Smolenskaya (Filyovskaya line)

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Smolenskaya

Смоленская
Smolenskaya; Смоленская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Arbat District; Central Administrative Okrug; Moscow; Russia
Coordinates	55°44′56″N 37°34′57″E / 55.7488°N 37.5825°ECoordinates: 55°44′56″N 37°34′57″E / 55.7488°N 37.5825°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Filyovskaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Depth	8 metres (26 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	056
History
Opened	15 May 1935; 86 years ago
Closed	5 April 1953; 68 years ago to 7 July 1958; 63 years ago
Passengers
2002	5,274,250
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	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 and , 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 planned to the station from the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line.