Voykovskaya (Moscow Metro)

Voykovskaya
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Voykovsky District Northern Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55°49′08″N 37°29′53″E / 55.8190°N 37.4980°E / 55.8190; 37.4980
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	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; 59 years ago (1964-12-31)
Passengers
2002	36,390,500
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Vodny Stadion towards Khovrino Zamoskvoretskaya line Sokol towards Alma-Atinskaya Out-of-station interchange Streshnevo anticlockwise / outer Moscow Central Circle transfer at Baltiyskaya Koptevo clockwise / inner
Route map Legend Khovrino Belomorskaya Rechnoy Vokzal Vodny Stadion Voykovskaya Sokol yard Sokol Aeroport Dinamo Belorusskaya Mayakovskaya Tverskaya Teatralnaya Moskva River Vodootvodny Canal Novokuznetskaya Paveletskaya Moskva River Avtozavodskaya Tekhnopark () Nagatinsky Bridge Moskva River Kolomenskaya Kashirskaya to Zamoskvoretskoye yard Kantemirovskaya Tsaritsyno Orekhovo Domodedovskaya  (shuttle bus for ) Krasnogvardeyskaya Brateyevo yard Alma-Atinskaya This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Voykovskaya Location within Moscow Metro

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. Passengers may make out-of-station transfers to Baltiyskaya station on the Moscow Central Circle; however, the walk between stations can take more than 20 minutes.^[1]

It was 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 under the M10 highway.

Name

The station is named in honor of Pyotr Voykov, a prominent Bolshevik and Soviet diplomat. Voykov was assassinated in 1927 by a White Russian monarchist; however, his reported involvement in the execution of the family of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II led Russian Orthodox Church groups to push to rename the station.^[2]

The city held a vote on its “Active Citizen” platform in November 2015 to consider a name change. By a vote of 53% to 35%, the residents decided to maintain the Voykovskaya name.^[3]

Baltiyskaya was originally slated to be named Voykovskaya; however, a similar vote on “Active Citizen” showed only 19% in favor of the name.^[4]

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