Sviatoshyn (Kiev Metro)

Sviatoshyn
Sviatoshyn
	Kiev Metro station
	The Station Hall
Location	Sviatoshynskyi District ; Kiev ; Ukraine
Coordinates	50°27′27″N30°23′31″E / 50.45750°N 30.39194°E Coordinates: 50°27′27″N30°23′31″E / 50.45750°N 30.39194°E
Owned by	Kiev Metro
Line(s)	Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Depth	12 m (39 ft)
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	112
History
Opened	5 November 1971
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Sviatoshyno
Services

Last updated March 27, 2019

Sviatoshyn (Ukrainian : Святошин) is a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on 5 November 1971, and is named after Kiev's Sviatoshyn neighborhood. It was designed by H.V. Holovko, N.S. Kolomiiets, and M.M. Syrkin. The station was formerly known as Sviatoshyno (Ukrainian : Святошино).

Ukrainian is an East Slavic language. It is the official state language of Ukraine, 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.

The Kiev 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.

Sviatoshyn is a historical neighborhood and a suburb of Ukraine's capital Kiev that is located on the western edge of the city area, in an eponymous municipality - the Sviatoshyn Raion.

The station is shallow underground, along with the Beresteiska and the Nyvky stations, which are the first stations of the Kiev Metro system that are not lain deep underground. The station consists of a central hall with rows of circular columns near the platforms. On the tiled walls along the tracks is an "abstract" motif. The entrance to the station is connected with passenger tunnels on both ends of the station, passing under the Peremohy Prospekt (Victory Avenue). The western exit is connected to the Sviatoshyn Railway Station.

Beresteiska is a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened in 1971 as part of the second stage of the Sviatoshynsky radius.

Nyvky is a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on November 5, 1971, and is named after Kiev's Nyvky neighbourhood. It was designed by Boris Pryimak, I.L. Maslenkov, V.C. Bohdanovskyi, and T.A. Tselikovska.

External links

Kyivsky Metropoliten – Station description and photographs (in Ukrainian)
Metropoliten.kiev.ua – Station description and photographs (in Russian)
Mirmetro.net - Description and photos.(in Russian)

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Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line	Akademmistechko Zhytomyrska Sviatoshyn Nyvky Beresteiska Shuliavska Politekhnichnyi Instytut Vokzalna Universytet Teatralna Khreshchatyk Arsenalna Dnipro Hydropark Livoberezhna Darnytsia Chernihivska Lisova
Obolonsko–Teremkivska line	Heroiv Dnipra Minska Obolon Pochaina Tarasa Shevchenka Kontraktova Ploshcha Poshtova Ploshcha Maidan Nezalezhnosti Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho Olimpiiska Palats "Ukrayina" Lybidska Demiivska Holosiivska Vasylkivska Vystavkovyi Tsentr Ipodrom Teremky
Syretsko–Pecherska line	Syrets Dorohozhychi Lukianivska Lvivska Brama Zoloti Vorota Palats Sportu Klovska Pecherska Druzhby Narodiv Vydubychi Telychka Slavutych Osokorky Pozniaky Kharkivska Vyrlytsia Boryspilska Chervony Khutir
Future lines Podilsko–Vyhurivska line Livoberezhna line Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line Bridges Metro Pivdennyi Podilskyi