Vystavochny Tsentr
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Vystavochny Tsentr (russian: Выставочный центр, en, Exhibition Center) is a Moscow Monorail station in the
Ostankinsky District Ostankinsky District, also called simply Ostankino, is an administrative district (raion) of North-Eastern Administrative Okrug, and one of the 125 raions of Moscow, Russia. VDNH exhibition center and Ostankino Tower, the tallest structure in Eur ...
, North-Eastern Administrative Okrug,
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. The station is near the main entrance of
VDNKh VDNKh may refer to: * The name of the exhibition centers in former Soviet Republics ** VDNKh (Russia), known as All-Russia Exhibition Center in 1992–2014 ** National Complex Expocenter of Ukraine (formerly "VDNH of the Ukrainian SSR") ** Exhibi ...
, which was named the All-Russia Exhibition Center () in 1992–2014, hence the station name.


History

The station was opened on 20 November 2004 along with four stations of the monorail line (All but the southern terminus Timiryazevskaya which was opened nine days later). It began operation in "excursion mode". Only two trains were operating at the line, the interval between trains was as long as 30 minutes and station hours were from 10:00 to 16:00. The passengers could only board the trains at Ulitsa Sergeya Eisensteina station. On 10 January 2008 the line began regular operation serving passengers 6:50 - 23:00 and allowing them board trains at any station of the line. Also the ticket price was reduced from 50 to 19 rubles.


General information

* The station opens at 06:50 and closes at 23:00.


References

Moscow Monorail Railway stations opened in 2004 {{Russia-metro-stub