Installation of escalators on Sokolniki bkl completed

At the Sokolniki station (project name - Stromynka) of the Big Circle metro line, the installation of escalators was completed. They will take passengers from the lobby to the platform. There will be five of them in total, one of which is located at staircase No. 1.

Sergey Toroschin against the background of an inclined course

As the head of section No. 5 of SMU-12, Sergei Toroschin, said, the installation of each escalator took a week for teams of six to seven people. The finished slope has already been handed over to SMU24 specialists. They will be engaged in commissioning of machines and testing of mechanisms.

– Work continues to equip Sokolniki BKL with the necessary equipment. Thus, one ventilation chamber is ready, the accompanying premises are currently being transferred to SMU-24 teams for installation of engineering systems,” noted Sergei Toroschin. – In addition, equipment for the technical premises block was delivered.

USR employees are already working in the visible passenger area. They will complete the finishing of the station, which was approved during an international architectural competition. The design of the new Sokolniki is dedicated to the construction of the first Moscow metro stations: fragments of posters from those years will be placed on the reflective ceiling panels.

One of the track walls and part of the ceiling will be turned into a large decorative panel in the style of outstanding avant-garde artists and architects, including such founders of Russian constructivism and Suprematism as Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Tatlin and El Lissitzky.

– One of the areas in lobby No. 1 will be finished by SMU-1 teams. On the other lobby, part of the work will be carried out by SMU-12, added Toroschin. – In a couple of months, all teams need to hand over the main premises for installation of utility networks to SMU-24 specialists.

By the end of April, it is planned to complete the coating of lobby No. 2 and develop the staircase in this part of the complex. The foundation pit will be prepared by Stroymekhservice specialists, then SMU-12 will begin monolithic work.

Backfilling of soil began above the platform part of the station. Already at the end of spring, work on the improvement of Sokolnicheskaya Square will begin. Before construction began, there was a picturesque linden alley here, which will be restored, incorporating the design of historical buildings made of red clinker bricks.

Escalators are awaiting commissioning