Sokolnicheskaya Line
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The Sokolnicheskaya Line (Russian: Соко́льническая ли́ния), formerly Kirovsko-Frunzenskaya, was the first line of the Moscow Metro, dating back to 1935. The line was opened to connect the northern Sokolniki park with the three main railway stations, the Kremlin, and the state library before moving on to the future site of the Palace of Soviets and onto the Gorky Park of Culture and Leasure. Since then it has extended into the northeastern districts of Preobrazhenskoye and Bogorodskoye and more significantly the southwestern ones of Khamovniki, Lomonosovsky and Troparyovo. Presentely the line compromises 26 kilometres of track with 19 stations and carries a daily load of 1.7 million passengers.
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[edit] Timeline
Segment | Date opened | Length |
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Sokolniki – Park Kultury | May 15, 1935 | 8.4 km |
Park Kultury – Sportivnaya | May 1, 1957 | 2.5 km |
Sportivnaya – Universitet | January 12, 1959 | 4.5 km |
Universitet – Yugo-Zapadnaya | December 30, 1963 | 4.5 km |
Sokolniki – Preobrazhenskaya Ploschad | December 31, 1965 | 2.5 km |
Preobrazhenskaya Ploschad – Ulitsa Podbelskogo | August 3, 1990 | 3.8 km |
Vorobyovy Gory – after reconstruction | December 14, 2000 | N/A |
Total | 19 Stations | 26.2 km |
[edit] Name changes
Station | Previous name(s) | Years |
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Krasniye Vorota | Krasniye Vorota | 1935–1962 |
Lermontovskaya | 1962–1986 | |
Chistiye Prudy | Kirovskaya | 1935–1990 |
Myasnitskaya | 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 | Tsentralnyi Park Kultury i Otdykha Imeni Gorkogo | 1935–1980 |
Vorobyovy Gory | Leninskie Gory | 1957–2002 |
[edit] Transfers
[edit] Rolling stock
Two depots are assigned to the line, the Severnoye (No.1) and the Cherkizovo (No.13). Starting in 1997 both depots have been upgrading to the new 81-717.5M/714.5M trains (all factory fresh). Cherkizovo currently operates 22 seven-carriage trains of the type. Severonoe's upgrade was slower and presently 33 of its 36 seven-carriage trains are the new models, the rest being the old Ezh, Ezh1 and the Em-508 and Em-509.
[edit] Recent developments and future plans
Many of the older stations on the line have received renovations to keep them in good condition, such as the replacement of ceramic tile with marble in Krasnoselskaya's vestibule, new lighting in Kropotkinskaya and Okhotniy Ryad. A new exit was also added to Kropotkinskaya in 1998. Vorobyovy Gory was reopened in 2002 after 16 years of repair work made it safe for use again.
Extensions are planned at both ends of the line. In the south, one station, Troparyovo, is planned. Further extensions in the north are hampered by the position of Ulitsa Podbelskogo and Cherkizovskaya, which were built so they could become of a projected second ring line which has been in planning since the 1960s. As a result the Cherkizovskaya's tunnels have provisions for a second perpendicular station, that would allow the line to continue eastwards to the destrict of Golyanovo and meet the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line and Shchyolkovskaya. However, this cannot happen and the project looks as distant today as it did 40 years ago.
Lines of the Moscow Metro | |||||
1 | Sokolnicheskaya | 2 | Zamoskvoretskaya | 3 | Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya |
4 | Filyovskaya | 5 | Koltsevaya | 6 | Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya |
7 | Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya | 8 | Kalininskaya | 9 | Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya |
10 | Lyublinskaya | 11 | Kakhovskaya | L1 | Butovskaya |