Kiyevskaya (Koltsevaya line)

Coordinates: 55°44′41″N 37°33′52″E / 55.7446°N 37.5644°E / 55.7446; 37.5644
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Kiyevskaya

Киевская
Pylon station
Depth53 metres (174 ft)
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Other information
Station code077
History
Opened14 March 1954; 70 years ago (1954-03-14)
Services
Preceding station Moscow Metro Following station
Park Kultury
anticlockwise / outer
Koltsevaya line Krasnopresnenskaya
clockwise / inner
Park Pobedy Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line
transfer at Kiyevskaya
Smolenskaya
Vystavochnaya
Filyovskaya line
transfer at Kiyevskaya
Smolenskaya
Studencheskaya
towards Kuntsevskaya
Location
Kiyevskaya is located in Central Moscow
Kiyevskaya
Kiyevskaya
Location within Central Moscow

Kiyevskaya (

mosaics by A.V. Myzin celebrating Russo-Ukrainian unity. Both the mosaics and the arches between the pylons are edged with elaborate gold-colored trim. At the end of the platform is a portrait of Vladimir Lenin
.

The entrance to the station, which is shared with both of the other two Kievskaya stations, is built into the Kiev railway station. With the completion of the segment of track between

Park Kultury
in 1954 the Koltsevaya Line became fully operational with trains running continuously around the loop for the first time.

One of the station's entrances is topped by a reproduction of an

Madeleine station in Paris.[3]

Transfers

From this station passengers can transfer to

Filyovskaya Line
.

Station platform of Kiyevskaya

References

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  2. ^ "La RATP française et le Métro russe". Russie.net. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Des stations qui régorgent de trésors" (PDF). RATP. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2013.