Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Kyiv Metro)

Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Ukrainian: Майдан Незалежності) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska line. The station was opened on 17 December 1976, and is named after Kyiv's Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) on the Khreschatyk street. It was designed by N. Kolomiiets, I. Maslenkov, M. Syrkyn, and F. Zaremba.

Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Kyiv Metro station
The Station Hall
Location	Pecherskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°27′00″N 30°31′28″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	217
History
Opened	17 December 1976
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kyiv Metro   Following station Poshtova Ploshcha toward Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho toward Teremky Teatralna toward Akademmistechko Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line Transfer at: Khreshchatyk Arsenalna toward Lisova

The station was formerly known as Ploscha Kalinina, but was renamed a year after its opening to Ploscha Zhovtnevoi revoliutsii (Ukrainian: Площа Жовтневої революції). Maidan Nezalezhnosti forms a station complex with a transfer section with the neighbouring Khreschatyk station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line.

The station is laid deep underground and consists of a central hall with porticoes. The lamps which light the station are hidden in the niches between the columns and the walls.

External links

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