Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line

The Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line ( _uk. Святошинсько-Броварська лінія, "Sviatoshyns’ko-Brovars’ka liniia"; _ru. Святошинско-Броварская линия, "Svyatoshinsko-Brovarskaya linia"), was the first line of the Kiev Metro, dating back to 1960. It includes some of the system's more historically significant stations, like Arsenalna, which at 102 metres is the deepest in the world and interestingly, the next station Dnipro, which even though the tunnel follows a descent, appears above ground level.

All of the stations on the eastern side of the Dnieper river are either ground or above ground level, this attributed to a similar experiment like Moscow's Filyovskaya Line however the warmer Ukrainian climate prevented the stations there from being severely deteriorated, which was why extensions in 1968 and 1979 were kept from going underground. The five original stations are extremely beautiful in architecture and decoration as they managed to survive Nikita Khrushchev's struggle with decorative "extras".

The Svyatoshinsko-Brovarskaya Line cuts Kiev on an east-west axis and presently comprises 18 stations. It is generally coloured red on Metro maps.

Timeline

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Darnytsia depot (№ 1) although before 1965, a converted tram depot located under the Dnipro station was used, after the completion of the Metro Bridge, the depot was dismantled.

Recent developments and future plans

Since the line has the oldest stations in the system, some show heavy marks from nearly half a century of exploitation and need for renovations. This includes replacement of escalators, lighting and in some cases the decoration. In particular, this concerns the surface stations which are exposed to weather elements. One of the which is Darnytsia which in the future is to become an important transfer station for three lines, has recently undergone a complete reconstruction, with an addition of a new western entrance.

Other projects include additional new entrances for Vokzalna and a planned one for Teatralna.

ee also

* List of Kiev Metro stations