Olimpiiska (Kyiv Metro)
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Kyiv Metro station | |||||||||||
![]() The Station Hall | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Pecherskyi District Kyiv Ukraine | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°25′56″N 30°30′58″E / 50.43222°N 30.51611°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kyiv Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ![]() | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | 219 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 19 December 1981 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Respublikansky Stadion | ||||||||||
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Olimpiiska (
: 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.
External links
- Olimpiiska – One of Kyiv’s most intriguing metro stations — Station description and photographs (in English)
- Kyivsky Metropoliten — Station description and photographs (in Ukrainian)
- Metropoliten.kiev.ua — Station description and photographs (in Russian)