Vykhino (Moscow Metro)

Vykhino (Russian: Выхино) is a station on Moscow Metro's Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line. Opened on 31 December 1966 as the final part of the Zhdanovsky Radius, the station was the southeastern terminus of the line until 9 November 2013, when the extension to Lermontovsky Prospekt and Zhulebino was opened. The metro station is part of a multi-modal transfer hub, which also consists of the mainline suburban railway (Kazanskoye direction).

Vykhino

Выхино
Moscow Metro station
General information
LocationVykhino-Zhulebino District
South-Eastern Administrative Okrug
Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55.7156°N 37.8181°E / 55.7156; 37.8181
Owned byMoskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s) Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus: 169, 177, 184, 197, 209, 232, 247, 285, 602, 615, 620, 669, 697, 706, 722, 731, 747, 772, 772к, 821, 956, t30
Trolleybus: 64
Construction
Structure typeGround-level
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code110, VKh
History
Opened31 December 1966 (1966-12-31)
Previous namesZhdanovskaya
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Ryazansky Prospekt
towards Planernaya
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya line Lermontovsky Prospekt
towards Kotelniki
Location
Vykhino
Location within Moscow Metro

Originally, the station (as well as the line) was called Zhdanovskaya (Russian: Ждановская) after Soviet revolutionary and politician Andrei Zhdanov. However, in 1988 the station was renamed for the village of Vykhino that was absorbed by Moscow in 1960.

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