Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line

The Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiyska Line ( _uk. Куренівсько-Червоноармійська лінія, "Kurenivs’ko-Chervonoarmiys’ka liniia"; _ru. Куреневско-Красноармейская линия, "Kurenevsko-Krasnoarmeiskaya linia"), is a line of the Kiev Metro, first opened in 1976, it extended northwards along the right bank of the Dnieper river and began deviating from the river towards the southwest. As the current stations were built in the 1970s and 80s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features.

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Rolling stock

The line shares the Obolon' (№2) depot with the Syretsko-Pecherska Line. Presently 32 five-carriage trains are assigned to it.

Recent developments and future plans

A major extension of the line to the southwestern regions of Holosiiv and Teremky has long been planned since the 1980s, however due to the difficult conditions under the Lybid River and financial shortages, all work was frozen in the early 1990s and the completed sections were flooded.

Resumed in 2002, the project [ [http://www.picatom.com/e/img/plankkl2007-2.jpgschematic of the line] ] will conclude of seven stations and should be finished by 2015. Presently three tunnel-boring shields are in operation of the first stage: Demiyivska, Holosiivska and Vasylkivska which are due to open by the end of 2008. The second stage will include the stations Vystakovyi Tsentr, Ipodrom and Teremky which will bring the line along the Akademika Hlushkova avenue past the Kiev Ring Road. The final stage might will finish with the station Odeska and a new depot nearby. A considered option is a two station branch after Ipodrom northwards to two further stations:Avtovokzal Teremky and Vulytsia Kreisera Avrory.

ee also

* List of Kiev Metro stations

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