Pravoberezhna line

The Pravoberezhna Line or Borshchahivka Rapid Tram is the first line of the Kyiv Light Rail, located in the western part of Kyiv. Constructed from 1975 onwards, the rail corridor connects central Kyiv near Kyiv Passenger Terminal with Shuliavka and Borshchahivka, before having its terminus at the Kyiv Kiltseva Road. The 1, 2, and 3 trams run along the Pravoberezhna Line, together carrying 150,000 passengers daily.^[1]

Pravoberezhna Line
1 2 3 The 3 tram runs along the entire Pravoberezhna Line, while the 1 and 2 trams run along sections of it
Overview
Locale	Kyiv, Ukraine
Termini	Kiltseva Doroha Starovokzalna
Stations	13 (11 active)
Service
Type	Semi-metro
System	Kyiv Light Rail
Operator(s)	Kyivpastrans
History
Opened	February 1, 1975
Technical
Line length	9.5 km (5.9 mi)
Track gauge	1,524 mm (5 ft)
Route map Legend Shevchenko Tram Depot Prospekt Akademika Koroliova 2 Mykhailivska Borshchahivka 1 Vakhtanha Kikabidze Hryhorovycha-Barskoho Oleksandra Makhova Mykoly Rudenka Vasylia Domanytskoho Kiltseva Doroha Zhulia Verna 2 3 Hnata Yury Ivana Dziuby ( Almaz – Rubezhivskyi ) ( Borshchavivka-Tekhnichna – Sviatoshyn ) Vatslava Havela Akademika Shalimova National Aviation University Industrialna Oleksy Tykhoho Politekhnichna Povitroflotska Ploshcha Halytska ( 15, 18) Starovokzalna 1 3 15 18

Ploshcha Halytska station

PESA Fokstrot tram

List of stations

The Pravoberezhna Line consists of a total of eleven full stations, served by routes No 1, No 2, and No 3. It contains a total of 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) of track. The line is serviced by the Shevchenko tram depot. Here is a full list of stations on the line:^[2][3]

Station	Transfers	Notes
Prospekt Akademika Koroliova	2
Mykhailivska Borshchahivka	1
Vakhtanha Kikabidze	1 2	Before 2024 the station was called Bulgakova.
Hryhorovycha-Barskoho		Permanently closed in 2022.
Oleksandra Makhova	1 2	Before 2023 the station was called Zholudieva.[4]
Mykoly Rudenka	1 2	Before 2024 the station was called Bulvar Koltsova.
Vasylia Domanytskoho	1 2	Before 2023 the station was called Henerala Potapova.[4]
Kiltseva Doroha		Closed during reconstruction.[5]
Zhulia Verna	2 3	Before 2023 the station was called Romena Rollana.[4]
Hnata Yury	1 3
Ivana Dziuby	1 3	Before 2023 the station was called Simii Sosninykh.[4]
Vatslava Havela	1 3
Akademika Shalimova	1 3	Before 2024 the station was called Heroiv Sevastopolia.
National Aviation University	1 3
Industrialna	1 3
Oleksy Tykhoho	1 3	Before 2020 the station was called Poliova.[4]
Politekhnichna	1 3
Povitroflotska		Permanently closed.
Ploshcha Halytska	1 3	Before 2023 the station was called Ploshcha Peremohy.[4]
Starovokzalna	1 3 15 18

References

1. Patella, Dominic Pasquale (2019). Kyiv Urban Mobility Project - P170290. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group. p. 7. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
2. "КМДА № 431.PDF - Портал Києва".
3. "Kyiv, Shevchenko tramway depot — Vehicle Statistics".
4. "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)
5. https://kpt.kyiv.ua/news/details/7997-%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%94%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8F-%D1%80%D1%83%D1%85-%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%B2-2-%D1%82%D0%B0-3/ ^{[dead link‍]}

External links

• Article: "A brief history of the development of urban land transport in Kyiv" on KYIVPASTRANS website. Archive of the original on 2016-02-24. Cited 2021-08-02.
• Kyiv high-speed tram on the Gorelektrotrans website. Archive of the originalArchived 2013-01-11 at archive.today on 2013-01-11. (Russian)
• Kyiv on the site "City Electric Transport" (Ukrainian) (Russian) (Belarusian) (English)
• highway in Kyiv with a high-speed tram line. - Kyiv: Kyivproekt, 1979. - 40 p., Ill. (in Russian)
• Order of the Kyiv City State Administration of 1998–2010 on the reconstruction of the right-bank high-speed tram line
• Chronology of line reconstruction