Filyovskaya Line
Encyclopedia
Filyovskaya Line or Line 4, is a line of the Moscow Metro
. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre. At present it has 13 stations and is 14.7 kilometres long.
. In 1938 the branch service was liquidated and the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
was formed by trains now terminating at Kurskaya
. However during the Second World War, the station Arbatskaya
suffered damage when a German bomb pierced its ceiling, as all of the 1930s stations were built sub surface.
The threat of the Cold War
becoming real, meant that these early stations were not suited to double as bomb shelters, and instead a parallel deep section was built. This would have meant the end of the Filyovskaya line, had Nikita Khrushchev
as part of his visit to New York City
where he was inspired by having elevated and surface lines. Upon his return, and coinciding with his pursuit to save costs on architecture and construction he forced to abandon the planned deep-level extension to Fili and instead build a surface line that would see the old stations re-opened. In 1958 the Arbatsko-Filyovskaya Line was inaugurated becoming the sixth to open (because it was not a proper diameteral line, the term Arbatsko- was dropped soon later). The line continued to extend westwards reaching Fili in 1959, along with its separate depot, the Fili Park in 1961 and ultimately the housing massif of Kuntsevo in 1965. A further extension was built to a newer massif in Krylatskoye in 1989.
All of the stations, save Molodyozhnaya, were built surface, the original late 1950s trio was built to an identical side-platform configuration, whilst the remaining four to a more standards island platform. Despite the success in saving costs, the Russian climate, particularly the winter, the sharp bends, and the small station size made the line one of the most unpopular with passengers.
By the 21st century however, Filyovskaya line's fate would change radically. First the rising Moscow City business centre required a metro line, and a two-station branch was opened from Kievskaya in 2005 to Delovoy Tsentr and again in 2006 to Mezhdunarodnaya.
In early 2008, with the realization of the Strogino-Mitino extension
the Filyovskaya Line's underground end was taken up by the same Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
, and its terminus was a redesigned station of Kuntsevskaya.
* Up till 1938 line functioned as a branch of the Sokolnicheskaya Line
, 0.9 km of track was used to connect them.
** Up till 1958 line was integral part of Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
. Although from April 5, 1953 4 kilometre segment from Ploshchad Revolutsii to Kievskaya
via Alexandrovsky Sad
was closed. Service branch of 0.9 km was used to connect Alexandrovsky Sad and Ploshchad Revolyutsii.
*** Segment exists as branch on route Alexandrovskiy Sad - Kiyevskaya - Mezhdunarodnaya.
**** On 2 January 2008 the Filyovskaya line was shortened to its terminus at Kuntsevskaya, whilst the stations Molodyozhnaya and Krylatskoye were passed on to the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
" (also known as "Skif") which are more suited for the outdoor climate that the line has.
After the line lost its terminus, its passenger flow dropped substantially, making it more local. Presently work is planned to upgrade the surface stations, and to finish replacement of the rolling stock. The branch service originally having 15 minute intervals now has 7.5 min which makes 1:2 ratio (sometimes 1:1) of trains traveling from Alexandrovsky Sad.
Moscow Metro
The Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow and the neighbouring town of Krasnogorsk. Opened in 1935 with one line and 13 stations, it was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union. As of 2011, the Moscow Metro has 182 stations and its route length is . The system is...
. Chronologically the sixth to open, it connects the major eastern districts of Dorogomilovo and Fili along with the Moscow City with the city centre. At present it has 13 stations and is 14.7 kilometres long.
History
The history of the Filyovskaya line is one of the most complicated in Moscow Metro, due to the eastern radius falling victim of changing policies. Originally the earliest stations are the oldest, dating to 1935 and 1937 when they opened as part of the First stage and operated as a branch from what later became the Sokolnicheskaya LineSokolnicheskaya Line
The Sokolnicheskaya Line is the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935 when the system opened. Presently the line has 19 stations with a total of of track...
. In 1938 the branch service was liquidated and the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre...
was formed by trains now terminating at Kurskaya
Kurskaya-Radialnaya
Kurskaya , also known as Kurskaya-Radialnaya, is a station on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It is named for the Kursky Rail Terminal located nearby. Designed by L.M...
. However during the Second World War, the station Arbatskaya
Arbatskaya (Filyovskaya)
Arbatskaya is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Completed in 1935, it was one of the original Metro stations. The design is the same standard pillar-trispan template used for Smolenskaya, Sokolniki, and Park Kultury. The pillars are faced with pinkish marble and the platform...
suffered damage when a German bomb pierced its ceiling, as all of the 1930s stations were built sub surface.
The threat of the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
becoming real, meant that these early stations were not suited to double as bomb shelters, and instead a parallel deep section was built. This would have meant the end of the Filyovskaya line, had Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War. He served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964...
as part of his visit to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
where he was inspired by having elevated and surface lines. Upon his return, and coinciding with his pursuit to save costs on architecture and construction he forced to abandon the planned deep-level extension to Fili and instead build a surface line that would see the old stations re-opened. In 1958 the Arbatsko-Filyovskaya Line was inaugurated becoming the sixth to open (because it was not a proper diameteral line, the term Arbatsko- was dropped soon later). The line continued to extend westwards reaching Fili in 1959, along with its separate depot, the Fili Park in 1961 and ultimately the housing massif of Kuntsevo in 1965. A further extension was built to a newer massif in Krylatskoye in 1989.
All of the stations, save Molodyozhnaya, were built surface, the original late 1950s trio was built to an identical side-platform configuration, whilst the remaining four to a more standards island platform. Despite the success in saving costs, the Russian climate, particularly the winter, the sharp bends, and the small station size made the line one of the most unpopular with passengers.
By the 21st century however, Filyovskaya line's fate would change radically. First the rising Moscow City business centre required a metro line, and a two-station branch was opened from Kievskaya in 2005 to Delovoy Tsentr and again in 2006 to Mezhdunarodnaya.
In early 2008, with the realization of the Strogino-Mitino extension
Strogino-Mitino extension
The Strogino Mitino extension also known as the Strogino-Mition Line is one of the largest projects that Moscow Metro is currently embarked upon in the lengthening of the system and to serve the North-western Moscow Districts of Strogino and Mitino....
the Filyovskaya Line's underground end was taken up by the same Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre...
, and its terminus was a redesigned station of Kuntsevskaya.
Timeline
| Segment | Date opened | Length |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad:* Alexander Garden* Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexandrovsky Sad... -Smolenskaya Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya) Smolenskaya 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 gray marble pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white ceramic tile... |
May 15, 1935 | 1.7 km |
| Smolenskaya Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya) Smolenskaya 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 gray marble pillars with flared bases and walls faced with white ceramic tile... -Kiyevskaya |
March 20, 1937 | 1.4 km |
| Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad:* Alexander Garden* Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexandrovsky Sad... -Ploshchad Revolyutsii Ploshchad Revolyutsii Ploshchad Revolyutsii is one of the most famous stations of the Moscow Metro. It is located on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and opened in 1938. The architect was Alexey Dushkin. The station features red and yellow marble arches resting on low pylons faced with black Armenian marble... |
March 13, 1938 | 0.9 km* |
| Kievskaya Kievskaya (Filyovskaya) Kiyevskaya is a station on the Filovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro . It initially opened in 1937 and closed in 1953 when the new Kiyevskaya station, intended to replace it, was completed. Due to a change of plans, however, it reopened after only five years as part of the new Filyovskaya Line... -Kutuzovskaya Kutuzovskaya Kutuzovskaya is a Moscow Metro station. It was completed in 1958 as the first westward extension of the newly-created Filyovskaya Line, which also included the reopening of four older stations which had been closed since 1953. Kutuzovskaya was the first permanent grade-level Metro station, part of... |
November 7, 1958 | 2.3 - 0.9 km** |
| Kutuzovskaya Kutuzovskaya Kutuzovskaya is a Moscow Metro station. It was completed in 1958 as the first westward extension of the newly-created Filyovskaya Line, which also included the reopening of four older stations which had been closed since 1953. Kutuzovskaya was the first permanent grade-level Metro station, part of... -Fili Fili (Metro) Fili is a surface-level station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on November 7, 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... |
November 7, 1959 | 1.7 km |
| Fili Fili (Metro) Fili is a surface-level station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was opened on November 7, 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... -Pionerskaya Pionerskaya Pionerskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Fili-Davydkovo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Filyovskaya Line between Kuntsevskaya and Filyovsky Park stations. It was built in 1961, and was the terminus of the line until 1965. The station sits in a shallow cut, with the... |
October 13, 1961 | 3.5 km |
| Pionerskaya Pionerskaya Pionerskaya is a Moscow Metro station in the Fili-Davydkovo District, Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Filyovskaya Line between Kuntsevskaya and Filyovsky Park stations. It was built in 1961, and was the terminus of the line until 1965. The station sits in a shallow cut, with the... -Molodyozhnaya |
July 5, 1965 | 3.8 km**** |
| Kuntsevskaya | August 31, 1965 | N/A |
| Molodyozhnaya-Krylatskoye | December 31, 1989 | 1.9 km**** |
| Kievskaya Kievskaya (Filyovskaya) Kiyevskaya is a station on the Filovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro . It initially opened in 1937 and closed in 1953 when the new Kiyevskaya station, intended to replace it, was completed. Due to a change of plans, however, it reopened after only five years as part of the new Filyovskaya Line... -Delovoi Tsentr Delovoi Tsentr Vystavochnaya is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened on 10 September 2005, and called Delovoy tsentr before 1 June 2009... |
September 10, 2005 | 2.2 km*** |
| Delovoi Tsentr Delovoi Tsentr Vystavochnaya is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. It was opened on 10 September 2005, and called Delovoy tsentr before 1 June 2009... -Mezhdunarodnaya Mezhdunarodnaya Mezhdunarodnaya is a northern terminus of one of the 2 branches of the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. The station was built as part of the second stage and completed the branch of the Filyovskaya Line into the Moscow-City business centre... |
August 30, 2006 | 0.5 km*** |
| Kuntsevskaya-Krylatskoye detached | January 2, 2008 | |
| Total: | 13 stations | 14.7 km |
Sokolnicheskaya Line
The Sokolnicheskaya Line is the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935 when the system opened. Presently the line has 19 stations with a total of of track...
, 0.9 km of track was used to connect them.
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre...
. Although from April 5, 1953 4 kilometre segment from Ploshchad Revolutsii to Kievskaya
Kievskaya (Filyovskaya)
Kiyevskaya is a station on the Filovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro . It initially opened in 1937 and closed in 1953 when the new Kiyevskaya station, intended to replace it, was completed. Due to a change of plans, however, it reopened after only five years as part of the new Filyovskaya Line...
via Alexandrovsky Sad
Alexandrovsky Sad
Alexandrovsky Sad:* Alexander Garden* Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexandrovsky Sad...
was closed. Service branch of 0.9 km was used to connect Alexandrovsky Sad and Ploshchad Revolyutsii.
Name changes
| Station | Previous name(s) | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad:* Alexander Garden* Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexandrovsky Sad... |
Komintern | 1935-1937 |
| Ulitsa Kominterna | 1937-1945 | |
| Kalininskaya | 1945-1990 | |
| Vystavochnaya | Delovoy Tsentr | 2005-2009 |
Transfers
| # | Transfer to | At |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sokolnicheskaya Line Sokolnicheskaya Line The Sokolnicheskaya Line is the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935 when the system opened. Presently the line has 19 stations with a total of of track... |
Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad:* Alexander Garden* Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexandrovsky Sad... |
| 3 | Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line The Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya Line is a line of the Moscow Metro. Chronologically the second to open, now it connects with the district of Mitino and town of Krasnogorsk to the northwest of Moscow with the east of the Russian capital passing through the city centre... |
Kiyevskaya, Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad Alexandrovsky Sad:* Alexander Garden* Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexander Garden * Alexandrovsky Sad * Alexandrovsky Sad... , Kuntsevskaya |
| 5 | Koltsevaya Line Koltsevaya Line The Koltsevaya Line , , is a railway line of the Moscow Metro. The line was built in 1950-1954 encircling the central Moscow, and became crucial to the transfer patterns of passengers.... |
Kiyevskaya |
Rolling stock
The line is served by the Fili (№ 9) depot and currently the whole fleet is undergoing replacement. The oldest E type trains in Moscow were retired in 2009. Six carriage fleet of 24 trains (a mix of Ezh, Ezh1, Em-508 and Em-509) will was passed on to other depots and replaced by the new 81-740.1/741.1 "RusichMetro wagon 81-740/741 Rusich
81-740/741 , is a type of rolling stock specially designed for running under the harsh winter climate of outdoor Moscow. Rusich also features a corridor connection, allowing passenger access between two contigiuous cars...
" (also known as "Skif") which are more suited for the outdoor climate that the line has.
Recent developments and future plans