Kiyevskaya (Filyovskaya Line)

Kiyevskaya Киевская
Moscow Metro station
Location	Dorogomilovo District Western Administrative Okrug
Coordinates	55°44′37″N 37°33′56″E / 55.7436°N 37.5655°E / 55.7436; 37.5655Coordinates: 55°44′37″N 37°33′56″E / 55.7436°N 37.5655°E / 55.7436; 37.5655
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	4  Filyovskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column station, triple-span
Depth	8.7 metres (29 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	057
History
Opened	20 March 1937; 80 years ago (1937-03-20)
Closed	5 April 1953; 64 years ago (1953-04-05) to 7 July 1958; 58 years ago (1958-07-07)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Studencheskaya toward  Kuntsevskaya Filyovskaya Line Smolenskaya toward  Aleksandrovsky Sad Vystavochnaya toward  Mezhdunarodnaya Park Kultury anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya Line Transfer at: Kiyevskaya Krasnopresnenskaya clockwise / inner Park Pobedy toward  Pyatnitskoye Shosse Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line Transfer at: Kiyevskaya Smolenskaya toward  Shchyolkovskaya
Route map to  3  Molodyozhnaya 12.2 Kuntsevskaya  3  10.7 Pionerskaya 9.6 Filyovsky Park 8.6 Bagrationovskaya Fili yard 7.2 Fili 5.5 Kutuzovskaya  14  (OSI) 4.5 Studencheskaya 1.0 Mezhdunarodnaya  14  (OSI) 0.5 Vystavochnaya  8A  Moskva River 3.3 Kiyevskaya  3   5  Smolensky Bridge  Moskva River 1.9 Smolenskaya 0.7 Arbatskaya 0.2 Aleksandrovsky Sad  1   3  ( 9 ) to  1  Okhotny Ryad to  3  Ploshchad Revolyutsii This diagram:
Location
Kiyevskaya Location within Central Moscow

Kiyevskaya (Russian: Киевская) is a station on the Filyovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro (though it was originally part of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line). 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. The original architect was Dmitry Chechulin.

Kiyevskaya features tall, octagonal pillars topped with elaborate capitals. The pillars were originally faced with Armenian onyx, but this was replaced with yellowish Gazgan marble after ten years. The platform is intricately patterned with Ukrainian designs executed in red, white, and gray granite. The three rows of circular ceiling coffers originally housed incandescent light fixtures but these were abandoned in favor of the current three-bladed fluorescent lamps in the 1960s.

Between Kiyevskaya and Smolenskaya is the Smolensky Metro Bridge, which spans the Moskva River. The bridge was built in 1937 and was the first above-ground section of the Metro.

From this station, passengers can transfer to Kiyevskaya on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and Kiyevskaya on the Koltsevaya Line.