Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad

Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Moscow Metro station
Station statistics
Address	Preobrazhenskaya Square Preobrazhenskoye District Eastern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55°47′47″N 37°42′54″E / 55.7963°N 37.7151°E / 55.7963; 37.7151Coordinates: 55°47′47″N 37°42′54″E / 55.7963°N 37.7151°E / 55.7963; 37.7151
Line(s)	!C  1  Sokolnicheskaya Line
Connections	Bus: 34, 52, 80, 86, 171, 230, 716 Trolleybus: 32, 41, 83 Tram: 2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 33, 36, 46
Structure type	Shallow column tri-vault
Depth	8 metres (26 ft)
Levels	1
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Baggage check	No
Other information
Opened	31 December 1965
Rebuilt	2009—2010
Station code	003
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Sokolniki toward Yugo-Zapadnaya Sokolnicheskaya Line Cherkizovskaya toward Ulitsa Podbelskogo
Location
Location within Russia Moscow MKAD
Route map Legend Ulitsa Podbelskogo Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge across Yauza River Sokolniki Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya !B9983905620875  5  Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy !B9982082405307  6  !B9976974149070  10  Lubyanka !B9980540898509  7  Okhotny Ryad !B9993068528194  2  Biblioteka Imeni Lenina !B9989013877113  3  !B9986137056388  4  !B9978027754226  9  Kropotkinskaya Park Kultury !B9983905620875  5  Frunzenskaya Sportivnaya Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya

Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad (Russian: Преображе́нская пло́щадь) is a Moscow Metro station in the Preobrazhenskoye District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya Line, between Sokolniki and Cherkizovskaya stations.

History

Northern entrance.

The station opened in on 31 December 1965 during the extension of the Sokolnicheskaya Line to the North. As it used to be the line's terminus, the reversing sidings are in place to the Northwest of the station.

Entrances

Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad's two vestibules are underground, with exits into Preobrazhenskaya Square, Preobrazhensky Val, Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya and Krasnobogatyrskaya streets.

Reconstruction

View of the platform. Note the broken wall

In December 2009 the wall renovation started. The aim was to make the walls look like the ones at Akademicheskaya station. By the middle of March 2010 the renovation was complete.