Savyolovsky Rail Terminal

Savyolovsky station
Moscow-Savyolovsky
View of the station's main entrance
Location	Savyolovsky Station Square, Maryina roshcha District, Moscow, Russia
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Connections	Moscow metro station: Savyolovsky
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Parking	no
Other information
Station code	196004
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	1981
Previous names	Butyrsky

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

Moscow metro station:

Savyolovsky station (Russian: Савёловский вокза́л, Savyolovsky vokzal), alternatively spelled Savyolovskiy, Savelovsky or Savelovskiy, is one of the nine main railway stations in the Maryina roshcha District of Moscow. It serves suburban directions north of the city. It is often called Butyrskaya vokzal because of nearby Butyrka.

The station was built during the years 1897–1902, when a 130 km long railway running north from Moscow and connecting it to the towns of Kashin, Kalyazin, Uglich, and Rybinsk was constructed. 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 Butyrka. 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.