Sokolniki, Metro station in Eastern Moscow, Russia
Sokolniki is a metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line in eastern Moscow, built with an island platform layout. The platform walls and pillars are lined with grey-blue Ufaley marble, giving the whole space a consistent look.
The station opened on May 15, 1935, as part of Moscow's first metro line, and for about 30 years it served as the eastern end of the network. The line was later extended further east, and the station lost its role as a terminus.
The station takes its name from the surrounding district and the nearby Sokolniki park, pointing to a close link between the city layout and the metro network. The grey-blue marble pillars and the consistent design of the platform are still easy to notice as you walk through today.
The station sits at Sokolnicheskaya square, where buses, trolleybuses, and trams connect to other parts of the city. One of the exits leads directly toward Sokolniki park, which makes it easy to get your bearings when you come up from underground.
Before the Moscow metro opened to the public, engineers ran their first test rides along the stretch between Sokolniki and Komsomolskaya in 1934. This means the station was the starting point for the very first metro journeys in the city's history.
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