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Kyiv City Express
Overview
LocaleKyiv, Ukraine
Transit typeUrban Rail
Number of lines1
Number of stations15
Daily ridership1,608,000[1]
Websitehttps://kyivcityexpress.uz.gov.ua
Operation
Began operationSeptember 2, 2009
Operator(s)Ukrainian Railways
Technical
System length50.8 km (31.6 mi)[citation needed]
Electrificationoverhead lines
System map

Priorka
08.8
11.0
Kurenivka
Line 3 Syrets
05.2
12.3
Pochaina Line 2
Line 1 Beresteiska
03.2
Ukrainian Railways Line 1 Sviatoshyn
14.2
Obolon
Light Rail Borshchahivka
00.0
Raiduzhnyi Light Rail
Kyiv-Volynskyi
04.3
18.3
Voskresenka
Vidradnyi
20.5
Mykilska Slobidka Ukrainian Railways
Karavaievi Dachi
08.8
Livoberezhna Line 1
Ukrainian Railways Line 1 Light Rail Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
12.3
23.2
Rusanivka
Ukrainian Railways Protasiv Yar
14.3
27.0
Darnytsia Ukrainian Railways
Line 2 Lybidska
23.5
Berezniaky
Ukrainian Railways Kyiv-Demiivskyi
Line 3 Ukrainian Railways Vydubychi
17.7
  km
km  

The Kyiv City Express (Ukrainian: Київська міська електричка, romanizedKyivska miska elektrychka) is an urban rail transit passenger service in Kyiv, Ukraine. Since 2022, the service is operated by Ukrainian Railways.[2] The project uses a long-existing railroad ring in the city for peak hour circulation of electric multiple unit trains.

Working 2 since September 2009[3] Kyiv Urban Electric Train is the first instance of a combined municipal railway service and an intracity passenger rail route in Ukraine, and arguably in the former Soviet Union as a whole.

The ring was fully completed on 4 October 2011, the full length of lines is 50.8 km with 15 stations.[3] Opening hours are from 5:48 until 21:37 with a time between trains of between 10 and 30 minutes.[3] 12 trains operate on the line; the fastest time to complete a loop is 1 hour and 25 minutes.[3] A train ticket costs ₴15.[4]

With the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, the operation of the city electric train was suspended, later resumed on March 21, 2022 on the route from Darnytsia to Svyatoshyn, and from March 27 on the whole loop, including new stations: Mykilska Slobidka, Kyiv-Demiivskyi, Protasiv Yar and Rusanivka.[2][5]

Name

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The project intentionally uses the colloquial Ukrainian term electrychka ("electric train") as its official name. This reflects the essence of the service, which is provided with exactly the same rolling stock and railway personnel that are used for the conventional electrychka commuter rail since Soviet rule.

Another name, kiltseve metro (a Kyiv "ring metro") was sometimes used, but never became official or widespread.

Infrastructure

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All the railroad infrastructure the Kyiv Urban Electric Train utilizes already existed in the city and is shared with other services of the Ukrzaliznytsia (both passenger and freight). However, not all of the Kyiv's rail stations and halts are served by the project.

The trains depart from and arrive to the dedicated terminus platform at the Darnytsia Station, thus making a circle on the Kyiv ring railroad through the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. However, not all of the trains commence full circle: some early and last runs start or terminate at the Kyiv-Volynskyi Station. Passengers are advised to consult with the schedule and pay attention to the on-platform audio announcements.

Connections with other public transport

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Kyiv Urban Electric Train is designed as a mean of transporting passengers to- and from the Kyiv Metro stations and major public transport routes. Thus, all stops for the moment are essentially multimodal transfer hubs.

Rolling stock

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Similar railroads

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References

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  1. ^ Statistics on KMDA website. Archive of the original. Cited 8-4-2021
  2. ^ a b "28 березня «Укрзалізниця» запускає кільцевий маршрут електрички у Києві". Офіційний портал КМДА - Головна (in Ukrainian). 2022-03-28. Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  3. ^ a b c d Повелитель "електричок": як одіозний залізничник продав Києву ліцензію на міську електричку [Master of "electric trains": how odious railwayman sold to Kyiv a license for a city train] (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 18 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. ^ "Міська електричка м. Київ. Розклад руху". Киевская Городская Электричка (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  5. ^ Novosvitnya, Kateryna (2024-01-18). "Рибальський міст та Куренівка: Київрада перейменувала станції електрички". Evening Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-05-24.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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