Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Kiev Metro)

Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності) is a station on Kiev Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska line. The station was opened on December 17, 1976, and is named after Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) on the Khreschatyk street. It was designed by N. Kolomiiets, I. Maslenkov, M. Syrkyn, and F. Zaremba.

For the Kharkiv metro station with a similar name, see Maidan Konstytutsii (Kharkiv Metro).

Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall
Location	Pecherskyi District Kiev Ukraine
Coordinates	50°27′00″N 30°31′28″E
Owned by	Kiev Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	217
History
Opened	17 December 1976
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station Poshtova Ploshcha toward Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho toward Teremky Teatralna toward Akademmistechko Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line Transfer at: Khreshchatyk Arsenalna toward Lisova

The station was formerly known as Ploscha Kalinina, but was renamed a year after its opening to Ploscha Zhovtnevoi revoliutsii (Ukrainian: Площа Жовтневої революції). Maidan Nezalezhnosti forms a station complex with a transfer section with the neighbouring Khreschatyk station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line.

The station is laid deep underground and consists of a central hall with porticoes. The lamps which light the station are hidden in the niches between the columns and the walls.

External links

• Kyivsky Metropoliten — Station description and photographs (in Ukrainian)
• Metropoliten.kiev.ua — Station description and photographs (in Russian)