Demiivska (Kiev Metro)

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Demiivska
KyivMetroLogo.png Kiev Metro station
Demiivska metro station Kiev 2010 02.jpg
Station hall
Location Holosiivskyi District
Kiev
Ukraine
Coordinates 50°24′17.25″N30°31′00.60″E / 50.4047917°N 30.5168333°E / 50.4047917; 30.5168333 Coordinates: 50°24′17.25″N30°31′00.60″E / 50.4047917°N 30.5168333°E / 50.4047917; 30.5168333
Owned by Kiev Metro
Line(s) Kiev Metro Second Line logo.svg Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code222
History
Opened15 December 2010
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station  Kiev Metro  Following station
toward  Heroiv Dnipra
Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line
toward  Teremky

Demiivska (Ukrainian : Демiïвська) is the first station on Kiev Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line's Holosiiv-Teremky extension opened on December 15, 2010. It is situated on the "Holosiivski" avenue. It serves the residential areas around, the major marketplace Demiivskyi Rynok, and the cities central intercity bus station.

Ukrainian language language member of the East Slavic subgroup of the Slavic languages

Ukrainian is an East Slavic language. It is the official state language of Ukraine and first of two principal languages of Ukrainians; it is one of the three official languages in the unrecognized state of Transnistria, the other two being Romanian and Russian. Written Ukrainian uses a variant of the Cyrillic script.

Kiev Metro rapid transit system in Kiev, Ukraine

The Kyiv Metro is a rapid transit system that is the mainstay of Kiev's public transport. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third system in the Soviet Union, after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It has three lines with a total length of 67.56 kilometers (41.98 mi) and 52 stations. The system carries 1.331 million passengers daily (2015), accounting for 46.7% of Kiev's public transport load. In 2016, the metro carried 484.56 million passengers. The deepest station in the world, Arsenalna, is found on the system.

Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line

The Obolonsko–Teremkivska line, is the second line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1976, it extended northwards along the right bank of the Dnieper river and began deviating from the river towards the southwest. As the current stations were built in the 1970s and 1980s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features. It is generally coloured blue on the maps.

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History

The station was due to open in late 2008. Later, Metro officials rescheduled the opening to March 2009. The opening was again postponed to Independence Day August 2009, but this date was also unmet. [1] A trial run of a train took place on November 5, 2010. [2] Finally the extension, including the station, opened on December 15, 2010.

Design

Designed by architect Valeriy Gnevishev, the station features a typical pillar trispan with a new "flower" design on the pillars dominated by the red and beige palette. The station is built by cut-and-cover and has three levels, an underground waiting area and two escalators leading to two mezzanine levels before reaching the platform. Entrances are on both sides of the avenue.

Demiivska view from escalator Metro-02.jpg
Demiivska view from escalator
Station entrance Stantsiia metro Demiyivs'ka.jpg
Station entrance

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References

  1. Kyiv Metropolitan to open stations on Teremky line by the end of 2010, Kyiv Post (May 12, 2009)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2010-11-05.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)