Darnytsia Railway Station

Darnytsia railway station
Ukrainian: Залізнична станція "Дарниця"

Commuter terminal

Location

3 Pryvokzalna St., Kiev,
Ukraine

Coordinates

50°25′52″N 30°38′46″E / 50.43111°N 30.64611°ECoordinates: 50°25′52″N 30°38′46″E / 50.43111°N 30.64611°E

Owned by

Ukrzaliznytsia

Platforms

1 bay platform + 2 island platforms (+3 island platforms under construction)

Connections

tram, marshrutka, metro (planned)

Construction

Structure type

at-grade

Parking

limited, under construction

Bicycle facilities

allowed

History

Opened

1899

Rebuilt

1953, expansion continuing from 2003

Electrified

1957

Services

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Darnytsia railway station (Ukrainian: Станція "Дарниця", Stancija Darnytsia) is the largest Ukrainian Railways station (and the main freight station) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, located in the city's Left-bank Darnytsia area.

Built in the nineteenth century, the Darnytsia railway hub has grown into a gigantic railway center, expanding for more than 10 km along the main east-west route. Started in 2004 currently construction is under way of the new Darnytsia railway terminal complex which will serve long-distance passenger trains, house own station of the Kiev metropolitan, two-storey car parking, underground tunnel for automobile and tram traffic. The complex is meant to become Kiev's second long-distance terminal, easing the traffic tension in the main Kiev Passenger Railway Station.

The Darnytsia hub comprises: several sorting yards, hump yard, commuter passenger terminal and two additional train stops, locomotive and railcar depots, DVRZ railcar repairing company, numerous industrial sidings.

On February 16, 2007, the renovated commuter train terminal (pair of mirroring opposite buildings) of the station was opened to the public.

Commuter and intra-city directions from Darnytsia: Hrebinka, Nizhyn, central terminal (intra-city), Petrivka Railway Station (Kiev) (intra-city).

Currently most long-distance trains pass through Darnytsia non-stop; none of them originate or terminate at the station. However, the ticket boxes in the commuter terminals sell tickets for all long-distance routes in Ukraine.

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