Klovska ( uk, Кловська, ) — is a station on
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 ...
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Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Originally the station was a temporary terminus of the line between its opening date 31 December 1989 and prior to the expansion of the line to Vydubichy in December 1991.
Designed by architects A. Krushinskiy, L. Kachalova, O. Cherevko and M. Solyanyk the station is a standard pylon trivault, but with aesthetics resembling the metallic
Prague Metro stations, rather than the traditional marble-clad Soviet ones. The emphasis was to give the station monumentalism, which is achieved by giving a bright high contrast gleam to the appearance. The vault ceilings are covered by set of green aluminium planes. Highly contrasting with this are the black niches which hold a line of powerful fluorescent lighting elements. White marble is used for the walls.
It is only speculation that the marble artwork at the end of the station and the plant cell shaped pylons have any connation to
Biology
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and thus to the station's original name Mechnikova (Мечникова) after the famous Russian biologist
Ilya Mechnikov
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, or Ilija (russian: Илья́, Il'ja, , or russian: Илия́, Ilija, ; uk, Ілля́, Illia, ; be, Ілья́, Iĺja ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah. ...
. In 1992 however the station was renamed after the
Klov
Klov ( uk, Клов) is a Subdivisions of Kyiv#Historical neighborhoods, historical neighbourhood in the Ukraine, Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Nowadays Klov is located in the Subdivisions of Kyiv#Raions of Kyiv, administrative Pecherskyi District.
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district of Kyiv where it is situated. Its location still in the city centre, with its single underground vestibule located under the Mechnikova street junction which not being a major transport hub and purely a residential area means that despite the nearly two decades of operation, its passenger traffic daily is only 12.2 thousand. This is evidenced by the fact that the grey granite floor still retains its original polish enhancing the ambient image of the station.
Behind the station is a turnback which was used for reversal during its terminus days, but the tunnel continues all the way to the same arrangement behind the
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
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station of the
Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line this service branch was used extensively right up to 2007 when the Syretsko-Pecherska Line relied upon the Obolon depot, and trains going to and from would pass Klovska first. After the opening of the Chervony Khutir depot in 2007, the intensity of this kind of traffic dropped.
Gallery
File:Klovska metro station Kiev 2010 05.jpg, Central hall
File:Klovska metro station Kiev 2010 02.jpg, Platform
File:Klovska metro station Kiev 2010 03.jpg, Station name
File:Klovska metro station Kiev 2010 06.jpg, Station
File:Klovska metro station Kiev 2010 07.jpg, Station
External links
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Kyivsky Metropoliten- Station description and Photographs
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Metropoliten.kiev.ua- Station description and Photographs
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- Photographs
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Kyiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1989
Pecherskyi District
1989 establishments in Ukraine