Industrialna (Kharkiv Metro) Explained

Industrialna
Type:Kharkiv Metro Station
Style:Kharkiv Metro
Style2:Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska
Coordinates:49.9462°N 36.3988°W
Structure:underground
Platform:1
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Opened:11 August 1978
Electrified:Yes
Owned:Kharkiv Metro

Industrialna (Ukrainian: Індустріальна, pronounced as /audio link/) (formerly Proletarska) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line. It opened on 11 August 1978.

On 17 May 2016, the station was renamed conformed with the law banning Communist names in Ukraine.[1]

Until 2004, the current metro station, also located on the Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line, Imeni O.S. Maselskoho was called "Industrialna" ("Індустріальна").[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: http://korrespondent.net/city/kharkov/3684227-v-kharkove-dekommunyzyrovaly-piat-stantsyi-metro-y-polsotny-ulyts. ru:Четыре района города изменили название. 18 May 2016. Корреспондент. Russian. 19 May 2016.
  2. In Kharkiv, five metro stations and fifty streets have been communicated, Korrespondent.net, 18 May 2016)