Fili (Moscow Metro)

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.

Fili

Фили
Moscow Metro station
LocationFilyovsky Park District
Western Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.7460°N 37.5150°E / 55.7460; 37.5150
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s) Filyovskaya line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeGround-level, open
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code060
History
Opened7 November 1959 (1959-11-07)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
toward Kuntsevskaya
Filyovskaya line
Location
Fili
Location within Moscow Metro

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