Sokolniki (Sokolnicheskaya line)
Sokolniki | ||||||||||||||||
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Shallow column tri-vault | ||||||||||||||||
| Depth | 9 metres (30 ft) | |||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 004[1] | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 May 1935[1] | |||||||||||||||
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  Sokolniki Location within Moscow Metro | ||||||||||||||||
Sokolniki (
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
Komsomolskaya stations.[citation needed
]
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.[citation needed]
Design
The station was designed by architects Ivan Taranov and Nadezhda Bykova and features tiled walls and pillars faced with grey-blue
World's Fair.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Сокольники". Moskovsky Metropoliten (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2012-12-26.