Kontraktova Ploshcha metro station (Kyiv)

Ukraine / Kyyiv / Kiev / Kyiv
 metro station, underground facility, 1976_construction
A station on Kyiv Metro's Obolonsko-Teremkivska Line. The station was opened on December 17, 1976, and is named after Kyiv's Kontraktova Square (Contract's Square) in the historic Podil neighbourhood. The station was formerly (before 1990) known as Chervona Ploscha (Red Square).

The station is located shallow underground and consists of a central hall with columns. The columns and the walls along the tracks have been covered with green-brown coloured marble. Passenger tunnels connect the station to the Kontraktova Square and another street.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontraktova_Ploshcha_(Kiev_Metro)
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Coordinates:   50°27'57"N   30°30'54"E
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