Transportation

Kharkov Metro

With almost 2 million inhabitants Kharkov is Ukraine's second largest city, situated in the eastern part of the country. Initially a combined network of existing suburban and new urban lines was planned during the 1960's, but when the first tunnel sections were finished common 2.7 m wide rolling stock was ordered for exclusive metro use.

The Kharkov Metro was inaugurated on 23 August 1975 (10.4 km with 8 stations). It connects three railway and three major bus stations.

Today the network has about 36 km with 28 stations:

1-Kholodnogors'ka Line (17.3 km, Russian Kholodnogorskaya; formerly Sverdlovsko-Zavodskaya)

2-Saltivs'ka (10.4 km, Russian Saltovskaya; future Saltovsko-Shevchenkovskaya)

3-Oleksiivs'ka (8.8 km, Russian Alekseyevskaya; future Alekseyevsko-Gagarinskaya)

All stations are very deep and have a different design in harmony with the surrounding area on the surface. Similarly to the Moscow or Kyiv metros, most stations are beautiful underground palaces. Platform length is 100 m for 5-car-trains on all lines for the use of 5-car-trains.

Between Kyivska and Barabashova, the Saltivs'ka Line crosses the Kharkov river on a 988 m covered bridge.

The Kharkiv metro carries approximately 1 million passengers a day.