Portal:Trains/Selected article/Week 36, 2015

Zoloti Vorota (Золотi ворота) is the 29th station of the Kyiv Metro system that serves the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. The station was opened as part of the first segment of the Syretsko–Pecherska line on 31 December 1989. It serves as a transfer station to the Teatralna station of the Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line. It is located near the city's Golden Gate, from which the station takes its name. The original design plans for the station called for a clean utilitarian structure typical of metro stations of that period. Due to the efforts of the city's chief architect Mykola Zharikov, the design was scrapped in favor of one that resembles an ancient Kievan Rus' temple by Borys Zhezherin, Vadym Zhezherin, and Zharikov himself. Vadym Zhezherin and Mykola Zharikov, among the other artists and architects of the station, were bestowed the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Architecture for their work in 1991. The station features 80 distinct mosaic pieces and images depicting the history of Kievan Rus'. The station is regarded as one of the most impressive metro stations in Europe, being placed on a list compiled by The Daily Telegraph in 2013.