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John Rowland · September 19th 06, 11:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:

One interesting feature of the Kiev metro system is that the
interchange stations have different names for each line. As you can
see from the map in the URL above, Zoloti Vorota and Teatralna are
actually the same station, but the names are for the green and blue
lines respectively. The equivalent here would be Oxford Circus having
different names for the Bakerloo, Victoria and Central Line platforms.

The names are presumably the names of the roads which the lines are
crossing. This system was used in the Underground's early days, and is still
used on London buses, where generally the stops for north-south routes will
be named after east-west roads and vice versa.