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'Preobrazhenskaya Ploshad' station
rus. Преображенская Площадь ÷ eng. Preobrazhenskaya Square

Taking place in Moscow Underground system

'Preobrazhenskaya Ploshad' is a station of Sokonicheskaya Line in Moscow Subway system situated between stations 'Cherkizovskaya' and 'Sokolniki'.

The date of station foundation and the name origin

The station has been founded on December 31, 1965 as a part of the district from 'Sokolniki' to 'Preobrazhenskaya Ploshad' and has been named according to the square which has the same name. And this square has been named due to the former village which was situated near this place. Also we can admit that this station was the line terminus for nearly thirty five years.

Exits and transfers

The station has two exits. From the eastern one you can exit to Bolshaya Cherkizovskaya Ulitsa (rus. Большая Черкизовская улица, eng. Great Cherkizovo Street) through the underground pedestrian crosswalk, from the northern one — to Ulitsa Stromynka (rus. Улица Стромынка, eng. Stromynka Street).

Number of passengers using the station

Number of retiring passengers per day is 66,0 thousand, number of entering passengers per day is 60,1 thousand.

The station characterization

'Preobrazhenskaya Ploshad' is a column trispan shallow station (the depth is 8 meters). The station has two lines of columns with 40 columns in each line (standard project). The distance between two neighboring columns in the line is 4 meters.

Decoration theme and materials of decoration

The track walls are faced with aluminium panels and black marble (in their bottom). The columns are faced with green marble. The floor is faced with red and gray granite, and also with white marlbe around the columns.

Other stations of Sokolnicheskaya Line

Ulitsa Podbelskogo × Cherkizovskaya × Preobrazhenskaya Ploshad × Sokolniki × Krasnoselskaya
Komsomolskaya × Krasniye Vorota × Chistiye Prudy × Lubyanka × Ohotnii Ryad
Biblioteka Imeni Lenina × Kropotkinskaya × Park Kultury × Frunzenskaya × Sportivnaya
Vorobyovy Gory × Universitet × Prospekt Vernadskogo × Yugo-Zapadnaya

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