The Voikovskaya station is located on the Zamoskvoretskaya metro line in Moscow. It is located under the Leningrad highway in the same district in the Northern District of the capital. The station was opened in December 1964. It got its name from the iron foundry them. P. Voikova, who is nearby.
History
The construction plan of the Voikovskaya station in the Moscow metro appeared back in 1938. Then it was mentioned in the 1957 scheme, but at that time the subway development program was often adjusted, so the construction began only in 1959. Built in an open way according to a standard project.
The station is a columned three-span structure with shallow laying. The commissioning of Voykovskaya as part of the River Station - Sokol section took place on 12/31/1964. After that, there were 72 stations in the Moscow metro.
In whose honor is named
The Voykovskaya metro station was named after the nearby Moscow Iron Foundry, named after the Russian revolutionary Pyotr Voykov. In addition, she retained the name of the working village of Voikovec, which previously existed near the plant.
At the same time, the history of the name of the Voykovskaya metro station still excites the public. Many Muscovites demand to rename it because of the criminal acts of Pyotr Voikov, who is considered involved in the murder of the family of Nicholas II.
The question of renaming the station in November 2015 was even raised at the “Active Citizen” electronic referendum. According to the results of the vote, 53 percent of the participants opposed the name change.
Despite the completion of the survey, public debate continues to this day. Deputies of A Just Russia propose assigning the name of Eldar Ryazanov to the Voykovskaya metro station. In 2016, Patriarch Kirill spoke about the inadmissibility of preservation in Moscow place names of P. Voikov.
Design and architecture
The station was built under Khrushchev, when the decree on eliminating excesses in design was in force, therefore it was modestly framed. Ceiling tiles are covered in black and blue. The floor is gray granite and the columns are lined with white marble.
There are two benches on the platform of the Voykovskaya metro station, at the northern and southern exits, and in the center there is an emergency call column.
Location
"Voikovskaya" is located between the stations "Water Stadium" and "Falcon". The exits are connected to underground passages that end with pavilions leading to Ganetskoy Square, Leningradskoye Shosse, Kosmodemyanskikh Street and the Leningradskaya railway platform. From the metro station "Voikovskaya" to the center of the capital - ten kilometers.
There are exits to trolleybus and bus stops located on both sides of Leningradka. There is a tram stop near the eastern exit.
340 meters from Voykovskaya there is the Leningradskaya railway platform, through which trains leaving from Kursk and Riga stations pass.
sights
Not far from the southeast exit of the Voykovskaya metro station is located Park them. Thieves. In 1896 there was a hospital for alcoholics at this place, and in Soviet times a park was established on its territory.
210 meters from the north exit is the office and shopping center Metropolis. Also, one hundred meters from the station, on the Leningradskoye Shosse, the building of the College of Entrepreneurship No. 11 is located.
Incidents
03/19/2006 between the metro stations "Voikovskaya" and "Falcon" there was a failure of concrete piles in the tunnel. As a result of the incident, one of the cars passing in that place of the electric train was damaged. Fortunately, none of the passengers of the train was injured, but this incident provoked a strong reaction from Muscovites and was widely covered in the media. As it was established, the installers were to blame for what happened, who installed an advertising structure directly above the subway tunnel.
In September 2013, another incident occurred at the Voykovskaya metro station. Biker with a motorcycle went down to the subway and drove on the platform on a vehicle. Partners of the troublemaker filmed everything that happened on video. On October 1, MUR employees managed to detain the biker who committed the violation on Izmailovsky Boulevard. It turned out to be a young man named Pavel Volkov. Subsequently, he was charged with disorderly conduct.