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Moscow Metro station
Sokol
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationSokol District
Aeroport District
Northern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°48′18″N 37°30′55″E / 55.8051°N 37.5153°E / 55.8051; 37.5153
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: 26, 100, 105, 175, 691
Trolleybus: 6, 12, 19, 43, 59, 61, 70, 82, 86
Construction
Depth9.6 metres (31 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code038
History
Opened11 September 1938; 86 years ago (1938-09-11)
Passengers
200231,572,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Voykovskayatowards Khovrino Zamoskvoretskaya line Aeroporttowards Alma-Atinskaya
Route map
Legend
Khovrino Moscow Northern Gate Bus Terminal Khovrino railway station
Belomorskaya
Rechnoy Vokzal North River Terminal
Vodny Stadion
Voykovskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Baltiyskaya Transfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Streshnevo Transfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Streshnevo
Sokol yard
Sokol
Aeroport
Dinamo Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Petrovsky ParkTransfer for #11A Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Petrovsky Park
Belorusskaya Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Belorusskaya Ground transferBelorussky railway stationTransfer for #D1 Line D1 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Belorussky
Mayakovskaya
Tverskaya Transfer for #7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line at Pushkinskaya Transfer for #9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line at Chekhovskaya
Teatralnaya Transfer for #1 Sokolnicheskaya line at Okhotny Ryad Transfer for #3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line at Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Moskva River
Vodootvodny Canal
Novokuznetskaya Transfer for #6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line at Tretyakovskaya Transfer for #8 Kalininskaya line at Tretyakovskaya
Paveletskaya Paveletsky railway station Transfer for #5 Koltsevaya line at Paveletskaya
Moskva River
Avtozavodskaya Ground transferTransfer for #14 Moscow Central Circle at Avtozavodskaya
Tekhnopark (Transfer for #18 Biryulyovskaya line at Ostrov Mechty)
Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River
Kolomenskaya
Kashirskaya Transfer for #11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line at Kashirskaya via cross-platform interchange
to Zamoskvoretskoye yard
Kantemirovskaya
Tsaritsyno Ground transferTransfer for #D2 Line D2 (Moscow Central Diameters) at Tsaritsyno
Orekhovo
Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for Domodedovo International Airport)
Krasnogvardeyskaya Transfer for #10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line at Zyablikovo
Brateyevo yard
Alma-Atinskaya
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Location
Sokol is located in Moscow MetroSokolSokolLocation within Moscow Metro
Sokol station depicted on a 1947 USSR postage stamp

Sokol (Russian: Со́кол, English: Falcon) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. The station opened on 11 September 1938. Designed by K. Yakovlev, V. Polikarpova, and V. Andreev, it features a single row of pillars which flare upward into the arched ceiling, separated by circular coffers. Sokol is finished in a variety of materials, including white and gray Koyelga marble, onyx, granite, and white ceramic tile. The two entrances to the station are located on both sides of Leningradsky Prospekt. An additional exit to the underpass is available from the south end of the platform. Another entrance was cut in 2003 from the nearby Metro Market shopping center. It was the northwestern terminus of the line until 1964 when 3 northern stations were opened. A Zamoskvoretskaya Line depot is located near the station.

Name

The station is named after the Sokol cooperative settlement (built in the 1920s) that also gave name to the Sokol District.

Accidents

On 19 March 2006, a section of tunnel between Sokol and Voykovskaya stations collapsed and fell onto a metro train. It was reported that the accident was due to workers setting up an advertising billboard in the street above the tunnel. Despite a concrete slab piercing one of the carriages the accident did not cause any injuries.

References

  1. "Tunnel collapse on Moscow metro". BBC. 19 March 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
Moscow Metro
#1 Sokolnicheskaya line Sokolnicheskaya line
#2 Zamoskvoretskaya line Zamoskvoretskaya line
#3 Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
#4 Filyovskaya line Filyovskaya line
Main
#4А 4А line Branch
#5 Koltsevaya line Koltsevaya line
#6 Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya line
#7 Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line
Kalininsko-Solntsevskaya line
#8 Kalininskaya line Kalininskaya line
#8A Solntsevskaya line Solntsevskaya line
#9 Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line
#10 Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line
#11 Bolshaya Koltsevaya line Bolshaya Koltsevaya line
#12 Butovskaya line Butovskaya line
#13 Moscow Monorail Moscow Monorail
#14 Moscow Central Circle Moscow Central Circle
#15 Nekrasovskaya line Nekrasovskaya line
#16 Troitskaya line Troitskaya line
#17 Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line Rublyovo-Arkhangelskaya line
#18 Biryulyovskaya line Biryulyovskaya line
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