Olimpiiska (Kyiv Metro) Explained

Olimpiiska
Style:Kyiv Metro
Style2:Obolonsko–Teremkivska
Symbol:m
Symbol Location:Kyiv
Type:Kyiv Metro station
Address:Pecherskyi District
Borough:Kyiv
Country:Ukraine
Coordinates:50.4322°N 30.5161°W
Structure:underground
Platform:2
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Opened:19 December 1981
Electrified:Yes
Code:219
Owned:Kyiv Metro
Former:Respublikansky Stadion

Olimpiiska (Ukrainian: Олімпійська, pronounced as /audio link/) is a station on the Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. It was opened on 19 December 1981, and was originally named after Kyiv's Republican Stadium as Respublikanskyi Stadion (Ukrainian: Республіканський Стадіон; Russian: Республиканский стадион). It was designed by A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Andriienko, and Y.M. Sharanevych.

The station is built deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades leading toward the station platforms. The walls have been covered with grey marble and the lighting comes from chandeliers. On a wall at the end of the central hall, are the Olympic rings, commemorating the 1980 Summer Olympics. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels on the Velyka Vasylkivska and another street.

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