Ipodrom (Kiev Metro)

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Ipodrom
KyivMetroLogo.png Kiev Metro station
Ipodrom station (Kiev metro).JPG
Location Holosiivskyi District
Kiev
Ukraine
Coordinates 50°22′35″N30°28′08″E / 50.37639°N 30.46889°E / 50.37639; 30.46889 Coordinates: 50°22′35″N30°28′08″E / 50.37639°N 30.46889°E / 50.37639; 30.46889
Owned by Kiev Metro
Line(s) Kiev Metro Second Line logo.svg Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code226
History
Opened25 October 2012
Services
Preceding station  Kiev Metro  Following station
toward  Heroiv Dnipra
Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line
Terminus

Ipodrom (Ukrainian : Іподром) is a station on the Kiev Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line that opened on 25 October 2012. [1] It is located towards the southern end of the line, located just after the Vystavkovyi Tsentr station, opened a year earlier in late 2011, [2] and before the Teremky station which opened on 6 November 2013. [3]

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

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Kiev Metro rapid transit system in Kiev, Ukraine

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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.

Ipodrom is named after Kiev's horse racetrack and equestrian park which is located a short distance from the station.

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References

  1. Ipodrom metro station opens in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (26 October 2012)
  2. "Azarov likes the new station "Vystavkovyi Tsentr"". Interfax-Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 27 December 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  3. Kyiv to raise UAH 500 m from Ukreximbank to complete building Teremky metro station, says Popov, Interfax-Ukraine (4 November 2013)