Kashtanova (Kyiv Light Rail)

Kashtanova (Ukrainian: Каштанова) is a station on the Livoberezhna Line of the Kyiv Light Rail system. It was opened on May 26, 2000^[1] and reopened after a significant modernization of the line on October 26, 2012.^[2]

Kashtanova
General information
Coordinates	50°30′23″N 30°35′00″E
Owned by	Kyivpastrans
Line(s)	Livoberezhna line
Platforms	2 side platforms
History
Opened	May 26, 2000[1]
Rebuilt	October 25, 2012[2]
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Light Rail Following station Romana Shukhevycha towards Raiduzhnyi Line 4 Ronalda Reihana towards Myloslavska Line 5 Ronalda Reihana towards Serzha Lyfaria Street

Kashtanova is located in between the Ronalda Reihana and Romana Shukhevycha stations.

At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed creating the Vulytsia Kashtanova station of the Kyiv Metro's Livoberezhna Line, although that entire project was scrapped in favor of expanding the existing light rail system.^[3]

References

1. "Tram lines: Fast tram No. 2". City Electrotransport — United tram and trolleybus site (in Russian). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
2. "The tram will run towards Troieschyna on Thursday". UNIAN (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
3. "Kyiv authorities have decided not to build a metro to Troieschyna". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Russian). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.

External links

• Media related to Kashtanova at Wikimedia Commons
• "Troieschyna Fast Tram". lyoshko.livejournal.com (in Ukrainian). LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.