Passengers never exit here: discover the eerie appearance of a ghost station in Kyiv's metro (photos).
On the "Syretsko-Pechersk" line of the Kiev metro, there exists a mysterious station that simply does not appear on the metro map. The lights are on, and attendants are present, but trains never stop here, and passengers do not disembark.
Such locations are commonly referred to as "ghost stations" because they exist, yet are very hard to see. Kiev also has its own ghost station, known as "Lvivske Vorohta". "Telegraph" shares the story of this site and provides hints about its location.
What is known about the ghost station "Lvivske Vorohta"
9 "Lvivske Vorohta" is an unfinished station of the Kiev metro system, located on the "green" line between the "Zoloti Vorohta" and "Lukyanivska" stations on the "Syretsko-Pechersk" line.
0 The station was named after the Lviv Gates (brama) of the Old Kiev fortress, which used to stand where modern Lviv Square is located, to which the station was originally intended to connect.
Construction of "Lvivske Vorohta" began in the mid-1991, but due to a lack of funds, work was halted in 1996. Unfortunately, the station was never put into operation.
1 Interestingly, since 1996, "maintenance work" has been conducted at the station, and plans to open it have been repeatedly announced by city officials, but have always been postponed.
While passing the station on a metro train between "Lukyanivska" and "Zoloti Vorohta," one can observe the illuminated platforms and partially tiled track walls of this station, which city authorities have yet to complete.
2 The main hall of the station is nearly finished, but the inclined escalator tunnel has not been constructed.
The station is situated near Lviv Square, which is an extremely busy area, and opening the metro could ease and expedite transport in the city, but, as they say, it’s not meant to be.
3 The last time journalists were allowed into the station was in 2016, and it looked quite eerie then — rust was found on the walls and ceiling of the tunnels, along with water and stalactites.
To this day, the project for opening the "Lvivske Vorohta" station remains unrealized.
4 Will the "Lvivske Vorohta" metro station be completed?
There are currently no plans for the completion and opening of the "Lvivska Brama" station, and the city authorities have not allocated funds for this purpose.
In February 2022, prior to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, KP "Kyiv Metro" announced a tender for the design of the entrance to the "Lvivske Vorohta" metro station with an expected cost of 73.4 million.
5 According to the documentation, the exit will not be at Lviv Square, as previously planned, but on Sichevykh Striltsiv Street, which is 300 meters to the west. However, this project was not realized by 2024.
The explanation is simple — the city lacks funds, and the metro tariff does not include money for infrastructure development, so KP "Kyiv Metro" cannot cover all expenses on its own.
Therefore, the opening of "Lvivske Vorohta" should not be expected in the near future, reports "Suspilne".
6 Meanwhile, according to preliminary data, the Department of Transport Infrastructure of the Kyiv City State Administration and KP "Kyiv Metro" plan to allocate 20 million hryvnias for the construction of the "Lvivska Brama" metro station (including the construction of the entrance) in 2025.
The total estimated cost for building the metro station is 1.153 billion hryvnias.
7 As a reminder, at the "Universytet" metro station in Kiev, ancient fossils can be seen. They are preserved in the red marble that adorns the walls of this metro station.
For instance, one can examine parts of ammonite shells — ancient cephalopods. In addition, outlines of ancient organisms that inhabited our planet many years ago can be discerned in the marble.
Previously, "Telegraph" reported on where in Kiev you can see the ghost of a headless horseman. It is believed that the horseman was brutally killed by Cossacks — his head was severed with a saber. This is why his soul cannot find peace and has been trying for centuries to find his executioners and take revenge.