Arbatskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line)

For other uses, see Arbatsky.
Arbatskaya
Арбатская
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates 55°45′08″N 37°36′22″E / 55.7522°N 37.6061°E / 55.7522; 37.6061Coordinates: 55°45′08″N 37°36′22″E / 55.7522°N 37.6061°E / 55.7522; 37.6061
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 (1953-04-05)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
toward  Kuntsevskaya
Filyovskaya Line
Transfer at: Aleksandrovsky Sad
Terminus
toward  Salaryevo
Sokolnicheskaya Line
toward  Altufyevo
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line
Transfer at: Borovitskaya
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 in the event of nuclear attack). Although it was initially supposed to be closed permanently, the old section reopened five years later, creating the somewhat confusing situation of having two pairs of completely separate stations with the same names (Arbatskaya and Smolenskaya).

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.

In popular culture

The metro stop is featured in Resident Evil: Retribution.

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