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2015The station signs of the Kiev Metro couldn’t be more different as either they are not installed at the same height or differ in dimensions. Hence some of them even go beyond the scope of a 24 millimetre wide angle lens, what destroys a little the standardised way how this photo series displays stations signs; and the above ground built stations of red line to boot even do not have a station sign at all. At the time of shooting the Kiev Metro photo series (May 2015) two stations of the green line were not accessible at all due to construction works. Lvivska Brama and Telychka are not (yet) part of the project.
The Kiev Metro is a loved and often used means of transportation. At the big interchange stations Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho, Khreshchatyk and Soloti Vorota that becomes most apparent when an unbelievably big crowd literally flows through the stations like water through channels. Then trains are often very crowded like a Tokyo suburban train and there’s only the guy missing pushing even more people into the train cars.
There are so many people using the Kiev Metro that in rush hour the “distance” between two succeeding trains is only 60 seconds. Hats off, that’s first class performance! For this photo project that’s pretty limiting too as only the time between two trains can be used to take photos, meaning the project becomes a real piece of hard work.
The Metro works as a closed system. To be allowed to enter it you either have to buy a token for 4 Hryvna (as per May 2015) or to swipe a chip card to make the entry open its barrier. At some stations the entry is generally open though. They instantly close if someone goes through without having paid. Ladies working for the Kiev Metro control those entries.
Expansion planning includes two new lines, one leading North-South in eastern Kiev (M5, light blue) as well as a second East-West line (M4, yellow). Like red and green line the new M4 needs to cross Dnipr River as well, what has been set up already as separate rail path as part of two story Podilsko-Voskresensky bridge. However the construction works for this bridge entirely halted about 5 years ago making Kiev having a conspicuous abandoned construction. Also the green line will get three new stations in the Northwest after Syrets station and five new stops in the Southeast making a handshake with already existing red line at Livoberezhna station.
This photo series was created solely using the prime lens Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev_Metro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska_Line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska_Line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syretsko-Pecherska_Line
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2015- Syrets
- Train of green line has reached its terminus at Syrets station
- Main aisle of Syrets station
- View to opposite platform of Syrets station
- Dorohozhychi
- Main aisle of Dorohozhychi station
- Platform and tunnel tube of Dorohozhychi station
- Lukianivska
- Platform and tunnel tube of Lukianivska station
- View to opposite platform of Lukianivska station
- Zoloti Vorota
- Chandeliers and embellished ceiling of Zoloti Vorota station
- Chandeliers and arches of Zoloti Vorota station
- Palats Sportu
- Platform and tunnel tube of Palats Sportu station
- Klovska
- Main aisle of Klovska station
- View of the opposite platform of Klovska station
- Pecherska
- Main aisle of Pecherska station
- Emergency communication with the driver
- Druzhby Narodiv
- Tunnel tube and platform of Druzhby Narodiv station
- Vydubychi
- Platform of Vydubychi station
- Slavutych
- Symmetry of Slavutych station
- Spacey interior design of Slavutych station
- Platform of Slavutych station
- Osokorky
- Seating accommodation inside Osokorky station
- Symmetry of Osokorky station’s island platform
- Pozniaky
- Staircase inside Pozniaky station
- Island platform of Pozniaky station
- Kharkivska
- Chandelier at Kharkivska station
- Ceiling and illumination of Kharkivska station
- Vyrlytsia
- Side platform of Vyrlytsia station
- Staircase at Vyrlytsia station
- Boryspilska
- Island platform of Boryspilska station
- (Deutsch) Tscherwonyj Chutir
- Train of green line shortly before reaching Chervony Khutir terminus station
- Side platform of Chervony Khutir station
- Seating accommodation inside Chervony Khutir station
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2015- Heroiv Dnipra
- Platform of Heroiv Dnipra station
- Mural inside Heroiv Dnipra station
- Wall detail and pillars of Heroiv Dnipra station
- Minska
- Ceiling of Minska station
- Platform of Minsk station
- Obolon
- Island platform of Obolon station
- Wall detail of Obolon station
- Petrivka
- Wall detail of Petrivka station
- Train of blue line departing from Petrivka station
- Platform of Petrivka station
- Signpost and train of blue line arriving Petrivka station
- Tarasa Shevchenka
- Island platform and Shevchenko bust of Tarasa Shevchenka station
- Chandelier of Tarasa Shevchenka station
- Kontraktova Ploshcha
- Ceiling illumination of Kontraktova Ploshcha station
- Wall detail of Kontraktova Ploshcha station
- Poshtova Ploshcha
- Symmetry of Poshtova Ploshcha station
- Wall detail of Poshtova Ploshcha station
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti
- Detail reminding of the end of WW2 inside Maidan Nezalezhnosti station
- Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
- Chandeliers of Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho station’s main aisle
- Olimpiiska
- Mural dedicated to Olympic Games and main aisle of Olimpiiska station
- Palats Ukrayina
- Central mural of Palats Ukrayina station
- Soviet star, hammer & sickle inside Palats Ukrayina station
- Detail dedicated to the labouring class at Palats Ukrayina station
- Platform of Palats Ukrayina station
- Lybidska
- Central mural of Lybidska station
- Train of blue line driving through Lybidska station
- Detail of Lybidska station
- Demiivska
- Holosiivska
- Symmetry of Holosiivska station
- Ceiling and signpost at Holosiivska station
- Vasylkivska
- Vystavkovyi Tsentr
- Island platform of Vystavkovyi Tsentr station
- Chandelier inside Vystavkovyi Tsentr station
- Ipodrom
- Symmetry of Ipodrom station
- Teremky
- Illumination of Teremky station ceiling
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2015- Akademmistechko
- View into Akademmistechko station
- Train of red line arriving its terminus Akademmistechko station
- Zhytomyrska
- Staircase and exit of Zhytomyrska station
- Sviatoshyn
- Platform of Sviatoshyn station
- Ceiling of Sviatoshyn station
- Nyvky
- Passengers in a new coach of red line shortly after Nyvky station
- Beresteiska
- Soviet reminiscence on the walls of Beresteiska station
- Symmetry of Beresteiska station
- Shuliavska
- Central mural of Shuliavska station shows workers and the symbol of peaceful nuclear power
- Train arriving Shuliavska station
- Politekhnichnyi Instytut
- Central mural at the main aisle of Politekhnichnyi Instytut station
- Vokzalna
- Arches and communist mural inside Vokzalna station
- Soviet communist mural inside Vokzalna station
- Universytet
- Central aisle of Universytet station
- Arches and busts of Universytet station
- Teatralna
- Central topic of Teatralna station (former Leninska)
- Khreshchatyk
- Arsenalna
- Detail of Arsenalna station
- Dnipro (without station sign)
- Route indicator at Dnipro station
- Entrance and exits doors at Dnipro station
- Platform of Dnipro station
- Hidropark (without station sign)
- Detail of Hidropark station
- Livoberezhna (without station sign)
- Darnytsia (without station sign)
- Chernihivska
- Seats and glass brick pillars at Lisova station