Saltivska Line

Saltivska Line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kharkiv Metro
Status	Operational
Termini	Istorychnyi Muzei (southern) Heroiv Pratsi (northern)
Stations	8
Daily ridership	380,250 (daily)
Operation
Opened	August 10, 1984
Operator(s)	Kharkivskyi metropoliten
Rolling stock	81-717/714
Technical
Line length	10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)
Route diagram Druzhby Narodiv Heroiv Pratsi Studentska Akademika Pavlova Skhidna Saltivka Prospekt Traktorobudivnykiv Hvardiitsiv-Shyronintsiv Akademika Barabashova Depot-2 "Saltivske" Metro Bridgeover Kharkiv River Kyivska Pushkinska Universytet( at Derzhprom) Istorychnyi Muzei( at Maidan Konstytutsii) Service tunnel to Maidan Konstytutsii Kharkiv River Ploshcha Urytskoho Lopan River Zhovtneva Novozhanovo This diagram:

The Saltivska Line (Ukrainian: Салтiвська лінія, Russian: Салтовская линия) is the second line of the Kharkiv Metro operating since 1984, serving Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. The Saltivska Line is the shortest line segment of the system, at 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi), with a total of eight stations. Unique to the Kharkiv Metro is the Saltivska Line's metro bridge, which passes above the Kharkiv River between the Kyivska and Akademika Barabashova stations, respectively.

Geographically, the Saltivska Line cuts Kharkiv on a northeast-southwest axis, provides subway access to much of Saltivka (for which the line is named). It connects the city's largest residential neighborhood with the Constitution Square and Freedom Square in the city center. The Saltivska Line is second behind the Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line with a daily ridership of 380,250 passengers. There are current proposals that would expand the Saltivska Line to include an extra six stations and a split line segment, although these are only in the planning stage and they are not scheduled to be completed until 2020 at the least.

Since the late 1970s, an expansion of the Kharkiv Metro system was planned towards the then newly developed Saltivka neighborhood, located away from the industrial neighborhoods of the city. Accordingly, on April 9, 1976, the Soviet government adopted a plan to construct a second line on the Kharkiv Metro. Owing to the hilly city landscape towards the southwestern terminus of the Station, the line's first three stations are located deep underground, with the Pushkinska station becoming the deepest station of the system at 30 metres (98 ft) underground. The rest of the stations on the line were built close to the surface, due to their proximity to the Kharkiv River. Construction on the line's second segment began in 1981, continuing on till the last three stations (all located within the confines of the Saltivka neighborhood) were opened on October 24, 1986.

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