Syretsko-Pecherska Line

Overview

Type

Rapid transit

System

Kiev Metro

Locale

Kiev, Ukraine

Termini

Syrets
Chervony Khutir

Stations

Operation

Opened

December 31, 1989

Operator(s)

Kyivskyi Metropoliten

Technical

Line length

23.86 km

Track gauge

1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ²⁷⁄₃₂ in)

Route map

Syrets(

/ Syrets Railway Station)

Dorohozhychi

Lukianivska( at Hlybochytska)

Lvivska Brama

Zoloti Vorota(

at Teatralna)

Palats Sportu(

at Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho)

at Vydubychi-Trypilsky)

Telychka

Depot-3 Kharkivske

Chervony Khutir

The Syretsko-Pecherska Line (Ukrainian: Сирецько-Печерська лінія, Syret’ko-Pechers’ka liniia) is third line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1989. It extends the metro system southeast along the right bank of the Dnieper River before crossing it on a covered bridge and then east from there. The northern section extends further northwestwards. The line is one of the newest and shows some post-independence decorative motifs. Technically, it is also a great development, with most of the platforms longer and wider than older sections and with some stations having provision for disabled access. This line is coloured green in the maps.

In addition, there is an unfinished station named Lvivska Brama between Lukianivska and Zoloti Vorota and a derelict Telychka station, located between Vydubychi and Slavutych.

Initially the line shared the Obolon (№ 2) depot with the Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line. On August 23, 2007, construction of the dedicated Kharkivska (№ 3) depot (tracks connection extended from its Chervony Khutir terminus) was complete, to which the Syretsko-Pecherska Line trains have been transferred. 27 five-carriage trains are assigned to this line.

On the far end of the Pechersky radius, a project that has been approved and finalised exists to bring the line from its current terminus Chervony Khutir to the Darnytsia station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line with six stations and one depot. This extension will connect the new Darnytsia Railway Station and also create a major redevelopment into the eastern districts of Kiev. The stations include: Promyslova, Vulytsia Horbunova, Darnytsky Vokzal, Prazka, Leninhradska Ploscha and Darnytsia. At the present time, only the station Chervony Khutir and the urgently needed №3 depot Kharkivske are under construction. Both were originally planned to open in August 2007, but now the station has been delayed until 2010.

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