Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya line)

Smolenskaya

Смоленская
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationArbat District
Central Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°44′56″N 37°34′57″E / 55.7488°N 37.5825°E / 55.7488; 37.5825
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#4 Filyovskaya line Filyovskaya line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Depth8 metres (26 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code056
History
Opened15 May 1935; 89 years ago (1935-05-15)
Closed5 April 1953; 71 years ago (1953-04-05) to 7 July 1958; 66 years ago (1958-07-07)
Passengers
20025,274,250
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Kiyevskaya Filyovskaya line
Arbatskaya
Out-of-station interchange
Kiyevskaya Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
transfer at Smolenskaya
Arbatskaya
Location
Smolenskaya is located in Central Moscow
Smolenskaya
Smolenskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Smolenskaya (Russian: Смоленская) is a station on the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened in 1935 as part of the first Metro line. Designed by S.G. Andriyevsky and T.N. Makarychev, the station features grey marble pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white ceramic tile. Smolenskaya originally had two entrance vestibules, but one was demolished with the expansion of the Garden Ring avenue. There are still two sets of exit stairs on the platform, but one leads to a dead end where the passage to the old vestibule (very similar to the one still in use at Chistye Prudy) used to be. There is no direct transfer to Smolenskaya. Instead, there is a direct transfer to Plyushchika planned to the station from the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.