Sokol (Moscow Metro)

Sokol
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates	55°48′18″N 37°30′55″E / 55.8051°N 37.5153°E / 55.8051; 37.5153Coordinates: 55°48′18″N 37°30′55″E / 55.8051°N 37.5153°E / 55.8051; 37.5153
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	2  Zamoskvoretskaya Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 26, 100, 105, 175, 691 Trolleybus: 6, 12, 19, 43, 59, 61, 70, 82, 86
Construction
Depth	9.6 metres (31 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	038
History
Opened	11 September 1938
Traffic
Passengers (2002)	31,572,500
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Voykovskaya toward  Rechnoy Vokzal Zamoskvoretskaya Line Aeroport toward  Alma-Atinskaya
Route map Legend Khovrino (2016) Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya  5  Mayakovskaya Tverskaya  7   9  Teatralnaya  1   3  Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya  6   8  Paveletskaya  5  Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya  11  to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya  10  Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya
Location
Sokol Location within Moscow Ring Road

Sokol (Russian: Со́кол) 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. Depot of the same name serving entire Zamoskvoretskaya Line is located near the station.

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

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.^[1]

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