Sokolniki (Sokolnicheskaya line)

Sokolniki
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationRusakovskaya Street
Sokolniki District
Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°47′20″N 37°40′49″E / 55.7888°N 37.6802°E / 55.7888; 37.6802
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: 40, 75, 78, 122, 140, 239, 265, 716, 783
Trolleybus: 14, 32, 41
Tram: 4, 7, 13, 33, 45
Construction
Structure typeShallow column tri-vault
Depth9 metres (30 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Other information
Station code004[1]
History
Opened15 May 1935; 89 years ago (1935-05-15)[1]
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Krasnoselskaya
towards Potapovo
Sokolnicheskaya line Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad
Rizhskaya
anticlockwise / outer
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
transfer at Sokolniki
Elektrozavodskaya
clockwise / inner
Location
Sokolniki is located in Moscow Metro
Sokolniki
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. It has a transfer at its namesake on the Bolshaya Koltsevaya line.

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