Livoberezhna line (Kyiv Light Rail)

The Livoberezhna Line is the second line of the Kyiv Light Rail, located in the eastern part of Kyiv. Opened in 2000, the light rail corridor underwent several renovations in 2010 and reopened in 2012 for regular service. The Livoberezhna Line connects the Troieshchyna urban rail station with Vygurivshchyna and central Troieshchyna.^[1] The 4 and 5 trams both run along the Livoberezhna Line.

Livoberezhna Line
4 5 The 4 and 5 trams run along the entirety of the Livoberezhna Line
Overview
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Termini	Myloslavska Troieschyna-2
Stations	7
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kyiv Light Rail
Operator(s)	Kyivpastrans
History
Opened	May 26, 2000
Technical
Line length	13.2 km (8.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map Legend Myloslavska Street 28 4 Myloslavska Khram na Chest Ikony Bozhoi Materi "Vsetsarytsia" Oleksandry Ekster Litsei No 293 Serzha Lyfaria Mikroraion No 20 Ronalda Reihana RPS Kashtanova Sotszabezbechennia Romana Shukhevycha Poliklinika 4 5 Raiduzhnyi Leonida Bykova Volodymyra Vysotskoho Serzha Lyfaria Street 5 33 35 ( 28, 33, 35)

At one point, the Kyiv City Administration proposed extending the Kyiv Metro system to Troieschyna by creating the Livoberezhna Line, although this proposal was scrapped in 2014 in favor of keeping the light rail system.^[2]

List of stations

The Livoberezhna Line consists of a total of seven full stations, served by routes No 4 and No 5. It contains a total of 13.2 kilometres (8.2 mi) of track. The line is serviced by the Darnytsia tram depot. Here is a full list of stations on the line:

Station	Transfers	Notes
Serzha Lyfaria Street	5
Volodymyra Vysotskoho	5
Leonida Bykova	5
Poliklinika	5
Sotszabezpechennia	5
RPS	5
Mikroraion No. 20	5
Litsei No. 293	5
Khram na Chest Ikony Bozhoi Materi "Vsetrarytsia"	5
Myloslavska Street	5
Myloslavska	4 5
Oleksandry Ekster	4 5	From 2000 to 2008 the station was called Tsvetaievoi; from 2008 to 2022 the station was called Maryny Tsvetaievoi.[3]
Serzha Lyfaria	4 5	From 2000 to 2008 the station was called Saburova; from 2008 to 2022 the station was called Oleksandra Saburova.[3]
Ronalda Reihana	4 5	From 2000 to 2008 the station was called Draizera; from 2008 to 2024 the station was called Teodora Draizera.[4]
Kashtanova	4 5
Romana Shukhevycha	4 5	From 2000 to 2008 the station was called Vatutina; from 2008 to 2022 the station was called Henerala Vatutina.[3]
Raiduzhnyi	4 5	Opened on October 25, 2012. From 2000 to 2024 the station was called Troieshchyna-2.[3]

References

1. "The tram will run towards Troieschyna on Thursday". UNIAN (in Ukrainian). 19 October 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
2. "Kyiv authorities have decided not to build a metro to Troieschyna". Ukrayinska Pravda (in Russian). 7 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
3. "Letter № 053-1476 About Renaming Kyiv Light Rail Station" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Letter to Transport Infrastructure Department of Kyiv City State Administration. 23 February 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.{{cite press release}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
4. Kyivpastrans (2 September 2024). Official map of Tram Route 4 (Map) (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

External links

• "Troieschyna Fast Tram". lyoshko.livejournal.com (in Ukrainian). LiveJournal. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.