Very much responds in the soul of the native Muscovite at the word "Arbat", but this street is also well known to guests of the capital. It has long become one of the most striking and peculiar symbols of Moscow. Everyone knows how to get to Old Arbat as soon as possible. The metro station on Arbat Gate Square is usually the beginning of a walk along it. Since the late eighties of the last century, after the reconstruction, the street has become a pedestrian zone along its entire length.
Old Arbat metro station "Arbat". Next - on foot ...
The history of this street can be traced back to the times of Moscow Middle Ages. But the final look we know today was formed over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Significant changes occurred in the Soviet period of history, but to this day it is difficult to find a brighter and more characteristic street, reflecting the cultural and historical appearance of Moscow. It is difficult to list all the amazing and multifaceted reflections of your favorite street in literature, cinematography, poetry, painting, urban chanson.
What exactly is the metro station Old Arbat suitable for us?
The answer to the simple question of how to get to the Old Arbat as soon as possible by metro is not at all so simple and unambiguous. The thing here is that there are two whole Arbat stations. Their vestibules are located not far from each other on the square of the Arbat Gate. But these stations are located on different lines of the Moscow Metro.
Back in 1935, underground transport first came to Old Arbat. The metro station was part of the launch site of the first stage of the Moscow Metro. Today it is well known to Muscovites as the station "Arbat" of the
Filyovskaya line. Its very characteristic ground lobby in the form of a red
five-pointed star is a peculiar monument of a bygone era. But today it is one of the quietest and least populated metro stations in Moscow. The main passenger flow passes through another Arbat. Its lobby is located nearby, it is through it that most of the passengers prefer to get to Old Arbat.
Arbatskaya metro station of the
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow metro was put into operation in the spring of 1953.
Today it is a very lively place: the station is part of the largest interchange hub of the Moscow metro. It so happened historically that two stations of the same name are located on the same square. However, at different depths. Often this circumstance causes slight bewilderment among the guests of the capital when they want to take a walk along a famous street and, looking at the Moscow metro scheme, decide the question of which metro station is more suitable for them? Old Arbat has a very significant length. And it is quite possible that it will be much more convenient to get to him from the opposite direction, from Smolenskaya Square of the Garden Ring. It all depends on which direction and from which area of Moscow to go here. It may well be that the Smolenskaya station of the Arbat-Pokrovskaya line will take you to your destination much faster. The exit from her lobby is located in the courtyard of house 54 on Arbat.