Budynok Rad (Kryvyi Rih Metrotram)
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Budynok Rad is a station on the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram
. It opened on February 23, 1988 as part of the first segment of the second stage.
The station sits right in the centre of the city next to the city council building. When the station was opened, there were delays with the construction of two other stations, so to justify the system, a temporary shuttle service was organised with two three-car trams ferrying passengers between the city centre and the reversal ring on the Dzerzhinska
station. On May 2, 1989, after the completion of the remaining two stations on the second stage, standard transit was possible and the shuttle service was discontinued.
The Budynok Rad along with its near-identical neighbour Prospekt Metalurhiv
are the only stations that are built to the full Metro standard. Both have island platforms and are built to the full length and size of a Metro system. The platforms are even capable of being raised, which is noticeable in the staircase arrangement.
The station also lacks an external vestibule; instead, two vestibules are located underground on both ends of the platform with exits to the Nikolay Gogol
Square. One of the biggest problems that arose with the construction of a Metro-type station was that Soviet Union design places doors only on the left side, meaning that the direction had to alternate prior to arriving at the station (given the right-hand rail operation used in the USSR). As a result, the tunnels cross before reaching the station and continue on the same side until Prospekt Metalurhiv where they cross back to the standard right-hand arrangement
The station is a typical single vault of (Kharkov design
). The two stations are also most extravagant, which is another trademark of . Whereas other stations make use of the architecture of the surface structure and arrange the interior to be aesthetic, this station is exactely the opposite. Red marble is used for the walls and floor; the ceiling of the vault consists of a hexagonal honeycomb arrangement. Three mosaics with a Soviet theme are present on both walls. Lighting comes from a series of lightbulbs installed in the centre of each hexagon on the apexal rows of the vault. However, for financial reasons, it is rare that they are all turned on at once.
Kryvyi Rih Metrotram
The Kryvyi Rih Metrotram is a partially underground rapid tram system that serves the city of Kryvyi Rih, the eighth largest city in Ukraine...
. It opened on February 23, 1988 as part of the first segment of the second stage.
The station sits right in the centre of the city next to the city council building. When the station was opened, there were delays with the construction of two other stations, so to justify the system, a temporary shuttle service was organised with two three-car trams ferrying passengers between the city centre and the reversal ring on the Dzerzhinska
Dzerzhinska (Kryvyi Rih Metrotram)
Dzerzhynska is a station on the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram. Originally opened on 26 December 1986, the present structure dates to 23 February 1988. This confusion is best described, in the Tram arrangement and necessity to have a reversal ring for a terminus...
station. On May 2, 1989, after the completion of the remaining two stations on the second stage, standard transit was possible and the shuttle service was discontinued.
The Budynok Rad along with its near-identical neighbour Prospekt Metalurhiv
Prospekt Metalurhiv (Kryvyi Rih Metrotram)
Prospekt Metalurhiv is a station on the Kryvyi Rih Metrotram. Opened on May 2, 1989 as part of the second segment of the second stage, it, like its neighbour Budynok Rad, are the only two stations that are built to the full Metro standard....
are the only stations that are built to the full Metro standard. Both have island platforms and are built to the full length and size of a Metro system. The platforms are even capable of being raised, which is noticeable in the staircase arrangement.
The station also lacks an external vestibule; instead, two vestibules are located underground on both ends of the platform with exits to the Nikolay Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist.Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism, later critics have found in Gogol's work a fundamentally romantic sensibility, with strains of Surrealism...
Square. One of the biggest problems that arose with the construction of a Metro-type station was that Soviet Union design places doors only on the left side, meaning that the direction had to alternate prior to arriving at the station (given the right-hand rail operation used in the USSR). As a result, the tunnels cross before reaching the station and continue on the same side until Prospekt Metalurhiv where they cross back to the standard right-hand arrangement
The station is a typical single vault of (Kharkov design
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:...
). The two stations are also most extravagant, which is another trademark of . Whereas other stations make use of the architecture of the surface structure and arrange the interior to be aesthetic, this station is exactely the opposite. Red marble is used for the walls and floor; the ceiling of the vault consists of a hexagonal honeycomb arrangement. Three mosaics with a Soviet theme are present on both walls. Lighting comes from a series of lightbulbs installed in the centre of each hexagon on the apexal rows of the vault. However, for financial reasons, it is rare that they are all turned on at once.