Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Kiev Metro)

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall
Coordinates	50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E / 50.43944°N 30.51667°ECoordinates: 50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E / 50.43944°N 30.51667°E
Owned by	Kiev Metro
Line(s)	Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	218
History
Opened	139 December 1981
Electrified	Yes
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station Maidan Nezalezhnosti toward Heroiv Dnipra Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line Olimpiiska toward Teremky Zoloti Vorota toward Syrets Syretsko-Pecherska Line Transfer at: Palats Sportu Klovska toward Chervony Khutir

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Ukrainian: Площа Льва Толстого) is a station on Kiev Metro's Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. The station was opened on December 19, 1981, and is named after the writer Leo Tolstoy. It was designed by N.A. Levchuk and V.B. Zhezheryn.

The station is located deep underground and consists of a central hall with arcades in the walls. The central hall has been covered with orange-coloured marble and is lit by chandeliers and decorative lamps placed on the walls. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Leo Tolstoy Square and another street.

The station forms a station complex with a transfer tunnel with the adjoining Palats Sportu station on the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

External links

• Kyivsky Metropoliten — Station description and photographs (Ukrainian)
• Metropoliten.kiev.ua — Station description and photographs (Russian)