Boryspilska (Kiev Metro)
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Boryspilska is a station on Kiev Metro
's Syretsko-Pecherska Line
.
Designed by architects V.Gnevyshev, T.Tselikovskaya and A.Yukhnovsky, the station is a shallow level single-vault (Kharkov Technology
). Although originally planned to open in the late 1990s, financial offsets put off the date to August 23, 2005, when it was opened to the public. Decoratively the station's main theme is an aviation inspired "high-tech" design.
The station is last of the six on the Mykoly Bazhana avenue, which after the main roundabout that forms the Kharkivska square, becomes the Boryspiske Motorway (M03/E40
), that continues into the town of Boryspil
and Boryspil International Airport, and then onto Poltava
and Kharkiv
. This location contributes the station's name and also to most of its passengers being commuters rather than local residents. In fact the station is presently located on the edge of urban Kiev's municipality and the city's former borders.
The vault is a white plastered solid shape with blue metallic stripes coming off into the walls. A long aluminium shape bisects its length. The walls are coated with brown marble and blue mosaic and the floor is a delicate pattern of red and grey granite. Lighting comes from the central aluminium shape and from hidden lamps behind the wall niches. Additional lighting comes from lampposts on the opposite ends of the platform. The vestibule ceiling is located on the same level as the vault apex making the appearance of a streamlined feature. The station has two vestibules on opposite sides of the Khrakivska Square these are interconnected with subways that have large glazed pavilions on the surface. For the first time in Metro's history, disabled access was given thought, and the station features lifts down to the platform level, wheelchair ramps and staircase angular rails.
Itself the station is the first segment of the second stage of the Pechersky radius, and its position as terminus was temporary. After a year of its opening the station's sidings will continue into a new depot built specifically for the line Khrakivske and in the first half of 2007 will continue onto the next segment of the second stage Chervony Khutir
, the line will then turn northwestwards towards the new rail terminal being built in Darnytsia before meeting its final terminus on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
's station Darnytsia
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...
's 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...
.
Designed by architects V.Gnevyshev, T.Tselikovskaya and A.Yukhnovsky, the station is a shallow level single-vault (Kharkov Technology
Kharkiv Metro
The Kharkiv Metro is the metro system that serves the city of Kharkiv , the second largest city in Ukraine. The metro was the second in Ukraine and the sixth in the USSR when it opened in 1975.-Lines and Stations:...
). Although originally planned to open in the late 1990s, financial offsets put off the date to August 23, 2005, when it was opened to the public. Decoratively the station's main theme is an aviation inspired "high-tech" design.
The station is last of the six on the Mykoly Bazhana avenue, which after the main roundabout that forms the Kharkivska square, becomes the Boryspiske Motorway (M03/E40
European route E40
European route E 40 is the longest European route, more than long, connecting Calais in France via Belgium, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan, with Ridder in Kazakhstan near the border to China....
), that continues into the town of Boryspil
Boryspil
Boryspil is a city located in the Kiev Oblast in northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Boryspil Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
and Boryspil International Airport, and then onto Poltava
Poltava
Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 ....
and Kharkiv
Kharkiv
Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was...
. This location contributes the station's name and also to most of its passengers being commuters rather than local residents. In fact the station is presently located on the edge of urban Kiev's municipality and the city's former borders.
The vault is a white plastered solid shape with blue metallic stripes coming off into the walls. A long aluminium shape bisects its length. The walls are coated with brown marble and blue mosaic and the floor is a delicate pattern of red and grey granite. Lighting comes from the central aluminium shape and from hidden lamps behind the wall niches. Additional lighting comes from lampposts on the opposite ends of the platform. The vestibule ceiling is located on the same level as the vault apex making the appearance of a streamlined feature. The station has two vestibules on opposite sides of the Khrakivska Square these are interconnected with subways that have large glazed pavilions on the surface. For the first time in Metro's history, disabled access was given thought, and the station features lifts down to the platform level, wheelchair ramps and staircase angular rails.
Itself the station is the first segment of the second stage of the Pechersky radius, and its position as terminus was temporary. After a year of its opening the station's sidings will continue into a new depot built specifically for the line Khrakivske and in the first half of 2007 will continue onto the next segment of the second stage Chervony Khutir
Chervony Khutir (Kiev Metro)
Chervony Khutir is the terminus station of the Kiev Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line, opened on May 23, 2008. The station's name arises from an old village "Red Khutor" that was subsequently absorbed into Kiev city limits and is now an industrial neighbourhood....
, the line will then turn northwestwards towards the new rail terminal being built in Darnytsia before meeting its final terminus on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
The Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line , is the first line of the Kiev Metro, dating back to 1960. It includes some of the system's more historically significant stations, like Arsenalna, which at 105.5 meters is the deepest in the world and the next station Dnipro, which although the tunnel follows a...
's station Darnytsia
Darnytsia (Kiev Metro)
Darnytsia is a station on the Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on November 5, 1965 as part of the westwards eastwards expansion of the Brovary radius and is the second one to be fully on the left bank of the Dnieper River...