Kiyevskaya (Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line) explained

Kiyevskaya
Native Name:Киевская
Native Name Lang:ru
Type:Moscow Metro station
Address:Dorogomilovo District
Borough:Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7442°N 37.5645°W
Structure:Pylon station
Platform:1 island platform
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Opened:[1]
Code:042
Owned:Moskovsky Metropoliten
Map Type:Central Moscow
Alternativemap:Central Moscow grayscale.png
Map Overlay:Central Moscow metro lines.svg
Map State:collapsed

Kiyevskaya (Russian: Киевская), named for the nearby Kiyevsky railway station, is a station on the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line of the Moscow Metro. Opened in 1953, it is lavishly decorated in the quasi-baroque style that predominated in the early 1950s. The square pylons are faced with white Ural marble and elaborately patterned ceramic tile and the plastered ceiling is decorated with a series of frescoes by various artists depicting life in Ukraine. A large mosaic at the end of the platform commemorates the 300th anniversary of the reunification of Russia and Ukraine. Light comes from a row of hexagonal chandeliers. The architects were L. V. Lile, V. A. Litvinov, M. F. Markovsky, and V. M. Dobrokovsky.

Kiyevskaya has no vestibule of its own. Instead, escalators at the end of the hall lead to Kiyevskaya and thence to that station's entrance, which is built into the Kiyevsky railway station.

For half a century Kiyevskaya was the terminus of the Arbatsko–Pokrovskaya line; the 2003 extension to Park Pobedy ended that situation.

Transfers

From this station it is possible to transfer to Kiyevskaya on the Filyovskaya line and the Kiyevskaya on the Ring.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: АРБАТСКО-ПОКРОВСКАЯ ЛИНИЯ. https://web.archive.org/web/20101013120811/http://old.mosmetro.ru/pages/page_6.php?id_page=190. 2010-10-13. old.mosmetro.ru. ru.