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Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska line
Overview
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Termini	Akademmistechko Lisova
Stations	18
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kyiv Metro
Operator(s)	Kyivskyi Metropoliten
History
Opened	6 November 1960; 64 years ago (6 November 1960)
Technical
Line length	22.64 km (14.07 mi)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification	750 V DC (third rail)
Route map Legend Berkovets Novobilychi Depot Novobilychi Akademmistechko Zhytomyrska Sviatoshyn Nyvky Beresteiska Shuliavska Politekhnichnyi Instytut Vokzalna Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station Universytet Teatralna at Zoloti Vorota Khreshchatyk at Maidan Nezalezhnosti Arsenalna Dnipro Dnieper River Hidropark Rusanivskyi Kanal Livoberezhna Darnytsia Depot-1 Darnytsia Chernihivska Lisova This diagram: view talk edit

The Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line (Ukrainian: Святошинсько-Броварська лінія) is the first line of the Kyiv Metro, dating back to 1960. It includes some of the system's more historically significant stations, such as Arsenalna, which at 105.5 meters is the deepest in the world and the next station Dnipro, which although the tunnel follows a descent, appears above ground level.

All of the stations on the eastern bank of the Dnieper river are either ground or above ground level, this attributed to a similar experiment like Moscow's Filyovskaya line. Here 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 Svyatoshynsko–Brovarska line cuts Kyiv on an east–west axis and presently comprises 18 stations. It is usually coloured red on the maps.

History

Timeline

Name changes

Stations

1. Akademmistechko
2. Zhytomyrska
3. Sviatoshyn
4. Nyvky
5. Beresteiska
6. Shuliavska
7. Politekhnichnyi Instytut
8. Vokzalna
9. Universytet
10. Teatralna → Zoloti Vorota
11. Khreshchatyk → Maidan Nezalezhnosti
12. Arsenalna
13. Dnipro
14. Hidropark
15. Livoberezhna
16. Darnytsia
17. Chernihivska
18. Lisova

Transfers

Traditional Soviet metro planning stipulated the creation of the first line, which would at some point in the future be expanded and crossed by future planned lines. Specifically, the Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line has two transfer stations, although a couple more are planned for connection to future perspective lines of the metro system:

#	Transfer to	At
	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line	Khreshchatyk
	Syretsko–Pecherska line	Teatralna

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Darnytsia depot (No. 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. Currently 28 five-carriage train sets are assigned to the line. Most of them are type E, Ezh, Ezh1, Em-501 and Ema-502 built during the late 1960s and the early 1970s. The line was once served by carriages of type D, which were later given to Saint Petersburg metro. In 2014, some of the trains were refurbished and converted into type 81-7080/7081 or E-KM, with new engines, interior and exterior.

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.

References

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1. ^ "Kyiv Metro Subway celebrates 58th anniversary on Nov 6". UNIAN. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
2. "Arsenalna". Kyiv Metropoliten (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 April 2014.
3. "Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line: Chronology of construction". Kyiv Metropoliten (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 April 2014.

External links

• (in Ukrainian) Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line, Kyiv Metro official site
• (in Russian) Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line, pictures, history, descriptions of all stations

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List of stations
Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line	Akademmistechko Zhytomyrska Sviatoshyn Nyvky Beresteiska Shuliavska Politekhnichnyi Instytut Vokzalna Universytet Teatralna Khreshchatyk Arsenalna Dnipro Hidropark Livoberezhna Darnytsia Chernihivska Lisova
Obolonsko–Teremkivska line	Heroiv Dnipra Minska Obolon Pochaina Tarasa Shevchenka Kontraktova Ploshcha Poshtova Ploshcha Maidan Nezalezhnosti Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv Olimpiiska Palats Ukraina Lybidska Demiivska Holosiivska Vasylkivska Vystavkovyi Tsentr Ipodrom Teremky
Syretsko–Pecherska line	Varshavska Mostytska Syrets Dorohozhychi Lukianivska Lvivska Brama Zoloti Vorota Palats Sportu Klovska Pecherska Zvirynetska Vydubychi Telychka Slavutych Osokorky Pozniaky Kharkivska Vyrlytsia Boryspilska Chervonyi Khutir
Future lines Podilsko–Vyhurivska line Livoberezhna line Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska line Bridges Metro Pivdennyi Podilskyi

• Kyiv Metro lines
• Railway lines opened in 1960
• 1960 establishments in Ukraine