Dnipropetrovsk Metro

Dnipropetrovsk Metro Дніпропетровський метрополітен
Background
Owner	Ministry of Transport
Locale	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	6
Daily ridership	22,209 (as of 2012)[1]
Operation
Began operation	December 29, 1995
Operator(s)	Dnipropetrovskyi metropoliten
Number of vehicles	45 (as 2013)[2]
Technical
System length	7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi)
Track gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)
System map Legend Parus Depot "Diivka" Komunarivska Prospekt Svobody Zavodska Metalurhiv Metrobudivnykiv Vokzalna Teatralna Tsentralna Muzeina Dnipro This route map: view talk edit

The Dnipropetrovsk Metro (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровський метрополітен; Russian: Днепропетровский метрополитен) is a single-line metro system that serves the city of Dnipropetrovsk, the third largest city in Ukraine by population.^[3] The metro was the third system constructed in Ukraine, after the Kiev and Kharkiv metro systems, respectively, when it opened on December 29, 1995. The metro was the fourteenth built in the former Soviet Union region, and the first to open after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Current expansion plans will increase the number of stations to nine by 2014 at the latest.^[4]

The Dnipropetrovsk Metro consists of one 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) line and 6 stations. The line starts at the Vokzalna station, near the city's central railway station in the east and ends at the Komunarivska station in the western part of the city. The system is open from 5:30 in the morning till 23:00 at night,^[5] serving a daily passenger traffic of about 22,200 passengers.^[1] Initially, the metro trains carried 5 train cars each, but as the passenger ridership declined, the number of cars was reduced to three.^[6]

History

In 1979, the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union affirmed the Central Committee of the Communist Party's action to allow the Gosplan (government planning agency) and the communication and transportation construction ministries to conduct research on construction a metropolitan system in Dnipropetrovsk.^[7]

Vokzalna station, one of two terminus stations of the system.

Central hall of the Zavodska station.

The construction itself was started on March 15, 1982 following a decree by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.^[8] These plans were realised when the system's first line, the Tsentralno-Zavodska Line, was opened to the public on December 29, 1995.

The Dnipropetrovsk Metro system was constructed following the typical Soviet metro construction format. Out of the six stations, five are located deep underground and one is placed near the surface. Four of the deep stations are single vaults built on Leningrad technology and one is a Pylon. The only shallow station is a pillar trispan. Owing to the economic recession of the early 1990s, the metro stations lack the same level of decoration and architectural integrity of those built in Soviet times.

Plans

Three stations are currently under construction, which would expand the system from the Dnipropetrovsk Central Railway Station (at Vokzalna) to the city centre; Teatralna (near the Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Tsentralna, and Muzeina (near the Museum of History).^[5] Construction on these two stations was restarted in late February 2011 after being completely halted on July 26, 2009.^[4]

Two new stations in the city centre, "Teatralna" and "Tsentralna", are on track and expected to be finished by late 2013, whilst "Muzeina" should, according to current plans, be finished by 2015.^[5] Another station, "Parus", is planned for the western terminus of the Tsentralno-Zavodska Line.^[5] A lack of funding for the construction also gave rise to the fact that Dnipropetrovsk was not chosen as one of the host cities of the UEFA Euro 2012 football championship.

After the first additions to the line segment, the total length of the only line is expected to be 11.82 km (7.34 mi), with 9 stations.^[5] In the long term perspective, a second line is planned to span across the Dnipro River, and to potentially have 80 km (50 mi) of track on three lines minimum.^[5]

See also

• List of rapid transit systems

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dnipropetrovsk Metro.

• "Dnepropetrovsk Metro (Unofficial website)" (in Russian). 
• "Dnepropetrovsk Metro". subways.net. 

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