Oleksandry Ekster (Kyiv Light Rail) Explained

Oleksandry Ekster
Symbol:T
Symbol Location:kiev
Style:Kyiv Light Rail
Style2:Livoberezhna
Line:Livoberezhna line
Platform:2 side platforms
Opened:May 26, 2000[1]
Rebuilt:October 25, 2012[2]
Owned:Kyivpastrans

Oleksandry Ekster (Ukrainian: Марини Цвєтаєвої; from 2000 to 2008, Tsvietaievoi; from 2008 to 2023, Maryny Tsvietaievoi) 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]

Maryny Tsvetaievoi is located in between the Myloslavska and Serzha Lyfaria stations. Initially named in honour of Marina Tsvetaeva, a Russian poet, but it was renamed in 2023 in honour of Aleksandra Ekster, painter and designer of the Ukrainian avant-garde.

At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed connecting the Maryny Tsvietaievoi station with a perspective station 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.