Politekhnichnyi Instytut (Kyiv Metro)
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Kyiv Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Solomianskyi District Kyiv Ukraine | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°27′03″N 30°27′59″E / 50.45083°N 30.46639°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Kyiv Metro | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | underground | ||||||||||
Depth | 55 m (180 ft) | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
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Station code | 116 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 5 November 1963 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
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Politekhnichnyi Instytut (Ukrainian: Політехнічний інститут, ) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on 5 November 1963, and is named after Kyiv'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 escalators. The entrance to the station is located on the ground floor of the Kyiv Metro administration building, on the corner of Peremohy Prospekt (Victory Avenue) and Politekhnichna Street.
External links
[edit]- (in Ukrainian) Kyivsky Metropoliten - Station description and photographs
- (in Russian) Metropoliten.kiev.ua - Station description and photographs
- (in Russian) mirmetro.net More pictures and description.
- (in Czech) Zarohem.cz- Photographs