Lybidska (Kiev Metro)
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Lybidska is a metro station located below the Dzerzhynska Square. It was the southmost terminus on Kiev Metro
's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
from 1984 till 2010 for 26 years. The station was opened on December 30, 1984. It was designed by Ernest Kotkov, V.I.Ezhov, A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska. Lybidska was one of the busiest metro terminus because many bus and Marshrutka
routes connected the commuters from further oblast
where lacking cover by the system. But this was changed on December 15, 2010, when the Holosiivska extension was inaugurated.
Originally this station was named as Dzerzhynska , after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
, communist politician of the Soviet Union. After the fall of Soviet Union, in the beginning of the 1990s, the station was renamed "Lybidska" after the name of a nearby river - Lybid'.
The station was not planned to be built, because the surrounding area was not a big residential area or transport junction. But, because of underground waters, which complicated construction of following stations, it was proposed to build "Lybidska" as a temporary terminus. However, the extension of the line southwards stretched for more than 15 years. The situation became catastrophic - station was excessively impacted, especially during rush-hours.
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 Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
The Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line , is the second line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1976, it extended northwards along the right bank of the Dnieper river and began deviating from the river towards the southwest. As the current stations were built in the 1970s and 80s, architecturally the...
from 1984 till 2010 for 26 years. The station was opened on December 30, 1984. It was designed by Ernest Kotkov, V.I.Ezhov, A.S. Krushynskyi, T.A. Tselikovska. Lybidska was one of the busiest metro terminus because many bus and Marshrutka
Marshrutka
Marshrutka , from marshrutnoye taksi is a share taxi in the CIS countries, the Baltic states, and Bulgaria. Marshrutnoye taksi literally means routed taxicab...
routes connected the commuters from further oblast
Oblast
Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic countries, including some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"...
where lacking cover by the system. But this was changed on December 15, 2010, when the Holosiivska extension was inaugurated.
Originally this station was named as Dzerzhynska , after Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky
Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky was a Communist revolutionary, famous as the first director of the Bolshevik secret police, the Cheka, known later by many names during the history of the Soviet Union...
, communist politician of the Soviet Union. After the fall of Soviet Union, in the beginning of the 1990s, the station was renamed "Lybidska" after the name of a nearby river - Lybid'.
The station was not planned to be built, because the surrounding area was not a big residential area or transport junction. But, because of underground waters, which complicated construction of following stations, it was proposed to build "Lybidska" as a temporary terminus. However, the extension of the line southwards stretched for more than 15 years. The situation became catastrophic - station was excessively impacted, especially during rush-hours.