Kyiv Urban Electric Train

The Kyiv City Express (Ukrainian: Київська міська електричка, romanized: Kyivska miska elektrychka) is an urban rail transit passenger service in Kyiv, Ukraine. Since 2022, the service is operated by Ukrainian Railways.^[2] The project uses a long-existing railroad ring in the city for peak hour circulation of electric multiple unit trains.

Kyiv City Express
Overview
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Transit type	Urban Rail
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	15
Daily ridership	1,608,000[1]
Website	https://kyivcityexpress.uz.gov.ua
Operation
Began operation	September 2, 2009
Operator(s)	Ukrainian Railways
Technical
System length	50.8 km (31.6 mi)[citation needed]
Electrification	overhead lines
System map Legend Priorka 08.8 11.0 Kurenivka Syrets 05.2 12.3 Pochaina Beresteiska 03.2 Dnieper Sviatoshyn 14.2 Obolon Borshchahivka 00.0 Raiduzhnyi Kyiv-Volynskyi 04.3 18.3 Voskresenka Vidradnyi 20.5 Mykilska Slobidka Karavaievi Dachi 08.8 Livoberezhna Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi 12.3 23.2 Rusanivka Protasiv Yar 14.3 27.0 Darnytsia Lybidska 23.5 Berezniaky Kyiv-Demiivskyi Dnieper Vydubychi 17.7   km km   This diagram: view talk edit

Working 2 since September 2009^[3] 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.^[3] Opening hours are from 5:48 until 21:37 with a time between trains of between 10 and 30 minutes.^[3] 12 trains operate on the line; the fastest time to complete a loop is 1 hour and 25 minutes.^[3] A train ticket costs ₴15.^[4]

With the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, the operation of the city electric train was suspended, later resumed on March 21, 2022 on the route from Darnytsia to Svyatoshyn, and from March 27 on the whole loop, including new stations: Mykilska Slobidka, Kyiv-Demiivskyi, Protasiv Yar and Rusanivka.^[2][5]

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 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.

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  Northern platform at Darnytsia
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  Berezniaky is one of the newest passenger stations in the city
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  Vokzalna is used by the suburban and urban trains
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  Modern on-bridge terminal building at Karavaievi Dachi
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  Northwest-bound passenger platforms at Kyiv-Volynskyi with ticket box and turnstiles
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  Urban service route scheme at Beresteiska
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  Priorka is built on a high embankment, offering a panoramic view of Podil
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  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

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  Urban service RVR ER9M-522 trainset in a new Kyiv Urban train livery.
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  Urban service' Luhanskteplovoz EPL9T-007 trainset in an old Ukrzaliznytsia livery.
• Urban service' Luhanskteplovoz EPL9T-005 trainset in a new Ukrzaliznytsia livery.
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  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

1. Statistics on KMDA website. Archive of the original. Cited 8-4-2021
2. "28 березня «Укрзалізниця» запускає кільцевий маршрут електрички у Києві". Офіційний портал КМДА - Головна (in Ukrainian). 2022-03-28. Archived from the original on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
3. 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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. "Міська електричка м. Київ. Розклад руху". Киевская Городская Электричка (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-07-11.
5. Novosvitnya, Kateryna (2024-01-18). "Рибальський міст та Куренівка: Київрада перейменувала станції електрички". Evening Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-05-24.

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.