A complete list of interesting, unusual, romantic, secret and popular places that are located near Vokzalnaya station
During the reconstruction of the central railway station and the creation of a new station square in front of the South Terminal, the dean of the Kiev-Svyatoshinsky district, Archpriest Vasily Rusinka, turned to the Minister of Transport and Communications, General Director of Ukrzaliznytsia Georgy Kirpa with a request to build a cathedral – he supported … Read more
The only surviving steam locomotive of the 1-4-2 series IS (Joseph Stalin). During the years of “de-Stalinization,” the name of the beautiful car was replaced by the faceless FDp (Felix Dzerzhinsky Passenger) – the IS locomotive was created on the basis of the commercial FD. It was built in 1941 by the Voroshilovgrad plant. In … Read more
Ostrovsky Park was created in 1961 and has an area of 4 hectares. The park is dominated by deciduous trees – maples, lindens, poplars. The number of bushes is relatively small. The park has a modern children’s play complex. In 1971, a monument to Nikolai Ostrovsky was erected in the park. In 2007, the park … Read more
The Museum of Historical Rolling Stock of the South-Western Railway was opened in 2011 at the Kyiv-Passazhirsky station. At first there were only 3 exhibits, but the museum very quickly was replenished with various railway equipment. The exhibition of the railway museum includes steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, an electric locomotive ChS4, railway cars, a trolley, … Read more