Chernihivska ( uk, Чернiгiвська, ) is a

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station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was built as a single extension to the newer housing massifs built on the eastern edge of

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. Located next to the intersection of Brovary Avenue and Bratislava Street, it is a surface station built to the identical design that was popular throughout the

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at the time, matching five stations on the

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(such as

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) and one on

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( Dibube). Chernihivska's design (architects I. Maslenikov, V. Bogdanovskaya, T. Tselikovskaya) consists of two levels, a lower

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level and an upper street level. The latter is made with two square glazed vestibules standing opposite a road flyover that crosses perpendicular to the platform alignment. As a result, on the platform level there is no canopy as such; however, the need for the support of the structure requires a span of pillars on the centreline that are faced with white marble, and a fake canopy bottom adjoins from the top. Apart from the black granite on the platform, that is the only decoration used. However to avoid the station creating a gloomy nighttime appearance both the "ceilings" of the station are painted white. ChernigivskaMS

In Kyiv this was the first time such a design was required, and also the last time, because when the station was opened on 4 November 1968, the state requirement for aesthetic ''functionality'' designs with little or no decorative architecture had already passed, and the cost-saving surface station approach was abandoned in favour of returning to standard underground designs. One unique feature of the station is that it has a second platform for eastbound trains. When the station was the line's terminus, this was used for quicker unloading of passengers who were traveling from the centre to save the congestion in the small vestibules during peak hours (which were operating entry only). However, after the extension to Lisova in 1979, the passenger traffic fell rapidly and this arrangement was discontinued, although the platform itself remains. The station is named after the city of

Chernihiv Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative center of Chernihiv Oblast and Chernihiv Raion within ...

, because the Brovary Avenue then continues out of Kyiv as the E101 motorway towards that city. Originally, however, the station was called Komsomolska (ukr:Комсомольська, rus:Комсомольская, ''Komsomolskaya'') after the

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that played an important role in Soviet society. After the

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in 1991, the station was renamed due to the old name becoming obsolete after the League was disbanded.

Gallery

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Kiev subway station

External links

Kyivsky Metropoliten
- Station description and Photographs
Metropoliten.kiev.ua
- Station description and Photographs

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