Ulitsa Gorchakova

Ulitsa Gorchakova (Russian: У́лица Горчако́ва) is a station on the Butovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro system in Moscow, Russia. It was opened on 27 December 2003^[1] along with four other metro stations. The station is located in Yuzhnoye Butovo District, between two other stations of the same line, Bulvar Admirala Ushakova and Buninskaya Alleya. A transfer to the Sokolnicheskaya line is planned.

Ulitsa Gorchakova Улица Горчакова
Moscow Metro station
General information
Location	Yuzhnoye Butovo District South-Western Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.5418°N 37.5308°E / 55.5418; 37.5308
Owned by	Moskovsky Metropoliten
Line(s)	Butovskaya line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	194
History
Opened	27 December 2003; 21 years ago (2003-12-27)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station Bulvar Admirala Ushakova towards Bittsevsky Park Butovskaya line Buninskaya Alleya Terminus
Route map Legend Bittsevsky Park Lesoparkovaya MKAD Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya connection to Line Ulitsa Skobelevskaya Bulvar Admirala Ushakova Ulitsa Gorchakova () Buninskaya Alleya This diagram: view talk edit
Location Ulitsa Gorchakova Location within Moscow Metro

Name

The station, which name literally means Gorchakov Street, was named after the nearby street, and the street was named after the 19th-century Russian diplomat Alexander Gorchakov.

Location

The station is located at the intersection of Gorchakova Street and Chernyovskaya Street. It has only one exit, located at the eastern side of the station.

Building

As most of the other stations in Butovskaya Line, Ulitsa Gorchakova station is built on an elevated viaduct. There is an escalator leading to the exit. The station is built in open air and has a roof. It is separated from the nearby buildings by barriers for sound isolation. The architect of the station was Leonid Borzenkov.^[1]