Kholodna Hora ( uk, Холодна Гора, ; russian: Холо́дная Гора́, meaning ''cold mountain'') is a station on
Kharkiv Metro's
Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line
The Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska line ( uk, Холодногірсько-Заводська лінія, russian: Холодногорско-Заводская линия) is a line of the Kharkiv Metro, serving Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukr ...
. The station is the western terminus of the line and was opened on 23 August 1975. It is located under the Poltavsky Shosse, in the middle of the ''Kholodna Hora'' residential district in the western part of
Kharkiv
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was located on the station, later removed. Two relief composite architectural items, which depicted communist scenes from the ''Velikiy Oktiabr'' and the ''Triumph of the
Revolution
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'', are still located on the station.
The station is put low underground, is a pillar-trispan with many white marble columns. The floor of the station has been finished off with red granite. It was designed by V.A Spivachyk; engineered by P.A. Bochikashvili and N.D. Ivanova; and decorated by V.I. Lenchin, P.P Yurchenko, and I.P. Yastrebov.
The Kholodna Hora station has two vestibules that are directly connected to the station and two exits, which have pedestrian cross tunnels under the Poltavsky Shosse. The large amount of passenger traffic on the station is accounted for by the many bus routes passing nearby, the buses carrying passengers to the neighboring towns and villages.
External links
Kholodna Hora on Gortransport Kharkiv site{{Kharkiv Metro
Kharkiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1975