Kyiv Urban Electric Train

Kyiv Urban Electric Train



Electric multiple unit ER9M
Service routemap
Darnytsia
Livyi Bereh
Vydubychi
Lybidska
Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
Karavayevi Dachi
Vidradny
Kyiv-Volynskyi
Borshchahivka
Rubezhivsky
Syrets
Vyshhorodska
Zenit
Kyiv-Petrivka
Obolon
Troyeshchyna-2
Troyeshchyna
Kyiv-Dniprovsky
Livoberezhna
Kyivska Rusanivka
Darnytsia

Kyiv Urban Electric Train (Ukrainian: Київська міська електричка, romanized: Kyivska miska elektrychka) is a pioneering intracity passenger railway service in Kyiv, Ukraine, provided by the Ukrzaliznytsia national railway company but sponsored by the Kyivpastrans municipal organization. The project uses long-existing railroad ring in the city for peak hour circulation of electric multiple unit trains.

Working 2 since September 2009[1] Kyiv Urban Electric Train is the first instance of a combined municipal railway service and an intracity passenger rail route in Ukraine, and arguably in the 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.[1] Opening hours are from 5:48 until 21:37 with a time between trains of between 10 and 30 minutes.[1] 12 trains operate on the line; the fastest time to complete a loop is 1 hour and 25 minutes.[1] A train ticket costs 8 Ukrainian hryvnia.[1]

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.

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

Stations

Kyiv Urban Electric Train
Station Transfer
Darnytsia
Livyi Bereh
Vydubychi Syretsko-Pecherska Line: Vydubychi
Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi | Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line: Vokzalna
Karavayevi Dachi
Kyiv-Volynskyi
Borshchahivka
Rubezhivsky Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line:
Syrets Syretsko-Pecherska Line: Syrets
Vyshhorodska
Zenit
Pochaina
Troyeshchyna-2
Troyeshchyna-1
Livoberezhna Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line: Livoberezhna
Darnytsia

Infrastructure

All the railroad infrastructure the Kyiv Urban Electric Train utilizes already existed in the city and is shared with other services of the Ukrzaliznytsia (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 Darnytsia Station, thus making a circle on the Kyiv ring railroad through the Kyiv Passenger Railway Station. 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.

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

References

  1. Повелитель "електричок": як одіозний залізничник продав Києву ліцензію на міську електричку [Master of "electric trains": how odious railwayman sold to Kyiv a license for a city train] (in Ukrainian). Ukrayinska Pravda. 18 December 2017. Missing or empty |url= (help)
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