Sokolniki (Sokolnicheskaya line)

Sokolniki
Sokolniki
	Moscow Metro station
Location	Rusakovskaya Street; Sokolniki District; Eastern Administrative Okrug; Moscow; Russia
Coordinates	55.7888°N 37.6802°E
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 40, 75, 78, 122, 140, 239, 265, 716, 783; Trolleybus: 14, 32, 41; Tram: 4, 7, 13, 33, 45
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column tri-vault
Depth	9 metres (30 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	004[1]
History
Opened	15 May 1935[1]
Services
Route map
Location
	Sokolniki Location within Moscow Metro

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. By 2022, the station will be open as part of the Big Ring Metro Line with name Stromynka (Russian: Стромынка).

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

Station platform of Sokolniki

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.[1]

References

"Сокольники". Moskovsky Metropoliten (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2012-12-26.

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[mosmetro.ru-1] "Сокольники". Moskovsky Metropoliten (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2012-12-26.