Teatralna (Kiev Metro)

Teatralna
Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall
Coordinates	50°26′43″N 30°31′05″E / 50.44528°N 30.51806°E / 50.44528; 30.51806Coordinates: 50°26′43″N 30°31′05″E / 50.44528°N 30.51806°E / 50.44528; 30.51806
Owned by	Kiev Metro
Line(s)	Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Depth	70 m (230 ft)
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	119
History
Opened	6 November 1987
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Leninskaya
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station Universytet toward Akademmistechko Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line Khreshchatyk toward Lisova Lukianivska toward Syrets Syretsko-Pecherska Line Transfer at: Zoloti Vorota Palats Sportu toward Chervony Khutir

Teatralna (Ukrainian: Театральна) is a station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line of the Kiev Metro system. The station serves as a transfer point, via a pedestrian walkway connecting it to the Zoloti Vorota station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. The station was opened in 1987, between the Universytet and Khreshchatyk stations which were opened 27 years earlier. Currently there is a proposal for a second entrance to the station.

The station owes its name to the Kiev Opera Theatre located a few blocks away, and Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama, next to the metro entrance. Prior to 1992, the station was known as Leninska (Ukrainian: Ленiнська, Russian: Ленинская, Leninskaya) from its location on Leninska Street (renamed to Khmelnytska Street), in reference to Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin.

In the original 1950s Kiev Metro development plans, the northwest-southeast Syretsko-Pecherska Line was not foreseen. Therefore, no space was left for a transfer station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska line. When the former line was being planned during the 1970s, it was decided that a new station was to be built onto the existing track.

The original curved tunnels lacked any provision for a future platform and a new section had to be bored to create a straight section for the new station. Construction began simultaneously when the work commenced on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line in the early 1980s. During the last six months of construction, the service on the line was disrupted, and the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line was effectively split in two, with a replacement bus service operating free of charge between the two stations on either end, Universytet from the west, and Khreshchatyk from the east, respectively. Finally, on November 7, 1987 (the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution), the Teatralna station was opened to the public. The a portion of the old tunnel sections were then used to build the enlarged vault of Zoloti Vorota, which opened in 1989. An underground walkway connects the rear end of Zoloti Vorota to the side of Tetralna, allowing passengers to change lines without leaving the metro.

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