Pivdennyi Vokzal (Kharkiv Metro)

Pivdennyi Vokzal
Kharkiv Metro Station
The Station Hall
Coordinates	49°59′22″N 36°12′18″E / 49.98944°N 36.20500°E / 49.98944; 36.20500Coordinates: 49°59′22″N 36°12′18″E / 49.98944°N 36.20500°E / 49.98944; 36.20500
Owned by	Kharkiv Metro
Line(s)	Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	1975-08-23
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kharkiv Metro   Following station Kholodna Hora Terminus Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line Tsentralnyi Rynok toward Proletarska

The Pivdennyi Vokzal or Yuzhny Vokzal (Ukrainian: Пiвденний вокзал; Russian: Южный вокзал) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line. The station was opened on August 23, 1975. It is located beneath a square near Kharkiv's main railway station, Pivdennyy Vokzal, literally Southern Station, for which the metro station is named. From the station hall, two pedestrian tunnels lead directly to the control building of the railway station and to the post office and out-of-town ticket counters within the train station.

The station is lain deeply underground and is a pylon trivault, which is separated by arcades of tracks. The station itself was designed by V.A. Spivachuk, and engineered by Y.E. Kruk and Y.A. Korovkin. The floor has been finished off with grey and black flags of polished granite. The lighting comes from hidden niches under the curved ceilings.

In spite of its depth, the Pivdenniy Vokzal was moored by the open construction method. The local hydro-geological circumstances confronted the engineers with a particularly difficult task. Because of the type of clay in the ground, the earth around the station had to be frozen, a task which took five years to complete.

When the first section of the Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska line was opened, only four train wagons were used. Five train wagon appearing later. The stations on the line were built with room to expand from carrying four train wagons to five, all except the Pivdenniy Vokzal station. When the station was enlarged, the entrance to the areas for the workers of the metro, which was previously located in the train tunnel had to be incorporated into the station.

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