Darnytsia Railway Station

This article is about the railway station. For the Kiev Metro station, see Darnytsia (Kiev Metro).

Darnytsia Railway Station Ukrainian: Станція Дарниця Railway station
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Coordinates	50°25′52″N 30°38′46″E / 50.43111°N 30.64611°E / 50.43111; 30.64611Coordinates: 50°25′52″N 30°38′46″E / 50.43111°N 30.64611°E / 50.43111; 30.64611
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Owned by	Ukrzaliznytsia

Ukrzaliznytsia's Darnytsia Railway Station (Ukrainian: Станція "Дарниця", Stancija Darnytsia) is the largest railroad station (and the main freight station^[1]) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, located in the Left-bank Darnytsia area.

Built in the nineteenth century, the Darnytsia complex has grown into a gigantic hub, stretching for more than 10 km along the main east-west route. There is a major passenger terminal under construction on the Darnytsia station. It is meant to become Kiev's second long-distance terminal, easing the traffic tension in the main Kiev Passenger Railway Station, especially in the eastward direction.^[2]

Infrastructure

The Darnytsia hub comprises:

• several sorting yards
• hump yard
• commuter passenger terminal and two additional train stops
• locomotive and railcar depots
• DVRZ railcar repairing company
• numerous industrial sidings.

Passenger service

Commuter service

Darnytsia commuter train terminal

On February 16, 2007, the renovated commuter train terminal of the Darnytsia Railway Station was opened to the public.^[3] Darnytsia station is planned to be a terminus for the new intracity rail service called "Urban Electric Train" which is already running in an initial phase, though not yet reaching Darnytsia.

Commuter and intra-city directions from Darnytsia:

• Hrebinka
• Nizhyn
• central terminal (intra-city)
• Petrivka (intra-city)

Long-distance service

Currently the long-distance trains pass through Darnytsia non-stop. However, the ticket boxes in the commuter terminal sell tickets for all long-distance routes in Ukraine.

Interconnections with city transport

Approximate location of the Darnytsia Railway Station in relation to the perspective growth of the Kiev Metro system and the city's current main passenger station.

The railway station is not yet interconnected with the city's rapid transit system. The Darnytsia Metro station is actually situated well away, despite sharing exactly the same name.

Kiev tram, buses and marshrutkas are connected to Darnytsia station, but they are not up to needs even for the existing commuter passenger flow.

Connection to other city transport is to be improved, including through the Kiev Metro, which is planned to be linked via enlargement of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

Prospects of future expansion

See also

• Ukrzaliznytsia - the national railways company of Ukraine
• Darnytsia Railcar Repairing Plant
• Bridges in Kiev

References

1. ^ Kiev Passenger Railway Station is Kiev's main passenger station, the only one that serves long-distance trains.
2. ^ "Darnytsia Railway Station is planned to be finished by 2008" (in Ukrainian). uaPortal. November 5 2006. http://news.uaportal.com/pub/news/58732. 
3. ^ "The local commuter train terminal is opened within the capital" (in Ukrainian). NTN. http://www.ntn.tv/news/kiev/07/02/16/14/14.html. Retrieved February 16, 2007. 

External links

• Google maps - Satellite view of the Darnytsia passenger railway terminal
• Wikimapia Larger satellite view of the whole Darnytsia railway hub
• archunion.com.ua - Darnytsia Railway Station project (Russian)
• vladya.io.com.ua - Photogallery of projects for the railway station (Russian)
• "The first passenger tunnel of the railway complex opens" (in Ukrainian). 5 Kanal. August 1 2006. http://5tv.com.ua/newsline/198/0/28933/.