Khreshchatyk (Kyiv Metro)

{{Short description|Kyiv Metro Station}}

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| style = Kyiv Metro | style2 = Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska

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| symbol_location = Kyiv

| type = Kyiv Metro station

| image = Khreschatyk metro station Kiev 2010 01.jpg

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| image_caption = The Station Hall

| address = Pecherskyi District

| borough = Kyiv

| country = Ukraine

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| structure = underground

| platform = 1

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| opened = 6 November 1960

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| electrified = Yes

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| code = 120

| owned = Kyiv Metro

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Khreshchatyk ({{langx|uk|Хрещатик}}, {{pronunciation|LL-Q8798 (ukr)-Tohaomg-Хрещатик.wav}}) is a station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kyiv Metro system that serves Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine. The station is named for the Khreshchatyk street, the most central street in Kyiv. The station was opened in 1960 along with the first stage of the Metro.[https://kiev.unian.info/m/10327236-kyiv-metro-subway-celebrates-58th-anniversary-on-nov-6.html Kyiv Metro Subway celebrates 58th anniversary on Nov 6], UNIAN (6 November 2018) It The station is pylon trivault (architects Yu.Tyahno and I.Maslenkov) that features ceramic Ukrainian ornaments framed by metallic grills on the central hall sides of the pylons. White marble is used elsewhere, particularly for the walls and the main pylon frames. The ceiling is covered in white plaster and lighting comes from hidden lamps in the niches of the central vault and a central row of lamps.

In 1976, the station became the first transfer point in the system to the newly opened Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line's (then named Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line[https://kiev.unian.info/m/2391549-kyivs-petrivka-subway-station-renamed-pochaina.html Kyiv's Petrivka subway station renamed Pochaina], UNIAN (12 February 2018)) Maidan Nezalezhnosti (then called Ploshcha Kalinina but soon renamed to Ploshcha Zhovtnevoi Revolyutsii). The stations are connected side to side with staircases and an escalator. The original corridor, however, proved to be too short and unable to cope with rising passenger traffics and in 1986 a second, longer corridor connected the opposite sides of the stations allowing traffic to be diverted. In the future, the longer corridor is planned to be fitted with travelator, speeding up the passenger flow in the longer corridor.

The station has two vestibules, the first one is built into a restaurant building (now occupied by a shop) on Khreshchatyk Street. The second one was opened in 1963 (replacing a large coat of arms of the Ukrainian SSR) and is located on the corner of Instituska and Horodetska streets.

Behind the station is a set of reversal sidings that continue as a single track service branch into the Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line and the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. This is the main artery that is used for interline transit between depots and lines. As well as for nighttime stands.

File:Kiev monuments (146) rotated.jpg|Entrance on the Khreshchatyk street

File:Khreschatyk metro station Kiev 2011 01.jpg|Entrance on the corner of Instituska and Horodetska streets