Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Kiev Metro)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Heroiv Dnipra
Minska
Obolon
Petrivka
Tarasa Shevchenka
Kontraktova Ploshcha
Poshtova Ploshcha
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Respublikansky Stadion
Palats "Ukrayina"
Lybidska
Demiivska
Holosiivska
Vasylkivska
Vystavkovy Tsentr
Ipodrom
Teremky
Odeska
edit
The central hall of the Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho station.
The central hall of the Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho station.

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Ukrainian: Площа Льва Толстого; Russian: Площадь Льва Толстого, Ploschad Lva Tolstogo) is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on December 19, 1981, and is named after the writer Lev Tolstoy. It was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall have been covered with an orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Kontraktova Square and another street.

The station forms a station complex with a transfer tunnel with the adjoining Palats Sportu station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E / 50.43944, 30.516667