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Kharkiv METRO (photo N.4/6 [KB 102] 800 x 799pixels)
   

By Elizabeth Goodspeed (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons


DESCRIPTION
Plans for a metro system in Kharkiv have been considered since the beginning of XX century; however they couldn't be completely developed after 1934 (that time the capital moved from Kharkiv to Kiev) and they were furthermore delayed by the world war II and its heavy damages. Metro plans were recovered only during years '60s, when a remarkable demographic growt brought the old surface tram network near to the saturation.
Kholodnogorsko-Zavodskaya line (now simply named Kholodnogorskaya or Line 1) opened in 1975, after 7 years of works; Line 1 was extended in 1978.
In two decades, the first line was followed by other two lines (Saltovskaya or Line 2: opened in 1984, extended in 1986; Alekseevskaya or Line 3: opened in 1995, extended in 2010 and 2016) giving the network its current asset (a typhical eastern Europe metro morphology: radial lines forming a ring around the city centre).
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
HISTORY
datesection nameline
23-08-1975Kholodna Hora-Moskovskyi ProspektLine 1/Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line
11-08-1978Marshala Zhukova-ProletarskaLine 1/Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line
11-08-1984Istorychnyi Muzey-BarabashovaLine 2/Saltivska Line
26-10-1986Barabashova-Heroiv PratsiLine 2/Saltivska Line
06-05-1995Metrobudivnykiv-NaukovaLine 3/Oleksiivska Line
21-08-2004Naukova-23 SerpniaLine 3/Oleksiivska Line
21-12-201023 Serpnia-OleksiivskaLine 3/Oleksiivska Line
2014Peremoha stopLine 3/Oleksiivska Line
25-08-2016Oleksiivska-PeremohaLine 3/Oleksiivska Line
(last modified February 19, 2017 )
TECHNICAL DATA
Single line length (Km)
Line 1:17.3
Line 2:10.2
Line 3:11
Single line stops
Line 1:13
Line 2:8
Line 3:9
Single line avg. distance (km)
Line 1:1.4
Line 2:1.4
Line 3:1.4
Total track length (km)
38.5
Total network stops
30
Avg. stop net distance (km)
1.3
Type
steel wheels
Current/Voltage
825 V DC from third rail
Guide/gauge
1524 mm gauge rails
Vehicles builder
VAGONMASH
Model
Line 1:81-714/717,EM-508T,Ex3
Line 2:81-714/717
Line 3:81-714/717,81-718/719
Operator
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(last modified February 19, 2017 )
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