Voykovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Voykovskaya
Moscow Metro station
Coordinates 55°49′08″N 37°29′53″E / 55.8190°N 37.4980°E / 55.8190; 37.4980Coordinates: 55°49′08″N 37°29′53″E / 55.8190°N 37.4980°E / 55.8190; 37.4980
Owned by Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)  2  Zamoskvoretskaya Line
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus: 90, 114, 179, 191, 204, 282, 780
Trolleybus: 6, 43, 57
Tram: 23, 27, 30
Construction
Depth 7 metres (23 ft)
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Other information
Station code 039
History
Opened 31 December 1964 (1964-12-31)
Traffic
Passengers (2002) 36,390,500
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station
Zamoskvoretskaya Line
Location
Voykovskaya
Location within Moscow Ring Road

Voykovskaya (Russian: Во́йковская) is a Moscow Metro station on the Zamoskvoretskaya Line. It was opened on 31 December 1964 along with two neighbouring stations to the north, Vodny Stadion and Rechnoy Vokzal. All were built according to the standardized pillar-trispan design, which was widely used in the 1960s as a cost-saving measure. The station's architects were I. Petukhova and A. Fokina. The entrance of the station is located under the M10 highway.

The station is named after Pyotr Voykov, a Soviet diplomat whose involvement in the execution of the family of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II has motivated a suggestion of Orthodox Christian groups to rename the station.[1]

Platform

References

  1. ↑ Глава общества "Мемориал" поддерживает предложение православного священника переименовать станцию метро "Войковская" (in Russian). NEWSru. 12 April 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
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