Donetsk Metro

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The Donetsk Metro (Ukrainian: Донецьке метро, translit.: Donets'ke metro; Russian: Донецкое метро, translit.: Donetskoe metro) is an underground rapid transit system that is currentely under construction in Donetsk, the fourth-largest city of Ukraine. When it opens it will become the fourth metro in Ukraine (after the Kiev, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk metros). Current long-term development plan calls for 3 lines and 22 stations, with all lines crossing in the center of the city, and also two lines crossing in suburban areas.

[edit] History

When the city of Donetsk reached the million inhabitants mark in the 1980s, it was entitled to build its own metro system, which was designed to follow the usual layout in the Soviet Union. In 1984, the first plans for a metro system in Donetsk were shown to the public, but construction did not immediately begin. Only after Ukraine gained independence, the Cabinet of Ministers issued a decree on 30 December 1991 to build the new underground metro system in Donetsk. The first investigation work began in 1992, and the construction commenced the same year, with its completion scheduled for 2002.

In 1995, due to the poor financial situation of the Donetsk municipality, the completion date was shifted to 2005. On September 5, 1997, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Valeriy Pustovoitenko, ordered that the first line of the system should be open to the public in 8 years (2005). In 2000, the first work on four of the six underground stations began. Regardless of that, the financial situation of Donetsk did not improve. In June 2003, the financial problems affected the metro workers - after seven months of work, no more wages could be disbursed. Up to that time, nearly 300 million Hryven (about 48 million euros) had been spent on the project.

	Donetsk Metro
								Politekhnicheskiy Institut
								Livoberezhna
								Mushketovska
								Krasny Gorodok
								Chumakovska
								Proletarska
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In 2004, the Ukrainian government assured further means for the completion of the metro until 2010. However by 2007 this seems to optimistic due to the slow pace of construction work over taken. However recently it was emerged that Donetsk will be one of the host cities for the Euro 2012 football championships. This raises high hopes for the Metro to be opened by that time, as the present local national budgets allocated are clearly insufficient.

The first underground line of the system, which will carry the name Proletarsko-Kyivs'ka Line (Ukrainian: Пролетарсько-Київська, Russian: Пролетарско-Киевская), is to be 9.6 kilometres (6 miles) long and have six stations: Proletars'ka (Пролетарська), Chumakovs'ka (Чумаковська), Chervone Mistechko (Червоне мiстечко), Mushketovs'ka (Мушкетовська), Livoberezhna (Лiвобережна), and Politechnichnyi Institut (Полiтехнiчний iнститут).

[edit] Future plans

The system's red line, Proletarsko-Kyivska, is planned to extend 21 km (13 mi) with 15 stations. Additionally, the blue line, Shakhtarsko-Makiyivs'ka Line (Ukrainian: Шахтарсько-Макiївська; Russian: Горняцко-Макеевская), is planned to extend 25 km (15.5 mi). Finally, the green line, Petrovs'ko-Chervonohvardiyska Line (Ukrainian: Петровсько-Червоногвардiйська; Russian: Петровско-Красногвардейская), is to have 14 stations. In its final stage, the Donetsk Metro is planned to be 70 km (43.5 mi) long, with a total of 46 stations.

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