Lybidska (Kyiv Metro)

Lybidska

Либідська
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall; Soviet decorative piece at the end of the hall will be transferred to a museum in accordance with the 2015 decommunization laws[1]
General information
LocationHolosiivskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°24′47″N 30°31′28″E / 50.41306°N 30.52444°E / 50.41306; 30.52444
Line(s) Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Construction
Structure typeDeep column station
Depth22.5 meters
Other information
Station code221
History
Opened30 December 1984
Previous namesDzerzhynska
Passengers
201128,500 (daily)[2]
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Palats Ukraina Obolonsko–Teremkivska line Demiivska
towards Teremky

Lybidska (Ukrainian: Либідська, ) is the 27th station of the Kyiv Metro system that serves the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The station was opened as part of the Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line on 30 December 1984, located in between the Palats "Ukrayina" and Demiivska stations.

The station provides passenger access to Lybdiska Square, under which it is located. It served as the line's southern terminus for 26 years until 2010, when the line was extended to Vasylkivska. After the fall of Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the station was renamed "Lybidska" after a nearby river—Lybid, on 2 February 1993.[3]

In 2011, the station has been listed as a "newly discovered object of cultural heritage," and monuments of architecture, town planning, and art.[4] In May 2016, it was decided that the Soviet decorative piece at the end of the central hall would be removed to be displayed at a museum in accordance with the 2015 decommunization laws.[1]

As of 2011, Lybidska has a daily ridership of 28,500,[2] and is operational every day from 05:48 to 00:00.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference pwbr161016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "Passenger traffic". Kiev Meto forum - Unofficial website (in Russian). Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. ^ Kyiv City Council and State Administration decree No. 16/116 "On the returning of historical names to streets, renaming parks of culture and leisure, metro stations." Passed on February 2, 1993. (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ "Objects of Cultural heritage of the Pechersk Raion in Kyiv". Order of the Department of Cultural Heritage of the Kyiv City State Administration (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original (Microsoft Word .doc) on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Station "Zolotye Vorota"". Kiev Metro - Unofficial website (in Russian). Retrieved 31 March 2014.