Sviatoshyn (, ) is a station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the

Kyiv Metro The Kyiv Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv, Ukraine, owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivskyi Metropoliten''.'' It was initially opened on 6 November 1960, as a single line with five stations. I ...

system that serves

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, the capital city of

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. The station was opened on 5 November 1971, and is named after

Sviatoshyn Sviatoshyn ( ; 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 village ( summer colony) in a pine gr ...

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

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

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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