Teatralna (Kyiv Metro)

Teatralna
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
General information
LocationShevchenkivskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°26′43″N 30°31′05″E / 50.44528°N 30.51806°E / 50.44528; 30.51806
Owned byKyiv Metro
Line(s) Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Depth70 m (230 ft)
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code119
History
Opened6 November 1987
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesLeninska
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Universytet Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line Khreshchatyk
towards Lisova
Lukianivska
towards Syrets
Syretsko–Pecherska line
transfer at Zoloti Vorota
Palats Sportu
Escalators at the station.

Teatralna (Ukrainian: Театральна, ) is a station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kyiv Metro system. The station serves as a transfer point, via a pedestrian walkway connecting it to the Zoloti Vorota station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. The station was opened on 6 November 1987,[1] between the Universytet and Khreshchatyk stations which were opened 27 years earlier.

The station owes its name to the Kyiv Opera Theatre located a few blocks away, and Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater, next to the metro entrance. Prior to 1992, the station was known as Leninska (Ukrainian: Ленiнська, Russian: Ленинская, romanizedLeninskaya) from its location on Leninska Street (renamed to Khmelnytska Street), in reference to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.