Yugo-Zapadnaya (Moscow Metro)

Yugo-Zapadnaya (Russian: Ю́го-За́падная, English: Southwestern), is a station on the Sokolnicheskaya line of the Moscow Metro. The station opened in 1963. The name, Yugo-Zapadnaya, means southwest in Russian and indicates its location in the southwestern part of the city and in the former Yugo-Zapad residential district. It was the southern terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya line until December 8, 2014, when Troparyovo station opened.

Yugo-Zapadnaya Юго-Западная
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Troparyovo-Nikulino District Western Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.6637°N 37.4833°E / 55.6637; 37.4833
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Sokolnicheskaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus: 66, 144, 196, 226, 227, 272, 261, 272, 281, 611, 611с, 630, 642, 688, 699, 707, 707к, 718, 720, 735, 752, 785, 802, 816, 844 Trolleybus: 34,62,84
Construction
Structure type	Shallow column triple-span station
Depth	8 metres (26 ft)
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Station code	019
History
Opened	30 December 1963 (1963-12-30)
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Metro   Following station Troparyovo toward Kommunarka Sokolnicheskaya line Prospekt Vernadskogo toward Bulvar Rokossovskogo
Route map Bulvar Rokossovskogo Cherkizovo yard Cherkizovskaya Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhensky Bridge  Yauza River Sokolniki () Krasnoselskaya Severnoye yard Komsomolskaya Krasnye Vorota Chistye Prudy Lubyanka Okhotny Ryad () Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Kropotkinskaya () Park Kultury Frunzenskaya () Sportivnaya Luzhniki Metro Bridge Vorobyovy Gory Moskva River Universitet Prospekt Vernadskogo Yugo-Zapadnaya Troparyovo Rumyantsevo Salaryevo Solntsevo–Butovo–Warsaw Highway Filatov Lug Prokshino Olkhovaya Kommunarka () Stolbovo yard Potapovo
Location
Yugo-Zapadnaya Location within Moscow Metro