Savyolovsky railway station was completed later than the other Moscow train stations, in 1902.

The idea for the construction of the Savyolovskaya line came from the Chairman of the Board of the Moscow–Yaroslavl–Arkhangelsk Railway Company, famed Russian philanthropist and industrialist Savva Mamontov. Mamontov had difficulty obtaining permission to lay the tracks, since another large Russian company had also submitted a bid for the project.

In 1897, having received permission from the highest authority, Tsar Nicholas II, the Moscow–Yaroslavl–Arkhangelsk Railway Company set about surveying the territory of the future route. To speed up the work, construction started simultaneously on the terminus points in Moscow and Savyolovo.

The station was named after the outpost it was built next to – Butyrsky. Regular train services were launched at the same time the station was opened, although temporary services had been in operation since 1900.

The station was renamed Savyolovsky in 1912.

The station complex is located in the North-Eastern Administrative Okrug of Moscow and connected to the city’s transport infrastructure – both ground transport and the Moscow Metro (Savyolovskaya Station on the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line).

The grand opening and consecration of Savyolovsky railway station took place on Sunday, March 19, 1992. The first regular train service ran on the Moscow – Beskudnikovo section of the line.