Serzha Lyfaria (Kyiv Light Rail) Explained

Serzha Lyfaria
Symbol:T
Symbol Location:kiev
Style:Kyiv Light Rail
Style2:Livoberezhna
Coordinates:50.5167°N 30.6044°W
Line:Livoberezhna line
Platform:2 side platforms
Opened:May 26, 2000[1]
Rebuilt:October 25, 2012[2]
Owned:Kyivpastrans

Serzha Lyfaria (Ukrainian: Сержа Лифаря; from 2000 to 2008, Saburova, from 2008 to 2019, Oleksandra Saburova) is a station on the Livoberezhna Line of the Kyiv Light Rail system. It was opened on May 26, 2000[1] and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012.[2]

Serzha Lyfaria is located in between the Oleksandry Ekster and Teodora Draizera stations. Initially named in honor of Alexander Saburov, a Soviet partisan, it was renamed in 2019 in honor of Serge Lifar, a French ballet dancer and choreographer of Ukrainian origin.

At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed creating the of the Kyiv Metro's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tram lines: Fast tram No. 2. City Electrotransport — United tram and trolleybus site. 21 April 2014. Russian.
  2. Web site: The tram will run towards Troieschyna on Thursday. UNIAN. 21 April 2014. Ukrainian. 19 October 2012.
  3. Web site: Kyiv authorities have decided not to build a metro to Troieschyna. Ukrayinska Pravda. 21 April 2014. 7 April 2014. Russian.