Palats Sportu ( uk, Палац Спорту, ) is a station on the
Syretsko-Pecherska Line of 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 ...
. Opened on 31 December 1989 as part of the first stage of the line, it formed third and (so far) last transfer point of the system.
The station is named after Kyiv's central
Sports Palace
Palace of Sports or Sports Palace (russian: Дворец спорта) is a generic name of comprehensive indoors sports venues introduced in the Soviet Union (compare with Palace of Culture) of big size that includes various sports halls and auxil ...
, and as a result, its architectural layout (work of architects A.Krushinsky and N.Aleshkin) follows carefully on the theme. Unlike other pylon-trivault stations, Palats Sportu features a non-circular shape of the central hall's ceiling. Made of white plastic panels, this contrasts with the darker color gamma of the rest of the station, and also blends carefully with the lighting elements that are suspended from the apex, just like in a large sport complex.
As mentioned earlier, the remaining of the station is made of darker tones, that include dark brown metal planes for the pylon sides facing the halls and green marble for the internal pylon walls. The platform halls' color gamma is opposite to the central one, which consists of dark plastic planes that cover the ceiling, with one line of
fluorescent lighting
A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light. An electric current in the gas excites mercury vapor, which produces short-wave ultraviolet ligh ...
element running the length of the hall. Also unlike the central hall, the white marbled walls, instead of being horizontal, are curved, and continue the vault all the way to the track level. The floor is covered with neutral brown marble.
Other unique features of the station include the sound isolation of one hall to another, making it impossible to hear an incoming train even from the central hall, this was done specifically as the station formed Kyiv's third transfer point with
Ploscha Lva Tolstoho of the
Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line, in an attempt not to disorientate the passengers.
The station's vestibule is located on the Sportyvna square, next to the complex itself. During mass celebrations and major sporting events (e.g.
the 2005 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and
an international ice hockey tournament in 2017, which took place inside the palace), the station's exits and entrances to the surface are closed, and it functions solely as a transfer point to avoid large crowds.
File:Palats-sportu-2008.jpg, Central hall
File:Palats sportu metro station Kiev 2010 02.jpg, Platform hall
File:KKL SPL Transfer Kiev 2010 01.jpg, Transfer hall
File:Palats sportu metro station Kiev 2010 03 uk.jpg, Station name in Ukrainian
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
{{Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1989
Pecherskyi District
1989 establishments in Ukraine