Ronalda Reihana (Kyiv Light Rail)

Ronalda Reihana (Ukrainian: Рональда Рейгана; in 20002008 known as Draizera, in 20122024 known as Teodora Draizera) 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]

Ronalda Reihana
Light Rail
General information
Coordinates50°30′41″N 30°35′44″E / 50.51139°N 30.59556°E / 50.51139; 30.59556
Owned byKyivpastrans
Line(s)Livoberezhna line
Platforms2 side platforms
History
OpenedMay 26, 2000[1]
RebuiltOctober 25, 2012[2]
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Light Rail Following station
Kashtanova
towards Raiduzhnyi
Line 4 Serzha Lyfaria
towards Myloslavska
Line 5 Serzha Lyfaria

Ronalda Reihana is located in between the Serzha Lyfaria and Kashtanova stations. Initially, It is named in honor of Theodore Dreiser, an American novelist and journalist, but it was renamed in 2024 in honor of Ronald Reagan, American politician, actor and 40th president of the United States.

At one point the Kyiv City authorities proposed creating the Vulytsia Draizera 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

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  1. ^ a b "Tram lines: Fast tram No. 2". City Electrotransport — United tram and trolleybus site (in Russian). Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b "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.
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