Arbatskaya | |
Native Name: | Арбатская |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Type: | Moscow Metro station |
Address: | Arbat District |
Borough: | Moscow |
Country: | Russia |
Coordinates: | 55.7518°N 37.6007°W |
Platform: | 1 |
Levels: | 1 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Parking: | No |
Closed: | to |
Code: | 055 |
Owned: | Moskovsky Metropoliten |
Passengers: | 4,416,500 |
Pass Year: | 2002 |
Map Type: | Central Moscow |
Alternativemap: | Central Moscow grayscale.png |
Map Overlay: | Central Moscow metro lines.svg |
Map State: | collapsed |
Arbatskaya (Russian: Арба́тская) is a station on the Filyovskaya line of the Moscow Metro.[1] Completed in 1935,[2] it was one of the original Metro stations. The design is the same standard pillar-trispan template used for,, and . The pillars are faced with pinkish marble and the platform is a matching shade of granite.[3] The walls are covered with cream-colored ceramic tile. The architect was L. Teplitskiy.
Arbatskaya's vestibule is a unique five-tiered, pentagonal structure with the word "Metro" written on all sides. The building is currently painted bright red, making it noticeable and instantly recognizable.
The station and on the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line are featured in the Moscow segment.