Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad

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

Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Preobrazhenskaya Square, Preobrazhenskoye District, Eastern Administrative Okrug, Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7963°N 37.7151°E / 55.7963; 37.7151
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 34, 52, 80, 86, 171, 230, 716 Trolleybus: 32, 41, 83 Tram: 2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 33, 36, 46
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column tri-vault
Depth	8 metres (26 ft)
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	003
History
Opened	31 December 1965 (1965-12-31)
Rebuilt	2009—2010
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Sokolniki towards Potapovo Sokolnicheskaya line Cherkizovskaya towards Bulvar Rokossovskogo
Route map Bulvar Rokossovskogo Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge  Yauza River Sokolniki Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy Lubyanka Okhotny Ryad () Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Kropotkinskaya () Park Kultury Frunzenskaya () Sportivnaya Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya Troparyovo Rumyantsevo Salaryevo Solntsevo–Butovo–Warsaw Highway Filatov Lug Prokshino Olkhovaya Novomoskovskaya () Stolbovo yard Potapovo
Location Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Location within Moscow Metro

Name

It is named after Preobrazhenskaya Square (Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad in Russian).

History

Northern entrance.

The station opened 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.