Teodora Draizera (also known as Draizera (2000-2008); uk, Теодора Драйзера) is a station on the
Livoberezhna Line of the
Kyiv Light Rail
Kyiv Light Rail or Kyiv Express Tram ( uk, Київський швидкісний трамвай, translit.: ''Kyivs’kyi shvydkisnyi tramvai'') is a light rail rapid transit service that serves the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The system is grade ...
system. It was opened on May 26, 2000
[ and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012.][
Teodora Draizera is located in between the Oleksandra Saburova and Kashtanova stations. It is named in honor of ]Theodore Dreiser
Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser (; August 27, 1871 – December 28, 1945) was an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm mora ...
, an American
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novelist and journalist.
At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed creating the "Vulytsia Draizera" station 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 ...
's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.
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Kyiv Light Rail stations
Railway stations opened in 2000
2000 establishments in Ukraine