The Obolonsko–Teremkivska line (, ), is the second line of the Kyiv Metro system that serves Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. First opened in 1976, the line 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 1980s, architecturally the line shows some of the best examples of late-Soviet architectural features. It is generally coloured blue on the maps.
Stations Heroiv Dnipra Minska Obolon Pochaina Tarasa Shevchenka Kontraktova Ploshcha Poshtova Ploshcha Maidan Nezalezhnosti → Khreshchatyk Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv → Palats Sportu Olimpiiska Palats Ukraina Lybidska Demiivska Holosiivska Vasylkivska Vystavkovyi Tsentr Ipodrom Teremky
Timeline
SegmentDate openedLengthMaidan Nezalezhnosti, Poshtova Ploshcha, Kontraktova Ploshcha17 December 19762.32 kmTarasa Shevchenka, Pochaina, Obolon19 December 19804.40 kmPloshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv, Olimpiiska19 December 19811.70 kmMinska, Heroiv Dnipra6 November 19822.35 kmPalats Ukraina, Lybidska30 December 19842.43 kmDemiivska, Holosiivska, Vasylkivska15 December 20103.80 kmVystavkovyi Tsentr27 December 20111.48 kmIpodrom25 October 20120.92 kmTeremky6 November 20131.50 kmTotal:18 stations20.95 km
Name changes StationPrevious name(s)YearsMaidan NezalezhnostiPloshcha Kalinina1976–1977Ploshcha Zhovtnevoii Revolutsii1977–1991Kontraktova PloshchaChervona Ploshcha1976–1990ObolonProspekt Korniichuka1980–1990Palats UkrainaChervonoarmiiska1984–1993LybidskaDzerzhynska1984–1993OlimpiiskaRespublikanskyi Stadion1981–2011PochainaPetrivka1980–2018Ploshcha Ukrainskykh HeroivPloshcha Lva Tolstoho1981–2023
Until February 2018 the metro line was named Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiiska.Kyiv's Petrivka subway station renamed Pochaina, UNIAN (12 February 2018)
Transfers #Transfer toAtSviatoshynsko–Brovarska lineMaidan NezalezhnostiSyretsko–Pecherska linePloshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv
Rolling stock The line is served by the Obolon (#2) depot. Presently 32 five-carriage trains are assigned to it. Most of them are of type 81-717/714 and 81-717.5/714.5 built during the late 1970s and the 1980s. In 2007 new type 81-540.2K/541.2K, which is an advancement of type 81-717/714, went into service on the line. In 2002 a train of type 81-553.1/554.1/555.1 (Slavutich), which is a variant of the 81-71M in Prague metro, went into service on the line and it's the only train in the entire Kyiv metro.
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 will conclude of seven stations and were finished by 2020. Demiivska, Holosiivska and Vasylkivska were opened 15 December 2010; after a delay of two years because of lack of funds.Kyiv Metropolitan to open stations on Teremky line by the end of 2010, Kyiv Post (12 May 2010)How long should we wait metro aside Teremki? , www.drugasmuga.com (23 March 2009) Vystakovyi Tsentr was opened 27 December 2011. Азарову сподобалася нова станція столичного метро "Виставковий центр", Interfax-Ukraine (27 December 2011) The second stage included the stations Ipodrom and Teremky which brought the line along the Akademika Glushkova avenue past the Kyiv Ring Road. Initially planned opening for these two was foreseen for 2012;Ukrainian premier confirms plans to open two more subway stations in Kyiv next year, Interfax-Ukraine (27 December 2011) but Ipodrom was opened on 25 October 2012Ipodrom metro station opens in Kyiv, Kyiv Post (26 October 2012) and Teremky was opened on 6 November 2013.Kyiv to raise UAH 500 m from Ukreximbank to complete building Teremky metro station, says Popov, Interfax-Ukraine (4 November 2013)
The final stage may 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.
References
External links
Obolonsko–Teremkivska line , Kyiv Metro official site