Kyiv Metropolitan - old communication. The people of Kiev are already so accustomed to this transport that they have no idea how else it is possible to overcome long distances within the city in a short time. Let's talk about the Kyiv metro and its features.
Metro map
It will be difficult for visitors to Kyiv only at first. The metro network allows you to get to distant areas in a short time. To figure out where to go, the Kyiv metro map will help. It is displayed in many copies in a prominent place at every station.
Everyone who is just starting to get to know the city should remember that it is customary to use the abbreviation of the word "station" - "st."
Kyiv metro offers information signs to help you navigate the subway. They are located at the level of the eyes of a walking person, sometimes higher or almost under the ceiling. The signs contain information about the stations where you can go, for each specific direction.
Working hours
Kyiv metro stations open at such a time that residents of the capital can get to work on time. Therefore, the average time when the subway is ready to receive passengers is5.45 am.
The exact mode of opening and closing is at each station. It depends on its location: those that are further from the center usually open earlier. So, the metro station "Kharkovskaya" (Kyiv), located on the left bank of the Dnieper, opens at 5.28, and closes a minute after midnight. This time is important for those residents of the capital who need to get to work by 7-8 in the morning, especially if you need to go from the right bank of the Dnieper. Busy traffic can be observed in the subway trains already at 7 am, but the rush hour on the branch line comes from 8 to 9 am.
Like all Kyiv that wakes up early, the metro station "Darnitsa" on the left bank is in a hurry to open at 5.27. The last passengers leave the station at 00.06. The scheme of the Kyiv metro will help you navigate the location of the stations and calculate the time needed to get to your destination. We would also like to inform you that the Teatralnaya station works the longest (until 00.18, the transition station from the red to the green line, Zolotye Vorota station), the Ippodrome station closes the earliest (blue line, 23.54).
Kyiv metro stations operate according to a special schedule on holidays and on the days of football matches. The fans have an hour more time to go home, but Art. "Olympic" and "Palace of Sports" are closed an hour before the start of the game. The same mode of operation of the subway of the capital of Ukraine for the New Year, Easter, Independence Day (August 24), except for the mentioned changes for Art."Olympic" and "Palace of Sports".
Travel: conditions, cost
Traveling in the Kiev metro is carried out on plastic tokens. For a long time, until mid-February 2015, they were of the same pattern and color - blue. The cost of the token was 2 hryvnia (about 5 Russian rubles). After changes in the pricing policy, travel tokens were replaced with green tokens (the shades are very different), and the access mechanisms were gradually converted, until March 2015. New tokens cost 4 hryvnia (about 10 rubles, respectively).
For schoolchildren and civil servants, the conditions of travel are special. You can also save money with special cards.
Structure of Kyiv Metro
At the moment (March 2015) the Kyiv metro consists of three branches: red (M1), blue (M2) and green (M3). Of these, two (red and green) cross the main river of the country - the Dnieper - and help residents quickly get from the right bank to the left and vice versa. The blue branch is located only on the left bank.
From art. "Teatralnaya" (red line) you can transfer to the "Golden Gate" (green), from the station. "Palace of Sports" (green) - to "Leo Tolstoy Square" (blue). From Khreshchatyk (red line) you can go to Independence Square (blue line).
About some stations
Each metro station in Kyiv has its own characteristics. So, "Slavutich" is a modern design in an urban style. Here is the theater(transition to the "Golden Gate") is recognized as one of the most beautiful in Europe. What is the lighting of the station premises, made in the form of metal candelabra with many candles, light bulbs.
Station "Vokzalnaya" (right bank, red line) is the busiest for obvious reasons. Every day more than 68 thousand people cross from it. Among them are many guests of the city, students going home for the weekend. It is followed by the station "Lesnaya" (also a red line, but the left bank) - 66 thousand people a day. The third busiest station in Kyiv is Petrovka, located right next to the famous market of the same name (the name of the station comes from it).
The smallest passenger traffic is at the Dnepr metro station, as well as Krasny Khutor. The latter, by the way, is located far from the center (along the green line) and in general from residential areas, which is not very convenient. But here the picturesque nature awaits passengers, and this station can also be useful.
Attracts the attention of visitors Art. "Lvovskaya brama" ("Lvivskaya brama") on a blue branch. The fact is that, in fact, it does not exist, since there are no exits to the top. In many trains on the subway schemes, it is listed as such with an indefinite purpose. It serves only to transport metro workers: often passengers of the first carriage see how the train stops at a different station and people dressed as metro workers disembark from the driver's cab.
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In our article-review of the Kyiv metrowe collected the necessary data for the guest of the capital: we introduced the metro map, talked about the opening hours of different stations and prepared for the pricing policy.
The Kyiv subway scheme is quite simple, for example, compared to the St. Petersburg subway scheme. There are only three branches and three transition stations. Without much hitch, you can get to the remote corners of the city from 6 am to 12 am.
