Syrets (Kiev Metro)
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Syrets is a Kiev Metro
station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line
. Opened in 2004, it is the present northwestern terminus.
Traditionally all of the Metro stations in Kiev were built in several stages including a few stations each (sometimes delivered in various segments). The Syretsky radius was originally started in early 1990s, in the midst of economic hardships and as a result, not only was it many years behind schedule it was also very slow to open new stations.
Syrets was originally to be the fifth station on the radius, but as Lvivska Brama
never opened and Vulytsia Hertsena was left as a provision, it became the third on the radius when it opened to the public on October 14, 2004.
Geographically the station is not located in the vicinity of nearby houses, but is right next to the Syrets railway platform, and as a result most of its passengers are commuters coming from further northwestern districts of the city than local residents (which was its original intention).
Designed by architect T. Tselikovskaya, the station is a standard design deep level pylon trivault, but the first in Kiev to exhibit a new high-tech approach to the design of the stations, over the previous vivid decorations that were inherited from the Soviet times. As a result the station's walls and the perfectly square pylons are faced with grey marble, and the floor with red and grey granite. Contrasting to that are bright red metallic stripes that run on the lower side of the station wall and on the pylon and intervault wall of the platform and central hall. The niche between the upper vault and the pylon space is done out of beige mettaloplastic (which also has the fluorescent lighting elements) and the upper vaults are covered in plastic planes. In the far end of the central hall, is a neatly arranged artwork based on the same metallic themes.
The station has a large surface vestibule on the corner between the Kotovsky and Stetsenko/Schuseva
streets (the latter changes name as it passes under the railway flyover). A four-escalator descent connects it to the station hall.
Presently the station's terminus status is meant to be temporary, and by 2015 the line should continue to expand, finally reaching the northwestern edge of the city with at least three more stations.
Kiev Metro
The Kiev Metro is a metro system that is the mainstay of Kiev's public transport. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third one built in the USSR . It now has three lines with a total length of 63.7 kilometres and 49 stations...
station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line
Syretsko-Pecherska Line
The Syretsko-Pecherska Line is third line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1989. It extends the metro system southeast along the right bank of the Dnieper River before crossing it on a covered bridge and then east from there. The northern section extends further northwestwards. The line is one...
. Opened in 2004, it is the present northwestern terminus.
Traditionally all of the Metro stations in Kiev were built in several stages including a few stations each (sometimes delivered in various segments). The Syretsky radius was originally started in early 1990s, in the midst of economic hardships and as a result, not only was it many years behind schedule it was also very slow to open new stations.
Syrets was originally to be the fifth station on the radius, but as Lvivska Brama
Lvivska Brama (Kiev Metro)
Lvivska Brama is a station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line of the Kiev Metro between the stations Lukianivska, that was built but never opened.- History :...
never opened and Vulytsia Hertsena was left as a provision, it became the third on the radius when it opened to the public on October 14, 2004.
Geographically the station is not located in the vicinity of nearby houses, but is right next to the Syrets railway platform, and as a result most of its passengers are commuters coming from further northwestern districts of the city than local residents (which was its original intention).
Designed by architect T. Tselikovskaya, the station is a standard design deep level pylon trivault, but the first in Kiev to exhibit a new high-tech approach to the design of the stations, over the previous vivid decorations that were inherited from the Soviet times. As a result the station's walls and the perfectly square pylons are faced with grey marble, and the floor with red and grey granite. Contrasting to that are bright red metallic stripes that run on the lower side of the station wall and on the pylon and intervault wall of the platform and central hall. The niche between the upper vault and the pylon space is done out of beige mettaloplastic (which also has the fluorescent lighting elements) and the upper vaults are covered in plastic planes. In the far end of the central hall, is a neatly arranged artwork based on the same metallic themes.
The station has a large surface vestibule on the corner between the Kotovsky and Stetsenko/Schuseva
Alexey Shchusev
Alexey Viktorovich Shchusev ), 1873, Chişinău—24 May 1949, Moscow) was an acclaimed Russian and Soviet architect whose works may be regarded as a bridge connecting Revivalist architecture of Imperial Russia with Stalin's Empire Style....
streets (the latter changes name as it passes under the railway flyover). A four-escalator descent connects it to the station hall.
Presently the station's terminus status is meant to be temporary, and by 2015 the line should continue to expand, finally reaching the northwestern edge of the city with at least three more stations.