The Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line ( uk, Вишгородсько–Дарницька лінія) is a proposed sixth line to the
Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro ( uk, Ки́ївський метрополіте́н, Kyivskyi metropoliten, ) is a rapid transit system in Kyiv that is owned by the Kyiv City Council and operated by the city-owned company Kyivsky Metropoliten''.'' It was initi ...
system serving the
Ukrainian
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capital
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
. The line is proposed to begin near the Taras Shevchenko Square in the city's north, and is to run south, connecting to the system's four other lines (one of which is currently under construction). It will later run east, and will cross over the
Dnipro River
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and ending at the
Darnytsia Railway Station
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on the city's left bank.
Planning
Talks about the creation of the Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line as the fifth line addition to the Kyiv Metro first began in March 2012. The deputy chief of planning and architecture of the
Kyiv City State Administration
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Andriy Kudelina stated that the new draft of the city's master plan aims to increase the total length of the metro system from to and the number of stations from 50 to 100. The master plan also anticipates the construction of seven new depots, and two new subway lines, including the Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line and the already under construction
Podilsko–Vyhurivska line, with the priority for construction resting on the latter.
In 2013, it became known that the Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line will be colored yellow on the future metro maps, and will perspectively connect the
Minskyi neighborhood, Vitriani Hory,
Priorka,
Kurenivka
Kurenivka or Kurenyovka ( uk, Куренівка; russian: Куренёвка, translit.: ''Kurenyovka'') is a historical neighbourhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Podil, Obolon, Priorka, and Sy ...
, Karavaievy Dachi,
Chokolivka, Oleksandrivska Slobidka, and
Pozniaky neighborhoods of the city.
Prospective stations
The Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line's perspective stations will be (listed west to east):
* Kiltseva Doroha
* Priorka
* Vyshhorodska
* Olena Teliha Street
*
Dorohozhychi
*
Shuliavska
* Prospekt
Liubomyr Huzar
* Karavaievi Dachi
* Chokolivsksa
* Prospekt Valeriya Lobanovskoho
* Volodymyra Brozhka Street
* Hrinchenka
*
Lybidska
* Mykola Mikhnovsky Boulevard
* Siti-Centr
* Rusanivka Naberezhna
* Kyivska
Rusanivka
Rusanivka ( uk, Русанівка; russian: Русановка, translit.: Rusanovka) is a man-made island and neighbourhood surrounded by a canal, the ''Rusanivs'kyi Kanal''. The canal is an artificial distributary of the Dnieper River. The ri ...
* Darntyskyi Vokzal
See also
*
Livoberezhna line, another proposed fifth line addition to the Kyiv Metro
References
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Kyiv Metro lines
Proposed public transport in Ukraine