Yugo-Zapadnaya, Metro station in South-Western Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia.
Yugo-Zapadnaya is an underground metro station in the Troparyovo-Nikulino district of southwestern Moscow, built with a three-span vaulted ceiling held up by rows of columns. The station sits at a shallow depth and is served by four separate street entrances near the junction of Vernadskogo Avenue and Pokryshkina Street.
The station opened on December 30, 1963, as the southern terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya line. It held that role for over 50 years, until the line extended further south to Troparyovo station in 2014.
The station name means Southwest in Russian, which reflects where it sits within the city.
The four entrances are spread around a busy intersection, so it helps to check in advance which one puts you closest to where you are going. The surrounding streets are wide, and crossing from one side to the other takes some time.
Even though the station is no longer the end of the line, the area around its exits still feels like a classic Soviet-era outer city, with wide avenues and large housing blocks that date from the same period as the station itself. Walking out from any entrance gives a clear picture of how much of Moscow's outer ring was planned and built in the mid-20th century.
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