Holosiivska ( uk, Голосіївська, ) is the second station on the
Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro ( uk, Ки́ївський метрополіте́н, Kyivskyi metropoliten, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv that is owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivsky Metropoliten''.'' It was initi ...
's
Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line's Holosiiv-Teremky extension. It opened on 15 December 2010. The station is situated in the
Holosiiv Raion
Holosiivskyi District ( uk, Голосіївський район, Romanization of Ukrainian, translit.: ''Holosiivs’kyi raion'') is an Urban districts of Ukraine, urban district of the city of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Holosiivskyi Distric ...
near the
Holosiivska Square.
The station was due to open late 2008, and that opening was later rescheduled by Metro authorities to March 2009. It was again postponed to
Independence Day
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Man ...
August 2009.
[Kyiv Metropolitan to open stations on Teremky line by the end of 2010]
Kyiv Post
The ''Kyiv Post'' is the oldest English-language newspaper in Ukraine, founded in October 1995 by Jed Sunden.
History
American Jed Sunden founded the ''Kyiv Post'' weekly newspaper on Oct. 18, 1995 and later created KP Media for his holdings. ...
(May 12, 2009) A trial run of a train took place on 5 November.
Finally the extension opened on 15 December 2010.
File:Holosiivska1.JPG, Station under construction, October 2010
File:Holosiivska2.JPG, One of the additional entrances
File:Holosiivska3.JPG, Underpass connected with the station
File:Holosiivska4.JPG, Track wall with the station name
File:Holosiivska5.JPG, Central hall
File:Holosiivska6.JPG, Arriving train
References
Kyiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2010
2010 establishments in Ukraine
Holosiivskyi District
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