Pochaina (Kyiv Metro)

Pochaina
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
General information
LocationObolonskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°29′13″N 30°29′52″E / 50.48694°N 30.49778°E / 50.48694; 30.49778
Owned byKyiv Metro
Line(s) Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms1
Tracks2
ConnectionsTrolleybus: 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34 Bus: 21, 101
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code213
History
Opened19 December 1980
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Obolon Obolonsko–Teremkivska line Tarasa Shevchenka
towards Teremky

Pochaina (Ukrainian: Почайна, ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska line. The station was opened on 19 December 1980 in the Petrivka neighborhood of the Podilskyi Raion of Kyiv near Pochaina Railway Station.[1] It was designed by I.L. Maslenkov, T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Krushynskyi, and F.M. Zaremba.

The station is located shallow underground and consists of a central hall with columns. The walls along the tracks have been covered with yellow marble and decorated with two abstract reliefs. Hanging above one of the entrances into the station's hall is a colorful mosaic. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels; the northern one leading to a square, the southern one — to Pochaina Railway Station.

On the 8 February 2018, Kyiv city council voted to rename Petrivka which commemorated communist politician Grigory Petrovsky to Pochaina after the Pochaina river (in which Prince Volodymyr baptized Kyiv citizens), according to the decommunization law.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Метро Почайна та Петрівка - історія станції та району". novyny.live (in Ukrainian). 2021-11-21. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  2. ^ Kyiv's Petrivka subway station renamed Pochaina, UNIAN (12 February 2018)
  3. ^ "Forget Petrivka metro station – now it's Pochaina | KyivPost". KyivPost. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-08.