Poshtova Ploshcha ( uk, Поштова площа, ) 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 ...

's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on 17 December 1976, and is named after

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

's Poshtova Square (''Post Square'') near the

Dnieper } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

's embankment in the historic

Podil Podil ( uk, Поділ) or the Lower cityIvankin, H., Vortman, D. Podil (ПОДІЛ)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a floodplain terrace over the Dnieper betwe ...

neighbourhood. It was designed by A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselykovska, I.L. Maslenkov, and V.S. Bohdanovskyi. The station is located shallow underground and consists of a central hall with columns. At the end of the station's hall, there is a stained glass decorative window. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels leading from the

Volodymyrskyi Decent Saint Volodymyr Descent ( uk, Володимирський узвіз, Volodymyrskyi uzviz) is a street in Kyiv located between the Pechersk and Podil city districts. It stretches from European Square to Postal Square. The city street splits two ...

and the Poshtova Square. Near the station, the

Kyiv Funicular The Kyiv Funicular ( uk, Київський фунікулер) is a steep slope railroad on Kyiv Hills that serves the city of Kyiv, connecting the historic '' Uppertown'', and the lower commercial neighborhood of Podil through the steep Volody ...

is located, providing a main access to the station from the central part of Kyiv.

External links

Kyivsky Metropoliten
— Station description and photographs
Metropoliten.kiev.ua
— Station description and photographs Kyiv Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1976 1976 establishments in Ukraine {{Ukraine-railstation-stub