Kyiv Urban Electric Train

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Kyiv City Express
overhead lines
System map Legend 23,5 Berezniaky 17,7 Vydubychi Kyiv-Demiivskyi Lybidska 14,3 Protasiv Yar 12,3 Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi 8,8 Karavaievi Dachi Vidradnyi 4,3 Kyiv-Volynskyi 0 Borshchahivka Sviatoshyn 3,2 Beresteiska 5,2 Syrets 8,8 Priorka 11 Kurenivka 12,3 Pochaina 14,2 Obolon Raiduzhnyi 18,3 Voskresenka 20,5 Mykilska Slobidka Livoberezhna 23,2 Rusanivka 27 Darnytsia

The Kyiv City Express (

trains.

Working 2 since September 2009

former Soviet Union

as a whole.

The ring was fully completed on 4 October 2011, the full length of lines is 50.8 km with 15 stations.[2] Opening hours are from 5:48 until 21:37 with a time between trains of between 10 and 30 minutes.^[2] 12 trains operate on the line; the fastest time to complete a loop is 1 hour and 25 minutes.^[2] A train ticket costs ₴15.^[3]

Name

The project intentionally uses the colloquial Ukrainian term electrychka ("electric train") as its official name. This reflects the essence of the service, which is provided with exactly the same rolling stock and railway personnel that are used for the conventional electrychka commuter rail since Soviet rule.

Another name, kiltseve metro (a Kyiv "ring metro") was sometimes used, but never became official or widespread.

Infrastructure

All the railroad infrastructure the Kyiv Urban Electric Train utilizes already existed in the city and is shared with other services of the

(both passenger and freight). However, not all of the Kyiv's rail stations and halts are served by the project.

The trains depart from and arrive to the dedicated terminus platform at the

. However, not all of the trains commence full circle: some early and last runs start or terminate at the Kyiv-Volynskyi Station. Passengers are advised to consult with the schedule and pay attention to the on-platform audio announcements.

• 
  Northern platform at

  Darnytsia
• 
  Livoberezhna is one of the newest passenger stations in the city
• 
  Vokzalna is used by the suburban and urban trains
• 
  Modern on-bridge terminal building at Karavaievi Dachi
• 
  Northwest-bound passenger platforms at

  turnstiles
• 
  Urban service route scheme at Beresteiska
• 
  embankment, offering a panoramic view of Podil
• 
  Voskresenka is one of the few stations purposely built for the new service

Connections with other public transport

Kyiv Urban Electric Train is designed as a mean of transporting passengers to- and from the Kyiv Metro stations and major public transport routes. Thus, all stops for the moment are essentially multimodal transfer hubs.

Rolling stock

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (January 2013)

• 
  Urban service RVR ER9M-522 trainset in a new Kyiv Urban train livery.
• 
  Urban service'

  Ukrzaliznytsia

  livery.
• Urban service'

  Ukrzaliznytsia

  livery.
• 
  Interior view of an ER9M EMU converted for use as a Kyiv Urban Electric Train.

Similar railroads

• Yamanote Line
• Osaka Loop Line
• Moscow Central Circle
• Berlin Ringbahn

References

External links

• Media related to Kyiv Urban Electric Train at Wikimedia Commons
• Semi-official web site (in Ukrainian) - contains timetable, passenger information etc.
• Urban Electric Train schedule in English Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine on the Southwestern Railways's official site.
• Південно-Західна залізниця спільно з Київською міською адміністрацією відкрила рух міської електрички залізничним кільцем! (in Ukrainian). Southwestern Railways. 4 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2012-06-13.