Politekhnichnyi Instytut (Kiev Metro)
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Politekhnichnyi Instytut is a station on Kiev Metro
's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
. The station was opened on November 5, 1963, and is named after Kiev
's Polytechnic Institute
located near the station. It was designed by G.V. Golovko, B.V. Dzbanovsky, E.L. Ivanov, and M.M. Syrkin.
The station has been laid deep underground and consists of a central hall with rows of columns near the platforms. It is connected to the street level by three escalator
s. The entrance to the station is located on the ground floor of the Kiev Metro administration building, on the corner of the Peremohy Prospekt (Victory Avenue) and the Politekhnichna Street.
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 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...
. The station was opened on November 5, 1963, and is named after Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
's Polytechnic Institute
Kiev Polytechnic Institute
The National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” is a major university in Kiev, Ukraine.-History:The institute was founded in 1898. At that time it had four departments: Mechanical, Chemical, Agricultural, and Civil Engineering. The first enrolment constituted 360 students...
located near the station. It was designed by G.V. Golovko, B.V. Dzbanovsky, E.L. Ivanov, and M.M. Syrkin.
The station has been laid deep underground and consists of a central hall with rows of columns near the platforms. It is connected to the street level by three escalator
Escalator
An escalator is a moving staircase – a conveyor transport device for carrying people between floors of a building. The device consists of a motor-driven chain of individual, linked steps that move up or down on tracks, allowing the step treads to remain horizontal.Escalators are used around the...
s. The entrance to the station is located on the ground floor of the Kiev Metro administration building, on the corner of the Peremohy Prospekt (Victory Avenue) and the Politekhnichna Street.