Livoberezhna ( uk, Лівобережна, ) is a station on the
Kyiv Metro's
Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line.The station was opened on 5 November 1965, as part of the eastward expansion of the Brovary radius and is the first one to be fully on the left bank of the
Dnieper River (hence its name).
The station is situated at a junction between the Brovary Avenue and the
Rayisa Okipna Street, and is actually above ground level with the
platform being on the
flyover. Two vestibules are on ground level with exits on the southern side of the station. Thereby passengers have to ascend to reach the Metro.
Designed by architects I. Maslenkov, and V. Bogdanovsky, the station features a standard Kyivan surface level design that is almost identical to both of its neighbours and is fully reminiscent of the 1960s policy on Soviet public architecture—a single platform with one hinged concrete roof supported by light blue tiled pillars, with decorative flower ceramics at the top.
The station serves the
Livoberezhna microdistrict, as well as many of the northern adjacent districts, commuters from which use urban transport to arrive. In the prospective future, the station shall be a future transfer to a planned line,
Livoberezhna.
Eurovision Song Contest 2017
On 17 February 2017, the station was temporarily closed, due to the reconstruction to the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
. On 23 March, the renovated eastern vestibule was opened, which was radically different from the earlier sketches. Many Kyivans were dissatisfied with the repairs carried out. The finally restored station was opened on 5 May.
Gallery
File:Лівобережна (станція метро) 1.JPG,
File:Левобережная.jpg, One of the entrances to the station
File:Левобережная (станция метро).jpg, Vestibule
File:Кассы левобережная.jpg, Ticket windows
File:Лівобережна (станція метро) 3.JPG, Station platform
File:Livoberezhna (Kiev Metro).jpg, The Livoberezhna as seen from a nearby hotel
File:Лівобережна (станція метро) 2.JPG,
References
External links
Kyiv Metro Official website- Station description
Unofficial Kyiv Metro website- Description and photo gallery
Google maps- Satellite shot
- Photo gallery
Kyiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1965
Dniprovskyi District, Kyiv
1965 establishments in Ukraine
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