Obolonsko–Teremkivska line

Obolonsko–Teremkivska line
Overview
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Termini	Heroiv Dnipra Teremky
Stations	18
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kyiv Metro
Operator(s)	Kyivskyi Metropoliten
History
Opened	17 December 1976; 47 years ago (17 December 1976)
Technical
Line length	20.95 km (13.02 mi)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification	825 V DC (third rail)
Route map Legend Obolon Depot-2 Heroiv Dnipra Minska Obolon Pochaina • Kyiv-Petrivka Railway Station Tarasa Shevchenka Kontraktova Ploshcha Poshtova Ploshcha Maidan Nezalezhnosti at Khreshchatyk Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv at Palats Sportu Olimpiiska Palats Ukraina Lybidska Demiivska Central Intercity Bus Station Holosiivska Vasylkivska Vystavkovyi Tsentr Ipodrom South Intercity Bus Station Teremky Odeska Teremky Depot Avtovokzal Teremky Vulytsia Dmytra Lutsenka This diagram: view talk edit

The Obolonsko–Teremkivska line (Ukrainian: Оболонсько-Теремківська лінія, Obolons'ko-Teremkivs'ka liniia), is the second line of the Kyiv Metro, first opened in 1976, it extended northwards along the right bank of the Dnieper river and began deviating from the river towards the southwest. As the current stations were built in the 1970s and 1980s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features. It is generally coloured blue on the maps.

Stations

1. Heroiv Dnipra
2. Minska
3. Obolon
4. Pochaina
5. Tarasa Shevchenka
6. Kontraktova Ploshcha
7. Poshtova Ploshcha
8. Maidan Nezalezhnosti → Khreshchatyk
9. Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv → Palats Sportu
10. Olimpiiska
11. Palats Ukraina
12. Lybidska
13. Demiivska
14. Holosiivska
15. Vasylkivska
16. Vystavkovyi Tsentr
17. Ipodrom
18. Teremky

Timeline

Name changes

Until February 2018 the metro line was named Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiiska.^[1]

Transfers

#	Transfer to	At
	Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line	Maidan Nezalezhnosti
	Syretsko–Pecherska line	Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Obolon (#2) depot. Presently 32 five-carriage trains are assigned to it. Most of them are of type 81-717/714 and 81-717.5/714.5 built during the late 1970s and the 1980s. In 2007 new type 81-540.2K/541.2K, which is an advancement of type 81-717/714, went into service on the line. In 2002 a train of type 81-553.1/554.1/555.1 (Slavutich), which is a variant of the 81-71M in Prague metro, went into service on the line and it's the only train in the entire Kyiv metro.

Recent developments and future plans

A major extension of the line to the southwestern regions of Holosiiv and Teremky has long been planned since the 1980s, however due to the difficult conditions under the Lybid River and financial shortages, all work was frozen in the early 1990s and the completed sections were flooded.

Resumed in 2002, the project^[2] will conclude of seven stations and were finished by 2020. Demiivska, Holosiivska and Vasylkivska were opened 15 December 2010; after a delay of two years because of lack of funds.^[3][4] Vystakovyi Tsentr was opened 27 December 2011.^[5] The second stage included the stations Ipodrom and Teremky which brought the line along the Akademika Glushkova avenue past the Kyiv Ring Road. Initially planned opening for these two was foreseen for 2012;^[6] but Ipodrom was opened on 25 October 2012^[7] and Teremky was opened on 6 November 2013.^[8]

The final stage may finish with the station Odeska and a new depot nearby. A considered option is a two station branch after Ipodrom northwards to two further stations: Avtovokzal Teremky and Vulytsia Kreisera Avrory.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Obolonsko-Teremkivska Line.

• (in Ukrainian) Obolonsko–Teremkivska line, Kyiv Metro official site

This page was last edited on 1 March 2024, at 04:50