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Vokzalna is a station on Kiev Metro's Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened along with the Metro on 6 November 1960, and is named after Kiev's Central rail station (Vokzal, named ultimately for London's Vauxhall station) and is the metro stop for those using the train.
Decoratively the station is reminiscent of the 1950s stations seen in Moscow Metro, particularly VDNKh. To justify the name of a main railway terminal and thus as a gateway to the system and to Kiev the architects (V.Yezhov, E.Katonyn, V.Skyharov, I.Shemsedinov, A.Dobrovolsky and I.Maslenkov) took a pylon trivault design with bright white marbled pylons and white ceramic tiles on the walls. Lighting comes from square chandeliers suspended from the apex of the vault. The pylons are decorated with bronze medallions depicting the various episodes from Ukrainian and Soviet history. (artist O.Mizin). In the far end of the station is a bronze grill that used to have a large image of Lenin.
The station's round vestibule is part of a larger structure which contains platforms leaving to the commuter trains. On 16 August 2006, the Construction Committee of Kiev approved plans for a second exit to open on the opposite side of the railway station with access to the southern terminal. The station will also serve as a future transfer to Podilsko-Voskresenska Line, with Vokzalna-II to open in 2015.
Vokzalna may mean:
- Vokzalna (Kiev Metro), a station on the Kiev Metro.
- Vokzalna (Dnipropetrovsk Metro), a station on the Dnipropetrovsk Metro.
Vokzalna is a station on Dnipropetrovsk Metro's Tsentralno–Zavodska Line. The station is the eastern terminus of the line and was opened on December 29, 1995. However, once the nearby Teatralna station will be completed, it will cease being the eastern terminus.
The station has three exits, all of which exit onto the Vokzalna Square. The station is named Vokzalna for the located nearby main railway station in Dnipropetrovsk.