Prokshino
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Kommunarka Sosenskoye Settlement Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55°33′38″N 37°28′11″E / 55.5605°N 37.4696°E / 55.5605; 37.4696
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1 island platform
Construction
Structure type	Covered, aboveground
History
Opened	20 June 2019
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Olkhovaya towards Kommunarka Sokolnicheskaya line Filatov Lug 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 Kommunarka () Stolbovo yard Potapovo

Prokshino is a Moscow Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya line. It was opened on 20 June 2019, as part of an extension that included Kommunarka, Filatov Lug, and Olkhovaya.^[1][2]

It is in the Kommunarka area of Sosenskoye Settlement in the Novomoskovsky Administrative Okrug southwest of Moscow. It is an aboveground station along the Solntsevo-Butovo-Vidnoye Highway. The name Prokshino refers to a former village where the station is stand.^[3]

History

The city government decided to extend the line to Stolbovo in February 2016; an unexpected decision given that the city initially planned to extend the line only to Filatov Lug. The initial cost of the line was about 45 billion rubles.^[4] In July 2017, the city government confirmed that the extension would move forward, allowing construction to continue.^[5]

In March 2017, the city began clearing space around the planned station to accommodate the construction.^[6]

In 2022, the city plans to complete a tram line that connects the station to the town of Troitsk.^[3]

Design and layout

The station has a single lobby with entrances on either side of the highway. Passengers is access the station via elevated walkways over the highway.^[3]

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