Lviv Metro

The Lvív Metro (Ukrainian: Льві́вський метрополіте́н, romanized: Lvivskyi metropoliten, IPA: [ˈʎʋiu̯sʲkɪj ˌmɛtropol⁽ʲ⁾iˈtɛn]) is a rapid transit system that was planned in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine during the 1980s. During the early 2000s, the project was changed to utilize light-rail transport instead.[1]

History

In the 1960s, plans for the construction of a high-speed, partially underground tram were included in Lviv's promising master plan. Its design began in the late 1970s. First of all, it was planned to build two tunnels with the dimensions of the subway under the city center, and to bring them to the land routes. The second stage envisaged the construction of a third tunnel from Ivan Franko Square through the Citadel, Bandera Street and the railway station to Yaniv Cemetery. In 1987, the first land section was built from Sakharova Street to Naukova Street. Underground construction began with the construction of the first ventilation shaft in the courtyard of the Potocki Palace, which damaged the surrounding buildings.Therefore, given this, as well as the financial crisis of the late 1980s, the project was frozen.[1][2]

Schemes

As there are plans for the prospects of building a subway, you can find several variants of the Lviv metro scheme on the Internet. For the most part, they are not of official origin, but only created by enthusiasts.

One of the fantasy schemes of the Lviv metro

Internet meme

"Lviv Metro named after Stepan Bandera" is an Internet meme that appeared in 2008 in the community of Ukrainian LiveJournal "Fofudia", which grotesquely ridiculed Russian chauvinism and Ukrainophobia. It was later distributed by other parody projects of this genre, in particular, "PDRS".

According to the legend, the subway was built by the Banderites during the Nazi occupation of the city during World War II using Russian slave labor. The subway, named after Stepan Bandera, continues to be used to torture members of this people, as well as the Orthodox of the Moscow Patriarchate.[3][4]

Two metro lines (in different versions of the scheme, red and black, or yellow and blue) have the shape of tryzub. There are 13 "stations":

  1. Banderivska, where drugs are tested on russians;
  2. Independent, where borscht is being made out of kidnapped babies;
  3. Hitler's, where Orthodox priests are mocked;
  4. Konotopsika, where tortures are carried out;
  5. Shevchenkivsika, where tortures are carried out;
  6. Lemberzika, where the metro management office is located;
  7. Nato's, which houses a training center that teaches torture;
  8. Babo-Paraskivska (in honor of Baba Paraska), the purpose of which no one knows;
  9. Border's, where Russians who tried to cross the Polish-Ukrainian border are taken;
  10. Donetsika – a distributor where victims are taken;
  11. Crimean, where crematorium works to burn the remains of victims;
  12. Ukrainian, on which gas chamber is located;
  13. Happy, where there are lounges, showers and a movie theater for employees[5][6]

See also

References

  1. Bilan, Bogdan (Богдан Білан) (8 March 2012). Легенди львівського метро. ZIK (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Antonyuk, Ivan (Іван Антонюк) (2 April 2011). Чи буде метро у Львові?. Магистраль (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. Всплила сікрєтна інформация наканєц-то... fofudja.livejournal.com (in Russian). 20 March 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  4. Rattenfangerov, Erwin (Эрвин Раттэнфэнгэров) (October 2008). Львовское метро: миф или реальность?. Сайт ПДРС – Приднепровско-Донецкого Рабочего Союза (in Russian). Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. Львівське метро. Файна Меморія (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-08-16. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  6. Мала метро Львова (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2022 via uchan.to.
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