Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Kiev Metro)

Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho Kiev Metro station
The Station Hall
Station statistics
Coordinates	50°26′22″N 30°31′00″E
Lines	Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Structure	underground
Levels	1
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1981-12-19
Electrified	Yes
Code	218
Owned by	Kiev Metro
Services
Preceding station   Kiev Metro   Following station Maidan Nezalezhnosti toward Heroiv Dnipra Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line Olimpiiska toward Vystavkovyi Tsentr Zoloti Vorota toward Syrets Syretsko-Pecherska Line Transfer at: Palats Sportu Klovska toward Chervony Khutir

The central hall of the Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho station.

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 Kontraktova 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)