Oleksandry Ekster (Kyiv Light Rail)
Oleksandry Ekster (Ukrainian: Олександри Екстер; from 2000 to 2008, Tsvietaievoi; from 2008 to 2023, Maryny Tsvietaievoi) is a station on the Livoberezhna Line of the Kyiv Light Rail system in Ukraine. It was opened on May 26, 2000, and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012.
Oleksandry Ekster is located 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 station with a prospective station of the Kyiv Metro's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.
References
- ^ "Tram lines: Fast tram No. 2". City Electrotransport — United tram and trolleybus site (in Russian). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "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
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.
