Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line
The Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line (Ukrainian: Куренівсько-Червоноармійська лінія, Kurenivs’ko-Chervonoarmiys’ka liniia; Russian: Куреневско-Красноармейская линия, Kurenevsko-Krasnoarmeiskaya linia), is the second 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. It is generally coloured blue on the maps.
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The line shares the Obolon' (#2) depot with the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Presently 32 five-carriage trains are assigned to it.
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[1] will conclude of seven stations and should be finished by 2020. Demiyivska, Holosiivska and Vasylkivska were opened December 15th 2010; after a delay of two years because of lack of funds.[2][3] Vystakovyi Tsentr was opened December 27th 2011.[4] The second stage will include the stations Ipodrom and Teremki (planned opening in 2012[5]) which will bring the line along the Akademika Glushkova avenue past the Kiev Ring Road. 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.
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