Zakhysnykiv Ukrainy (Kharkiv Metro)

Zakhysnykiv Ukrainy
Kharkiv Metro Station
The Station Hall
Coordinates 49°59′19.01″N 36°15′53.19″E / 49.9886139°N 36.2647750°E / 49.9886139; 36.2647750Coordinates: 49°59′19.01″N 36°15′53.19″E / 49.9886139°N 36.2647750°E / 49.9886139; 36.2647750
Owned by Kharkiv Metro
Line(s) Oleksiivska Line
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type underground
Platform levels 1
History
Opened 1995-05-06
Electrified Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kharkiv Metro   Following station
toward Peremoha
Oleksiivska Line
Terminus

Zakhysnykiv Ukrainy (Ukrainian: Захисників України) (meaning: Defenders of Ukraine) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Oleksiivska Line. The station opened on May 6, 1995.

Prior to 17 May 2016, the station's name was Ploshchad Vosstaniya (Площадь Восстания , meaning: Rebellion Square). It was renamed conformed with the law banning Communist names in Ukraine.[1]

References

  1. "Четыре района города изменили название" (in Russian). Корреспондент. 18 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  • Butkovsky, Andrey. "Metro. Stations and constructions. Station "Zakhysnykiv Ukrainy"". Gortransport Kharkov (in Russian).


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