Vokzalna (Kiev Metro)

Vokzalna (Ukrainian: Вокзальна) is a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened along with the Metro on 6 November 1960[1] and is named after Kiev's Central rail station (Vokzal)

Vokzalna
Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall
LocationSolomianskyi District
Kiev
Ukraine
Coordinates50°26′30″N 30°29′17″E
Owned byKiev Metro
Line(s) Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Depth42 m (138 ft)
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code117
History
Opened6 November 1960
ElectrifiedYes
Traffic
Passengers120.000
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station
Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
toward Lisova

Decoratively the station is reminiscent of the 1950s stations seen in Moscow Metro, particularly VDNKh. To justify the name of a main railway terminal and thus as a gateway to the system and to Kiev the architects (V.Yezhov, E.Katonyn, V.Skyharov, I.Shemsedinov, A.Dobrovolsky and I.Maslenkov) took a pylon trivault design with bright white marbled pylons and white ceramic tiles on the walls. Lighting comes from square chandeliers suspended from the apex of the vault. The pylons are decorated with bronze medallions depicting the various episodes from Ukrainian and Soviet history (artist O. Mizin); they are planned to be removed due to 2015 decommunization laws.[2]) In the far end of the station is a bronze grill that used to have a large image of Lenin.

The station's round vestibule is part of a larger structure which contains platforms leaving to the commuter trains. On 16 August 2006, the Construction Committee of Kiev approved plans for a second exit to open on the opposite side of the railway station with access to the southern terminal. The station will also serve as a future transfer to Podilsko-Voskresenska Line, with Vokzalna-II to open in 2015.

References
  1. Kyiv Metro Subway celebrates 58th anniversary on Nov 6, UNIAN (6 November 2018)
  2. (in Ukrainian) From the dismantled in the Kiev subway communist symbols will be created a museum, Zerkalo Nedeli (8 May 2016)


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