a direct hit from another air bomb. Restoration work continued for two days. Earlier, on the afternoon of July 23, a high-explosive bomb was dropped on the square in front of the entrance to the station. "Arbat". A panic broke out in the station lobby, as a result of which 46 people were crushed to death on the stairs.

On December 24, 1946, the first renaming took place in the metro: st. Komintern Street changed its name to Kalininskaya.

In 1951–1953 the construction of a new deep-laid Arbat radius was carried out to replace the existing one. On April 5, 1953, 3 stations were opened: Arbatskaya, Smolenskaya and Kyiv. Trains from the "Revolution Square" went through the new tunnels to the station. "Arbatskaya", and the stations of the Staroarbatsky radius were closed. In the future, the radius tracks were used to store type B cars, and the stations were used as storage facilities.

In 1955, Metrogiprotrans developed a design assignment for the construction of a new line: it was decided to restore the operation of the Staroarbatsky radius with its extension in the form of a land line and the creation of a separate radius from the station. "Kalininskaya" to the station. "Fili". It was planned to build three ground stations: "Reserve passage", "Kutuzovskaya" and "Fili". According to the development of Metrogiprotrans, in the future, the line was supposed to be extended to the city of Kuntsevo. The construction of a station on the Smolensky metro bridge is also being considered. In February 1956, the Moscow City Council approved the line project. In May 1956, the modernization of V-2 type cars began to work in open areas. The re-equipment was carried out at ZREPS, and the cars were tested on a closed radius. After the re-equipment, the cars were transferred to the TC-3 Izmailovo fleet.

On November 3, 1958, a trial train passed through the launch site, and on November 7, 1958, the new Arbatsko-Filyovskaya line was put into operation. The first two ground stations of the open type in the USSR were launched: "Studencheskaya" (project name until September 1958 - "Reserve passage") and "Kutuzovskaya". Train traffic was organized from the station. "Kalininskaya" to the station. "Kutuzovskaya". Four-car trains were used from cars of the V-2 TC-3 Izmailovo type, in total 9 trains were formed. In addition to two new stations, a new vestibule of st. "Smolenskaya" in the house of the architect Zholtovsky.

Exactly one year later, on November 7, 1959, the line was extended from st. "Kutuzovskaya" to the next station. "Fili" (a test train passed through the section on November 2). Immediately after the November holidays in 1959, SMU-5 of Metrostroy began construction of an extension of the overland line further towards Kuntsevo. The design names of the stations on the site are Ordzhonikidze, Fifth Ring and Mazilovo.

March 1961: construction of st. Mazilovo.
Photo: A. Zaentsov.

On May 1, 1961, the first train of cars of type D TC-3 Izmailovo entered the line. On October 13, 1961, three ground stations of the same type were opened: "Bagrationovskaya", "Filyovsky Park of Culture and Leisure" and "Pionerskaya". The new names of the stations instead of the design ones were assigned by the decision of the executive committee of the Moscow City Council on June 6, 1961. Three years later, the name of the station "Filyovsky Park of Culture and Leisure" (on the plates the station was designated as "Filyovsky Park K. and O.") will be shortened to the usual "Filyovsky Park ".

Since January 1, 1962, the line has its own electric depot - the Fili TC, but initially its existence was exclusively legal: the trains continued to be serviced and settled in the Izmailovo TC. Only in 1963 the depot was put into operation.

In 1964–65 the radius was extended from st. "Pionerskaya" to the underground station "Kuntsevo", at first without intermediate stations, but at the end of 1964 an intermediate ground station was added to the project. "Rublyovskoye Highway". Modern names - "Molodyozhnaya" and "Kuntsevskaya" - stations received shortly before commissioning. July 1, 1965 from st. "Pioneer" to the station. "Molodyozhnaya" passed a test train, and on July 5, the section "Pionerskaya" - "Molodyozhnaya" went into operation. Intermediate st. Kuntsevskaya opened for passengers on August 31, 1965.

In 1970 the name of the line was shortened to Filevskaya. For more than 20 years, the traffic pattern remained unchanged, and only on December 31, 1989, the line was extended from st. "Youth" to the next art. "Krylatskoe". Turnover at st. "Krylatskoye" was carried out along a cross exit in front of the station, trains arrived and departed alternately from both platforms. Thus, there were no turnaround dead ends at either end of the line.

In November 1990, as part of a large-scale one-time renaming of Art. "Kalininskaya" was renamed "Alexander Garden" (at the same time, the "Vozdvizhenka" option was rejected at the last moment).

In 1992, the operation of type D cars was stopped on the line, since that time only cars of type E and Ezh have been in operation. Six-car trains continued to operate, to which the line was transferred in 1974.

In July 1998, the construction of the central core of the Moscow International Business Center "Moscow-City" began. When designing the core, the possibility of building four metro stations on the lower level of the complex was immediately laid down. However, the installation of lines, in particular the Solntsevo-Mytishchinskaya chord and the Kalininsko-Stroginskaya line, with the almost complete absence of funding, would take many years, and for the speedy connection of the MIBC, it was decided to build the so-called mini-metro line. The option to build a separate line required a new fourth station of the already overloaded Kyiv junction, and in order to reduce costs, a project was approved to branch the mini-metro line from the Studencheskaya - Kyiv section of the Filevskaya line.

Construction by two contractors who erected the MIBC itself - CJSC "Association" Ingeocom "" and OJSC "Mosinzhstroy" - began in 2001. A concrete "sarcophagus" of the congress chamber was erected over the tunnels of the Studencheskaya - Kyiv section, and the tunnels between the core of the MIBC and the chamber of the congresses were passed by deep laying in a mechanized way.

In August 2005, trial operation of the four-car Rusich train began on the line. On September 10, 2005, Art. "Business Center", trains from the station. "Alexandrovsky Garden" went on two routes: "Alexandrovsky Garden" - "Kyiv" - "Krylatskoe" and "Alexandrovsky Garden" - "Kyiv" - "Business Center". For the third time, route traffic was organized in the Moscow Metro. In total, the frequency of traffic on the line during rush hour was 32 pairs per hour. At the same time, 28 pairs followed the main route, and only 4 pairs - to the "Business Center", that is, the interval on the branch was 15 minutes. The turnover was carried out along a cross exit behind the station within the core of the MIBC, while the trains went to the platform of the not yet open station. "International". There was a zone turnover on the line at rush hour according to Art. "Youth". At st. "Alexander Garden" trains to the "Business Center" departed from track I, and to "Krylatsky" ("Molodyozhnaya") both from track I and track II.

On August 30, 2006, the branch section was extended to st. "International" (project name - "Moscow-City"). Designed as a mini-metro station st. Mezhdunarodnaya had a reduced size: station tunnels with a diameter of 7.5 m, while for the possibility of operation as part of the Filyovskaya line, the platforms were lengthened during construction, and part of the station ended up in a curve - Mezhdunarodnaya became the only deep station in the curve. The distance between the two stations was only 506 m. The turnaround continued on the same cross ramp, so all three terminal lines had a turnaround ramp in front of the stations.

Simultaneously with the construction of a mini-metro on the parallel Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line, the construction of an extension from the station. "Victory Park" to "Strogin". At the same time, it was planned to include the Kuntsevskaya - Krylatskoye section in the nuclear submarine, in which the Filyovskaya line was cut off at st. "Pioneer". This decision greatly worsened the connectivity of the network. As a result of public protests, on June 8, 2004, the Moscow government was forced to agree to leave the Pionerskaya - Kuntsevskaya line, and on November 15, 2004, a new routing option was approved with the creation of a transfer hub between the Filevskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines, coupled with the construction of a second platforms st. "Kuntsevskaya".

In 2005, the option of extending the Filyovskaya line from st. "International" further: to the planned Olympic Center on Shelepikhinskaya embankment, st. "Polezhaevskaya", Khodynka field to the station. Dynamo and Savelovskaya. However, it was impossible to provide the necessary pairing on such a line, and this idea was abandoned, and the extension of the line became in the future a separate section of the Third Interchange Circuit. Also on the stretch from the congress chamber to the "Business Center" was designed st. "Dorogomilovskaya", the construction of which was first postponed for the future, and then disappeared from the plans.

On January 2, 2008, the Kuntsevskaya, Molodyozhnaya and Krylatskoye stations were closed to rebuild the tracks and the signaling system, traffic on the main line of the Filevskaya line was carried out to the station. "Pioneer". From that moment on, Art. "Molodyozhnaya" and "Krylatskoye" become part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. On January 7, 2008, the entire section of the nuclear submarine from Park Pobedy to Strogino was opened. At st. "Kuntsevskaya" a new platform was opened with access to a new ground lobby, which receives trains in the direction of "Victory Park". The old platform began to receive trains from the station. "Pionerskaya" on one track (with a turnover through the station) and trains from the station. "Victory Park" on the second path. From now on, traffic on the Filevskaya line was carried out on the sections "Alexandrovsky Garden" - "Kyiv" - "Kuntsevskaya" and "Alexandrovsky Garden" - "Kyiv" - "Mezhdunarodnaya".

June 3, 2008 Art. "Business Center" received a new name - "Exhibition". With the opening on January 31, 2014 of the first shuttle section of the Solntsevo radius of st. "Vystavochnaya" became a transfer station at the station. "Business Center" of the Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line.

Last updated May 2016

4. Filevskaya line

Mostly on the surface. Although the first section of the Filevskaya line was built as part of the first stage, for some reason November 7, 1958 is considered to be the official date of its opening. It connects the city center with the districts of Fili and Kuntsevo. Fili became famous thanks to the famous council in 1812, and in Kuntsevo archaeologists discovered the oldest settlement in Moscow. This place was considered a pagan temple, and it was often called cursed. According to one of the legends, the Church of the Intercession of the Virgin, which stood here, went underground without a trace along with the cross in just one night. The superstitious Muscovites were also frightened by the abundance of "devil's fingers" found here - the shells of ancient belemnite mollusks. Beliefs did not prevent many famous people from settling here: the historian Karamzin, the artist Savrasov, the poets Mayakovsky, Yesenin and Bagritsky, and others.

The oldest station of the branch - "Alexandrovsky Sad" - was repeatedly renamed. It got its current name from the name of the square located near the western wall of the Kremlin. Previously (until December 1946) the station was called Komintern Street, then until November 1990 - Kalininskaya, in 1991 it was officially named Vozdvizhenka for several days. It is part of the largest interchange hub in Moscow. The peculiarity of the station is that the tracks in it are slightly curved, and the platforms are not located in the center, but on the sides and are connected by an arched bridge.

It is interesting

There are tracks leaving the station to the dead end of the Filevskaya line in the direction of the Kremlin; at present, passengers are not carried there, which gave rise to rumors about the continuation of these routes under the Kremlin and their connection with Metro-2. From the opposite, western part of the station, flights of stairs lead from the platforms, originally intended to connect with another vestibule, but it was never built, and these passages are closed to passengers and lead to the office of the metro ... or to Metro-2 .

The interchange hub - "Library named after Lenin", "Borovitskaya", "Alexander Garden" - is located under Vagankovsky Hill, on which rises the famous "Pashkov House" - built by the most talented, but unsuccessful architect Vasily Bazhenov for the captain-lieutenant of the Life Guards of the Semenovsky Regiment Peter Egorovich Pashkov, the son of Peter I's batman. According to Mikhail Bulgakov, it was in the turret of the Pashkov House that Woland said goodbye to Moscow. Well, given that Bazhenov was one of the prominent Freemasons, it is quite likely.

An evil fate continues to haunt the architect even centuries after his death: it is believed that the vibration produced by the trains led to great destruction of this masterpiece of architecture.

It is interesting

On the platform "Arbatskaya" there is a "buffet from the dining room No. 9 of the Work Supply Department of the State Unitary Enterprise "Moscow Metro"". Most of these canteens serve only metro workers, but there are three exceptions: in addition to the Arbatsko-Filyovskaya line, buffets are open to passengers on the Kievskaya, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line and Voykovskaya.

The Arbatskaya station, which was built only 8 meters underground, is not loaded very well. It has only one vestibule, and only an inactive staircase reminds of plans to build a second one. The construction of this exit has been in the official plans of the Moscow Metro since 1935.

The lobby of Arbatskaya, built in the shape of a five-pointed star, became one of the first symbols of the Moscow Metro. The inscription "METRO" has been preserved on it, and on the roof there is a spire with a star.

There is also an inactive staircase at the next station, Smolenskaya. The fact is that the eastern vestibule was located just in the middle of the Garden Ring and was dismantled during its expansion two years after the opening. Since then, the second staircase at the station rests against a closed door.

When the line was extended to the west in 1937, a metro bridge across the Moscow River was built between the Smolenskaya and Kyiv stations. It was the first open section of the Moscow Metro and the first metro bridge in the history of the USSR. In 1978, it was supplemented with a noise-absorbing gallery.

The next station - "Kyiv" - was opened on March 20, 1937 during the extension of the line to the west. It was designed by the architect Dmitry Nikolaevich Chechulin, winner of three Stalin Prizes. The original luxurious decoration of the station with Armenian onyx soon began to crumble, and the lining of the columns had to be replaced with marble. The capitals of the columns are made in the form of stucco ears of wheat. The floor is paved with gray and pink granite, the pattern repeats the traditional Ukrainian embroidery.

It is interesting

From 1953 to 1958, the shallow area “Ul. Comintern" - "Kyiv" was closed. The station was used as a warehouse and, perhaps, in those years could also be considered a "ghost".

Now the terminus on the Filevskaya branch is the Kuntsevskaya ground station, named after a city near Moscow. This is not one, but two stations belonging to different branches: Filevskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and united by one dome.

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1. Sokolnicheskaya Line This is the first and oldest line of the Moscow Metro. It is highlighted in red in the diagrams. Once it was very short: "from Sokolniki to the Park" and now it has 19 stations, and its length is more than 26 km. You can drive the entire line in 40

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2. Zamoskvoretskaya line Once it was called Gorkovskaya, or Gorkovsko-Zamoskvoretskaya, on the diagrams it is indicated in dark green. Chronologically, this is the third line of the Moscow Metro. Its middle part was built as part of the second stage. Gorky radius,

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3. Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line This is the longest line of the Moscow metro - almost 44 km. The name immediately raises the question: why "Pokrovskaya"? After all, there is no such station in the Moscow metro. The reason for the curiosity is the change in the construction plans of 1938: already

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5. Circle line of the Moscow metro It connected almost all the radii of the Moscow metro and seven of the nine stations of the capital. The stations of this line are deep; it was considered in advance as a shelter in the event of a new war. The ring road was built in just four years - from 1950 to 1954

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6. Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line The sixth line of the Moscow Metro runs from the northeast to the southwest of the city. It is marked in orange. Some of its stations are deep, and some are only “conditionally underground”. A covered metro bridge leads across the Yauza River. As part of

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8. Kalininskaya line The eighth line of the Moscow Metro, marked in yellow on the diagrams, has only seven stations, the entire length of the branch is 13.1 km. It was built for the 1980 Olympics. The line is completely underground, partly deep, partly not. Below all lies

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9. Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line The ninth line of the Moscow Metro is marked in grey. In 1983-1991 it was called the Serpukhov line. It is completely underground, very deep (several stations lie deeper than 60 meters), long (41.2 km), it has 25 stations. it

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10. Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line The tenth line of the Moscow metro, is indicated in light green. It lies entirely on the left bank of the Moskva River; now it has 14 stations, the total length is 24.7 km. June 19, 2010 she reached the northern part of the circle line and beyond, but

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12. Butovskaya light metro line The twelfth line of the Moscow metro and the first light metro line not only in Moscow, but also in Russia. In fact, it continues the Serpukhov-Timiryazev branch, but formally it is independent. The line is just over five kilometers long

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NUDITY LINE Interview with Oleg Chuchkov LitRussia: As you understand, the film “Nudity Line” served as the reason for our conversation. Andrey Veter: This is not surprising. It would be strange if the film "Overpower" was the reason. L.R: Andrey, why not? Let's get away from

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LIFELINE Leonid Ivanovich PopovSoviet pilot-cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Leonid Ivanovich Popov. Born in 1945 in the city of Alexandria, Kirovograd region. Member of the CPSU, made three flights into space: the first - in 1980, the second - in 1981, the third

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III.4. Sergei Eisenstein's "General Line" In 1926, Eisenstein, "who woke up famous" after the premiere of Potemkin, began work on a new film: » (in working