Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line

The Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line (Ukrainian: Святошинсько-Броварська лінія) is the first line of the Kiev Metro, dating back to 1960.[1] It includes some of the system's more historically significant stations, like Arsenalna, which at 105.5 meters[2] is the deepest in the world and the next station Dnipro, which although the tunnel follows a descent, appears above ground level.

Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kiev Metro
Locale	Kiev, Ukraine
Termini	Akademmistechko Lisova
Stations	18
Operation
Opened	6 November 1960[1]
Operator(s)	Kyivskyi Metropoliten
Technical
Line length	22.64 km (14.07 mi)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ^27⁄32 in)
Route map Akademmistechko Zhytomyrska Sviatoshyn Sviatoshyn railway station Nyvky Beresteiska • Rubezhivskyi railway station Shuliavska Politekhnichnyi Instytut Vokzalna • • Kiev Passenger railway station Universytet Teatralna (Zoloti Vorota) Khreshchatyk (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) Arsenalna Dnipro Dnieper River Hidropark Rusanivs'kyi Kanal Livoberezhna • Darnytsia Depot-1 Darnytsia Chernihivska Lisova

All of the stations on the eastern bank of the Dnieper river are either ground or above ground level, this attributed to a similar experiment like Moscow's Filyovskaya line. Here the warmer Ukrainian climate prevented the stations there from being severely deteriorated, which was why extensions in 1968 and 1979 were kept from going underground. The five original stations are extremely beautiful in architecture and decoration as they managed to survive Nikita Khrushchev's struggle with decorative "extras".

The Svyatoshynsko–Brovarska line cuts Kiev on an east-west axis and presently comprises 18 stations. It is usually coloured red on the maps.

History

Timeline

Segment[3]	Date opened	Length
Vokzalna–Dnipro	November 6, 1960	5.24 km
Vokzalna–Shuliavska	November 5, 1963	3.24 km
Dnipro–Darnytsia	November 5, 1965	4.15 km
Darnytsia–Chernihivska	November 4, 1968	1.32 km
Shuliavska–Sviatoshyn	November 5, 1971	4.23 km
Chernihivska–Lisova	December 5, 1979	1.22 km
Teatralna	November 6, 1987	N/A
Sviatoshyn–Akademmistechko	May 24, 2003	3.25 km
Total:	18 stations	22.64 km

Name changes

Station	Previous name(s)	Years
Sviatoshyn	Sviatoshyno	1971–1991
Beresteiska	Zhovtneva	1971–1993
Shuliavska	Zavod Bilshovyk	1963–1993
Teatralna	Leninska	1987–1993
Chernihivska	Komsomolska	1968–1993
Lisova	Pionerska	1979–1993

Stations

1. Akademmistechko
2. Zhytomyrska
3. Sviatoshyn
4. Nyvky
5. Beresteiska
6. Shuliavska
7. Politekhnichnyi Instytut
8. Vokzalna
9. Universytet
10. Teatralna → Zoloti Vorota
11. Khreshchatyk → Maidan Nezalezhnosti
12. Arsenalna
13. Dnipro
14. Hidropark
15. Livoberezhna
16. Darnytsia
17. Chernihivska
18. Lisova

Transfers

Traditional Soviet metro planning stipulated the creation of the first line, which would at some point in the future be expanded and crossed by future planned lines. Specifically, the Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line has two transfer stations, although a couple more are planned for connection to future perspective lines of the metro system:

#	Transfer to	At
	Obolonsko–Teremkivska line	Khreshchatyk
	Syretsko–Pecherska line	Teatralna

Rolling stock

A modernised train of the E-family on the Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line

The line is served by the Darnytsia depot (№ 1) although before 1965, a converted tram depot located under the Dnipro station was used, after the completion of the Metro Bridge, the depot was dismantled. Currently 28 five-carriage train sets are assigned to the line. Most of them are type E, Ezh, Ezh1, Em-501 and Ema-502 built during the late 1960s and the early 1970s. The line was once served by carriages of type D, which were later given to Saint Petersburg metro. In 2014, some of the trains were refurbished and converted into type 81-7080/7081 or E-KM, with new engines, interior and outerior.

Future plans

Since the line has the oldest stations in the system, some show heavy marks from nearly half a century of exploitation and need for renovations. This includes replacement of escalators, lighting and in some cases the decoration. In particular, this concerns the surface stations which are exposed to weather elements. One of the which is Darnytsia which in the future is to become an important transfer station for three lines, has recently undergone a complete reconstruction, with an addition of a new western entrance.

Other projects include additional new entrances for Vokzalna and a planned one for Teatralna.

References

1. Kyiv Metro Subway celebrates 58th anniversary on Nov 6, UNIAN (6 November 2018)
2. "Arsenalna". Kyiv Metropoliten (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 April 2014.
3. "Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line: Chronology of construction". Kyiv Metropoliten (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 14 April 2014.

External links

• (in Ukrainian) Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line, Kiev Metro official site
• (in Russian) Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line, pictures, history, descriptions of all stations