Oleksandry Ekster (Kyiv Light Rail)
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Owned by | Kyivpastrans | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Livoberezhna line | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | May 26, 2000[1] | ||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | October 25, 2012[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Oleksandry Ekster (Ukrainian: Марини Цвєтаєвої; from 2000 to 2008, Tsvietaievoi; from 2008 to 2023, Maryny Tsvietaievoi) is a station on the Livoberezhna Line of the Kyiv Light Rail system. It was opened on May 26, 2000[1] and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012.[2]
Maryny Tsvetaievoi is located in between the Myloslavska and Serzha Lyfaria stations. Initially named in honour of Marina Tsvetaeva, a Russian poet, but it was renamed in 2023 in honour of Aleksandra Ekster, painter and designer of the Ukrainian avant-garde.
At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed connecting the Maryny Tsvietaievoi station with a perspective station of the Kyiv Metro's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Tram lines: Fast tram No. 2". City Electrotransport — United tram and trolleybus site (in Russian). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ a b "The tram will run towards Troieschyna on Thursday". UNIAN (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Kyiv authorities have decided not to build a metro to Troieschyna". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Russian). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Oleksandry Ekster Fast Tram Station at Wikimedia Commons
- "Troieschyna Fast Tram". lyoshko.livejournal.com (in Ukrainian). LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.