Sokolnicheskaya line
Sokolnicheskaya line | |
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81-765.4/766.4/767.4 | |
History | |
Opened | 15 May 1935[1] |
Technical | |
Line length | 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi)[1] |
Character | At-grade, underground, and elevated |
Track gauge | 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) |
Electrification | Third rail |
The Sokolnicheskaya line (Russian: Соко́льническая ли́ния, IPA: [sɐˈkolʲnʲitɕɪskəjə ˈlʲinʲɪjə], formerly Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya (Ки́ровско-Фру́нзенская) (Line 1; Red Line) is a line of the Moscow Metro. It opened in 1935 and is the oldest in the system. There are currently 26 stations open on the line. As of 2019[update], the line is 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi) long.[1]
History
As the line was the first formal one in the system, its history of development coincides with the history of the Moscow Metro's first stage altogether. In short it was to cut Moscow on a northeast-southwest axis beginning at the
Although Moscow Metro prides itself on the best Stalinist architecture and the earlier Art Deco attempts, the stations of the first stage are very far from those. Instead they have a very classical taste to them, which blends nicely with the neo-classical atmosphere of the mid-1930s. It is also true that the overall construction of these early stations allowed the palaces of the 1940s and 1950s to evolve from them. Most of these stations are now officially listed as architectural heritage.[citation needed]
Further development was seen in the latter half of the 1950s during the construction of the Frunzensky radius. The line extended into the Khamovniki District in 1957 coming up to Luzhniki Stadium and then in 1959 reached the Moscow State University on the Sparrow Hills. This required crossing the Moskva river on a combined auto and Metro bridge including a station on it. However, due to the necessity of reconstruction in 1984, the station was closed, and not reopened until 2002. The Frunzensky radius was completed in 1964 upon the last extension into the new bedroom communities along the Vernadsky Avenue of southwestern Moscow.
At the opposite end, there were two extensions: one in 1965 across the
Recent developments and future plans
Presently the line has the oldest structures in operation, and thus several renovations have been carried out systematically. Recent changes include a second entrance to Kropotkinskaya in 1998, major lighting enhancements to Okhotny Ryad and Kropotkinskaya.
In the south, Metro completed an extension of the line from
Planned extensions in the north are hampered by the position of
Timeline
Segment | Date opened | Length |
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Sokolniki–Park Kultury | 15 May 1935 | 8.4 km |
Park Kultury–Sportivnaya | 1 May 1957 | 2.4 km |
Sportivnaya–Universitet | 1 December 1959 | 4.5 km |
Universitet–Yugo-Zapadnaya | 30 December 1963 | 4.5 km |
Sokolniki–Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad | 31 December 1965 | 2.5 km |
Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad–Bulvar Rokossovskogo | 3 August 1990 | 3.8 km |
Vorobyovy Gory (after reconstruction) | 14 December 2002 | N/A |
Yugo-Zapadnaya–Troparyovo | 8 December 2014 | 2.1 km |
Troparyovo–Rumyantsevo | 18 January 2016 | 2.5 km |
Rumyantsevo–Salaryevo | 15 February 2016 | 1.8 km |
Salaryevo–Kommunarka | 20 June 2019 | 11.6 km |
Total | 26 stations | 44.5 km |
Name changes
Station | Previous name(s) | Years |
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Krasnye Vorota | Krasniye Vorota | 1935–1962 |
Lermontovskaya | 1962–1986 | |
Chistye Prudy | Kirovskaya | 1935–1990 |
Lubyanka | Dzerzhinskaya | 1935–1990 |
Okhotny Ryad | Okhotny Ryad | 1935–1955 |
Imeni L.M. Kaganovicha | 1955–1957 | |
Okhotny Ryad | 1957–1965 | |
Prospekt Marksa | 1965–1990 | |
Kropotkinskaya | Dvorets Sovetov | 1935–1957 |
Park Kultury | Tsentralny Park Kultury i Otdykha Imeni Gorkogo | 1935–1980 |
Vorobyovy Gory | Leninskie Gory | 1957–2002 |
Bulvar Rokossovskogo | Ulitsa Podbelskogo | 1990–2014 |
Transfers
Transfer to | At |
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Zamoskvoretskaya line | Okhotny Ryad |
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line | Biblioteka Imeni Lenina |
Filyovskaya line | Biblioteka Imeni Lenina |
Koltsevaya line | Komsomolskaya, Park Kultury |
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line | Chistye Prudy |
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line | Lubyanka |
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line | Biblioteka Imeni Lenina |
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line | Chistye Prudy |
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line | Prospekt Vernadskogo, Sokolniki |
Rolling stock
Two depots are assigned to the line, the TCh-1 Severnoye and the TCh-13 Cherkizovo. Starting in 1997 both depots have been upgrading to the new 81-717.5M/714.5M trains (all factory fresh). Currently all carriages of the old Ezh, Ezh-1, Em-508 and Em-509 have been retired.
When the line opened in 1935, trainsets included only four cars. By the middle of the 20th century, trainsets expanded to seven cars. In 2018, the Metro became extending trains of Cherkizovo depot to eight cars. This will add additional capacity to the system of more than 186,000 passengers per day.[8]
Subway car types used on the line over the years:
- Series A, B: 1935 - 1951
- Series V: 1946 - 1958
- Series D: 1956 - 1986
- Series E: 1966 - 2002
- Series Ezh, Em-508 and Em-509: 1970 - 2008
- Series 81-717.5M/714.5M: 1997 - present
- Series 81-717.5A/714.5A: since 2010 (only one train)
- Series 81-765.3/766.3/767.3: 2019 (only one train)
- Series 81-765.4/766.4/767.4: 2019 - present
- Series 81-765/766/767: 2020 - present
- Series 81-740.1/741.1: 2020 - present
References
- ^ a b c Сокольническая линия. Moskovsky Metropoliten (in Russian). Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-12.
- ^ "Перспективы развития". Moscow Metro. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ "Утвержден проект продления линии метро в Коммунарку" (in Russian). Official Site of the Mayor of Moscow. 2017-07-18. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
- ^ "Собянин назвал срок запуска первого участка Троицкой линии метро". РБК Недвижимость (in Russian). 2023-02-15. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ "Станцию метро в стиле оригами построят в Москве" (in Russian). City of Moscow. 2017-12-21.
- ^ "БКЛ 2023: схема, станции, история создания". Российская газета (in Russian). 2023-03-01. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
- ^ Красную ветку метро Москвы планируют продлить вдоль Щелковского шоссе
- ^ "На Сокольническую линию метро вышли поезда из восьми вагонов". City of Moscow. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
External links
- Winchester, Clarence, ed. (1936), "Moscow's underground", Railway Wonders of the World, pp. 894–899 illustrated contemporary description of the Moscow underground