Kyiv Urban Electric Train

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

Kyiv City Express
Overview
LocaleKyiv, Ukraine
Transit typeUrban Rail
Number of lines1
Number of stations15
Daily ridership1,608,000
Operation
Began operationSeptember 2, 2009
Operator(s)Kyivpastrans
Technical
System length50.8 km (31.6 mi)
Electrificationoverhead lines
System map

23,5
Berezniaky
17,7
Vydubychi
Kyiv-Demiivskyi
Lybidska
14,3
Protasiv Yar
12,3
Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
8,8
Karavaievi Dachi
Vidradnyi
4,3
Kyiv-Volynskyi
0
Borshchahivka
Sviatoshyn
3,2
Beresteiska
5,2
Syrets
8,8
Priorka
11
Kurenivka
12,3
Pochaina
14,2
Obolon
Raiduzhnyi
18,3
Voskresenka
20,5
Mykilska Slobidka
Livoberezhna
23,2
Rusanivka
27
Darnytsia

Working 2 since September 2009 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. Opening hours are from 5:48 until 21:37 with a time between trains of between 10 and 30 minutes. 12 trains operate on the line; the fastest time to complete a loop is 1 hour and 25 minutes. A train ticket costs ₴15.

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