Moscow Savyolovsky railway station

55°47′39″N 37°35′17″E / 55.79417°N 37.58806°E / 55.79417; 37.58806

Savyolovsky Савёловский вокзал
Savyolovskaya Savyolovskaya Savyolovskaya Bus: M10, T3, T29, T79, 22, 72, 82, 84, 87, 310, 384, 415, 727; Trolleybus: 42, 56;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	196004
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	1981
Previous names	Butyrsky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Terminus Savyolovsky Suburban Timiryazevskaya towards Savyolovo Preceding station Aeroexpress Following station Moscow Belorussky towards Odintsovo Odintsovo to Sheremetyevo Airport Okruzhnaya towards Aeroport Sheremetyevo Preceding station Moscow Central Diameters Following station Moscow Belorussky towards Odintsovo Line D1 Timiryazevskaya towards Lobnya
Location
Savyolovsky Location within Moscow Ring Road

Savyolovsky station (

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History

The station was built from 1897 to 1902, along a 130-kilometre (81 mi) long railway to the towns of Kashin, Kalyazin, Uglich, and Rybinsk. The modern name of the station originates from the name of a village Savyolovo (now a district of the town of Kimry) situated along the line.

As the line was built by a private company, the place of the rail station was initially built outside Moscow next to the outpost of

. Initially known as Butyrsky station, the station lacks the ornateness and grandeur of Moscow's other stations and consists of a central two-story section flanked by two single story wings. The station was inaugurated in a silver-trowel ceremony in spring 1902, an event which had direct consequences for the nearby peaceful rural areas as it dramatically increased investment and led to those areas being engulfed by the city.

When the station marked its 90th anniversary, it was internally redeveloped, expanded and restored adding a second floor and improving the quality of platforms. It was the last station to be connected to the

(opened in 1988).

Services

Suburban destinations

As of 2011, the station operated only suburban

and in the western direction. The long-distance trains, which previously departed from the station, were moved to the Belorussky station.

Airport connections

From November 2004 to June 2007, an express train ran from the Savyolovsky station to

(about 15 min).

On 10 July 2008, a direct service from Savyolovsky station to a new railway station near

Starting from 30 May 2010, the stop on Savyolovsky station on line

Sheremetyevo

was canceled.

Intercity bus connections

There is a bus terminal, in front of the station, serving

and several other destinations north of Moscow.

Gallery

• 
  Historical view of the station (before 1917)
• 
  Trackside facade of the station
• 
  Station interior before 2000s reconstruction

References

External links

• Savyolovskiy station (in Russian)
• Russian Railways (in English and Russian)
• Aeroexpress (in English and Russian)