Fili (Moscow Metro) Explained

Fili
Native Name:Фили
Native Name Lang:ru
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Filyovsky Park District
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.746°N 37.515°W
Structure:Ground-level, open
Platform:2 side platforms
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Code:060
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Map Type:Moscow Metro
Map State:collapsed

Fili (Russian: Фили) is a surface-level station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on 7 November 1959, as the last surface side platform station on the line. The dual platforms are protected by canopies and are intersected at either end by road overpasses that provide additional shelter for waiting passengers. Two glazed upper-level entrance vestibule at both end of the station allow passengers to change platforms. Robert Pogrebnoi and Yuriy Zenkevich were the main architects for the station's design. Daily passenger volume is approximately 30,100.

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http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Moscow/news.asp?id=698901&sec=1668 reconstruction starts in 2017