Sviatoshyn ( uk, Святошин, ) 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 Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on 5 November 1971, 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 ...

Sviatoshyn Sviatoshyn ( uk, Свято́шин, Svjatóshin, ; also or ) is a historical neighborhood and a suburb of Ukraine's capital Kyiv that is located on the western edge of the city area, in an eponymous municipality. Previously it was a dacha vi ...

neighborhood. It was designed by H.V. Holovko, N.S. Kolomiiets, and M.M. Syrkin. The station was formerly known as ''Sviatoshyno'' ( uk, Святошино). The station is shallow underground, along with the Beresteiska and the

Nyvky Nyvky () is a neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine. It belongs to Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv. It is surrounded by Svyatoshyn (Sviatoshynskyi District) to the west, Shuliavka to the south-east, Vidradnyi (Solomianskyi District) to the south, Sy ...

stations, which are the first stations of the Kyiv Metro system that are not lain deep underground. The station consists of a central hall with rows of circular columns near the platforms. On the tiled walls along the tracks is an "abstract" motif. The entrance to the station is connected with passenger tunnels on both ends of the station, passing under the Peremohy Prospekt (''Victory Avenue''). The western exit is connected to the Sviatoshyn Railway Station.

External links

Kyivsky Metropoliten
– Station description and photographs
Metropoliten.kyiv.ua
– Station description and photographs
Mirmetro.net
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