Sokolniki (Sokolnicheskaya line) explained

Sokolniki
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:

Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7888°N 37.6802°W
Other:Bus

40, 75, 78, 122, 140, 239, 265, 716, 783
Trolleybus: 14, 32, 41
Tram: 4, 7, 13, 33, 45

Structure:Shallow column tri-vault
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Opened:[1]
Code:004
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Map Type:Moscow Metro
Map State:collapsed

Sokolniki (Russian: Соко́льники) is a Moscow Metro station in the Sokolniki District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Krasnoselskaya and Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad stations. It is located under Rusakovskaya street at the foot of Sokolnicheskaya Square and was part of the first Metro line. The station is named after the nearby Sokolniki Park. It has a transfer at its namesake on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line.

History

The northeastern end of the line, including Sokolniki, was built using the cut and cover method. The tunnels from Krasnoselskaya to Sokolniki were under construction as early as the summer of 1933, but work did not begin on the station itself until March 1934. The concrete shell of the station was completed in just five months, and Sokolniki opened along with the rest of the line on 15 May 1935. The first test run of the Metro took place in 1934 between Sokolniki and Komsomolskaya stations.

Sokolniki was the eastern terminus of the line for 30 years until the 1965 extension to Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad was completed. The reversal sidings are still used for maintenance and overnight storage of trains.

Design

The station was designed by architects Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova and features tiled walls and pillars faced with grey-blue Ufaley marble. A model of the station was awarded a Grand Prix at the 1937 Paris World's Fair.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Сокольники . Moskovsky Metropoliten . 2012-12-26 . ru . dead . https://archive.today/20130417060258/http://www.mosmetro.ru/stations/sokolnicheskaya/sokolniki/ . 2013-04-17 .