Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Kyiv Metro)

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Ukrainian: Площа Льва Толстого) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on 19 December 1981, and is named after the writer Leo Tolstoy (who visited Kyiv only once[1]). It was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
Location	Shevchenkivskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	218
History
Opened	19 December 1981
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kyiv Metro   Following station Maidan Nezalezhnosti toward Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line Olimpiiska toward Teremky Zoloti Vorota toward Syrets Syretsko-Pecherska Line Transfer at: Palats Sportu Klovska toward Chervony Khutir

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall has been covered with orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Leo Tolstoy Square and another street.

The station forms a station complex with a transfer tunnel with the adjoining Palats Sportu station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

References

1. (in Russian) In Kiev, "disappear" metro station "Petrovka" and Tolstoy Street: all the details, Segodnya (19 April 2017)

External links

• Kyivsky Metropoliten — Station description and photographs (in Ukrainian)
• Metropoliten.kiev.ua — Station description and photographs (in Russian)