Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line

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The map of the Kiev Metro system.     Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line     Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line     Syretsko-Pecherska Line
The map of the Kiev Metro system.
     Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line     Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line     Syretsko-Pecherska Line

The Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line (Ukrainian: Куренівсько-Червоноармійська лінія, Kurenivs’ko-Chervonoarmiys’ka liniia; Russian: Куреневско-Красноармейская линия, Kurenevsko-Krasnoarmeiskaya linia), is a line of the Kiev 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 80s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features.

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[edit] Timeline

Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
Heroiv Dnipra
Minska
Obolon
Petrivka
Tarasa Shevchenka
Kontraktova Ploshcha
Poshtova Ploshcha
Maidan Nezalezhnosti
Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho
Respublikansky Stadion
   
Palats "Ukrayina" (Kiev Metro)
Palats "Ukrayina"
   
Lybidska (Kiev Metro)
Lybidska
   
Demiivska (Kiev Metro)
Demiivska
   
Holosiivska (Kiev Metro)
Holosiivska
   
Vasylkivska (Kiev Metro)
Vasylkivska
   
Vystavkovy Tsentr (Kiev Metro)
Vystavkovy Tsentr
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Segment Date opened Length
Maidan Nezalezhnosti-Kontraktova Ploshcha December 17, 1976 2.3 km
Kontraktova PloshchaObolon November 5, 1980 4.4 km
Maidan NezalezhnostiRespublikansky Stadion December 19, 1981 2.1 km
ObolonHeroiv Dnipra November 6, 1982 2.2 km
Respublikansky Stadion—Lybidska December 30, 1984 2.3 km
Total: 12 stations 13.2 km

[edit] Name changes

Station Previous name(s) Years
Maidan Nezalezhnosti Ploshcha Kalinina 1976-1977
Ploshcha Zhovtnevoi Revolutsii 1977-1991
Kontraktova Ploshcha Krasna Ploshcha 1976-1991
Obolon Prospekt Korniychuka 1980-1991
Palats "Ukrayina" Chervonoarmiyska 1984-1991
Lybidska Dzerzhynska 1984-1991

[edit] Transfers

# Transfer to At
1 Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line Maidan Nezalezhnosti
3 Syretsko-Pecherska Line Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho

[edit] Rolling stock

The central hall of the Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho station.
The central hall of the Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho station.

The line shares the Obolon' (№2) depot with the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Presently 32 five-carriage trains are assigned to it.

[edit] Recent developments and future plans

The original extension to the southwestern raion of Holosiiv began back in mid 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.

Yet in 2002, the Kiev Metro administration commenced on restarting work on the four station extension that is due to open in 2008: Demiyivska, Holosiivska, Vasylkivska and Vystakovyi Tsentr. With two more stations following later: Teremky and Ipodrom.

[edit] See also


Lines of the Kiev Metro
.1. Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska .2. Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska .3. Syretsko-Pecherska