Komsomolskaya (Sokolnicheskaya line)

Komsomolskaya (Russian: Комсомо́льская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Sokolnicheskaya line, between Krasnye Vorota and Krasnoselskaya stations. It is located under Komsomolskaya Square, between the Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky, and Kazansky railway terminals. The station was named for the workers of the Komsomol youth league who helped to construct the first Metro line. It has a transfer at its namesake on the Koltsevaya line.

Komsomolskaya
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Komsomolskaya Square Krasnoselsky District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.7753°N 37.6562°E / 55.7753; 37.6562
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Leningradsky railway station Yaroslavsky railway station Kazansky railway station Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50 Bus: A, т14, т41, 40, 122 Trolleybus: T
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column triple-span
Depth	8 metres (26 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Station code	006
History
Opened	15 May 1935; 89 years ago (15 May 1935)
Passengers
2009	24,049,485
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Krasnye Vorota towards Potapovo Sokolnicheskaya line Krasnoselskaya towards Bulvar Rokossovskogo Prospekt Mira anticlockwise / outer Koltsevaya line transfer at Komsomolskaya Kurskaya clockwise / inner
Route map Legend 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 This diagram: view talk edit
Location Komsomolskaya Location within Central Moscow

Komsomolskaya was built using the cut and cover method, with construction beginning on 3 May 1933. Temporary bridges were built over the construction site to avoid disrupting traffic, especially the numerous tram routes in the area. To counteract the high water table, the station was built on 636 piles which were driven into the saturated soil.

Heavy rains in the summer of 1934 threatened the construction site several times, and at one point even the Kazansky terminal was in danger of collapsing. Nevertheless, the concrete structure of the station was completed by August 26 and Komsomolskaya opened on schedule on May 15, 1935.

Due to Komsomolskaya's location under a major transit hub, the station was built with an unusual upper gallery above the platform to help handle rush crowds. The station has tall pillars faced with pinkish limestone and topped with bronze capitals displaying the emblem of the Komsomol league. The station was designed by Dmitry Chechulin, and a model of it was displayed at the 1937 Paris World's fair.

Station platform view with an 81-717/714

The station's southern entrance vestibule is built into the Kazansky Rail Terminal. The northern vestibule is on the opposite side of the square, between the Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky rail terminals. The latter entrance did not survive in its original form, having been replaced with a massive structure serving both this station and the Koltsevaya line station in 1952. There is a short branch line between Komsomolskaya and Krasnoselskaya stations, that leads to the Severnoe Depot. On 15 October 1934 the first Metro train left this depot for a trial run.

Transfers

Escalators leading down to Komsomolskaya on the Koltsevaya line

From this station it is possible to transfer to Komsomolskaya on the Koltsevaya line.