Tsentralny Rynok (Kharkiv Metro)

The Tsentralny Rynok ( _uk. Центральний ринок; _ru. Центральный рынок) is a station on Kharkiv Metro's Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya Line. The station was opened on August 23, 1975. It is located in the central part of Kharkiv, near the №2 bus station and the "Tsentralny Rynok", literally "Central Market", for which the station is named.

In the beginning, a station named Kommynalny Rynok was planned to be built in the "Blagoveschenskogo Raion". But during the pre-construction stage of examination, the hydro-geological circumstances were not good for the construction of the station. Therefore, the station was planned to be some way to the side.

The station is lain shallow underground and is a single-vault design with a rounded ceiling. The station itself was designed by V.A. Spivachuk, and engineered by P.D Pashkov and Y.V. Lysenko. The partitions the tracks have been held with is grey marble, which has been introduced in traditional relief Ukrainian designs. The floor has been paved with multicoloured polished granite, which is reminiscent of a carpet-like design.

On both ends of the station, are wide stairs which lead passengers to a station vestibule, which continuous the openness of the station. The walls of the vestibule are decorated with light-grey and light-rose coloured marble.

The Tsentralny Rynok station is unique because it has a rounded ceiling which is held up with many rose marble columns. These columns were added in 1996 in result of serious deterioration of the ceiling, which was caused by high levels of precipitation due to heavy rain fall in the summer of that year. However, during the column additions to the station, a task which lasted about a year, the station was in full operation.

Tsentralny Rynok Station is located near Dom Trogovli (a four-story department store), Avto Vokzal 2 (a bus terminal) and the Kharkov Yeshiva Ketana (a Jewish religious school for boys).

External links

*ru icon [http://gortransport.kharkov.ua/index.htm?/subway/stations/stations.php?subway_station_page=3 Tsentralny Rynok on Gortransport Kharkiv site]