Lybidska (Kiev Metro)

Lybidska
Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall; Soviet decorative piece at the end of the hall will be removed to be displayed at a museum due to 2015 decommunization laws
Coordinates	50°24′47″N 30°31′28″E / 50.41306°N 30.52444°E / 50.41306; 30.52444Coordinates: 50°24′47″N 30°31′28″E / 50.41306°N 30.52444°E / 50.41306; 30.52444
Line(s)	Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Construction
Structure type	Deep column station
Depth	22.5 meters
Other information
Station code	221
History
Opened	December 30, 1984
Previous names	Dzerzhynska
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	28,500 (daily)
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station Palats "Ukrayina" toward Heroiv Dnipra Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line Demiivska toward Teremky

Lybidska (Ukrainian: Либідська) is the 27th station of the Kiev Metro system that serves the Ukrainian capital Kiev. The station was opened as part of the Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line on December 30, 1984, located in between the Palats "Ukrayina" and Demiivska stations.

The station provides passenger access to the Dzerzhynskoho Square, under which it is located. It served as the line's southern terminus for 26 years until 2010, when the line was extended to Vasylkivska. 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, on February 2, 1993.

In 2011, the station has been listed as "newly discovered objects of cultural heritage," and monuments of architecture, town planning, and art. In May 2016 it was decided that the Soviet decorative piece at the end of the central hall will be removed to be displayed at a museum due to 2015 decommunization laws.

As of 2011^[update], Lybidska has a daily ridership of 28,500, and is operational every day from 05:48 to 00:00.

Originally, a metro station was not planned to be built in the area, since there was no large residential neighborhoods or important transport junctions nearby. During the planning process, the station carried the name of "Ploshcha Dzerzhynskoho" or "Zavod Imeni Dzerzhynskoho," although the name was simplified and settled upon Dzerzhynska (Ukrainian: Дзержинська), named after Felix Dzerzhynsky, communist politician of the Soviet Union.

However, the station was built as a temporary terminus, owing to the complexity of the hydrogeological situation in the area that would become the Holosiivska extension of the Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The line's extension southwards stretched on for more than 15 years, which became a major issue for commuters during rush hours. The station was one of the busiest terminus stations since many bus and marshrutka routes were routed through its vicinity, connecting commuters with areas on the outskirts of Kiev which were lacking metro access. When the Holosiivska extension was inaugurated on December 15, 2010, the station was no longer a terminus.