Pochaina (Kyiv Metro)

Pochaina (Ukrainian: Почайна) is a station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko–Teremkivska line. The station was opened on 19 December 1980 in the Petrivka neighborhood of the Podilskyi Raion of Kyiv near Pochaina Railway Station. It was designed by I.L. Maslenkov, T.A. Tselikovska, A.S. Krushynskyi, and F.M. Zaremba.

Pochaina
Kyiv Metro station
Location	Obolonskyi District Kyiv Ukraine
Coordinates	50°29′13″N 30°29′52″E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Connections	Trolleybus: 25, 27, 29, 30, 31, 34 Bus: 21, 101
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	213
History
Opened	19 December 1980
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kyiv Metro   Following station Obolon toward Heroiv Dnipra Obolonsko–Teremkivska Line Tarasa Shevchenka toward Teremky

The station is located shallow underground and consists of a central hall with columns. The walls along the tracks have been covered with yellow marble and decorated with two abstract reliefs. Hanging above one of the entrances into the station's hall is a colorful mosaic. The station is accessible by passenger tunnels; the northern one leading to a square, the southern one — to Pochaina Railway Station.

On the 8 February 2018, Kyiv city council voted to rename Petrivka which commemorated communist politician Grigory Petrovsky to Pochaina after the Pochaina river (in which Prince Volodymyr baptized Kyiv citizens), according to the decommunization law.[1][2]

References

1. Kyiv's Petrivka subway station renamed Pochaina, UNIAN (12 February 2018)
2. "Forget Petrivka metro station – now it's Pochaina | KyivPost". KyivPost. 2018-02-08. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

External links

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