Kharkov is an important administrative, scientific, educational and transport center of Ukraine. The second largest city in the country. This article will focus on the transport infrastructure of Kharkiv, its railway and bus stations.
Transport infrastructure of the city: Kharkiv railway stations
Kharkov is a major transport hub of Ukraine. The most important European routes pass through the city, in particular, the E40 and E105 highways. Almost all types of transport are represented in Kharkiv (except for sea and river transport). There is an airport 12 kilometers from the city center that operates regular flights to Kyiv, Minsk, Warsaw, Istanbul.
Internal urban transportation of passengers is provided by the subway, trams, trolleybuses, buses and fixed-route taxis. The metro system of the city is represented by three lines and 30 underground stations. It transports about 250 million people annually. Work in Kharkov and exotic modes of transport. So, in the forest park zone there is a children's railway (narrow gauge). The main park of the city named after Gorky is connected to the Pavlovo Pole residential areacable car.
Kharkiv railway stations take on the main "cargo" for the transportation of passengers, raw materials and finished products. Every day, dozens of trains pass through the main railway gates of the city. Within the boundaries of Kharkov, there are two checkpoints across the borders of Ukraine. One of them is located at the Kharkiv-Passenger station, and the second one is located at the Kharkiv-Sortirovochny station.
Railway and Kharkov stations
How to get to the city of Kharkiv? The railway station, the bus station - it is these city objects that the tourist who arrived in the "first capital" not by car will see for the first time. First, we will tell you about the railway stations and stations of Kharkov. How many are there?
Five railway lines converge in Kharkiv, two of which lead to the neighboring country of Russia. The railway junction of the city includes a number of railway stations and stations (more than ten), two marshalling yards, as well as wagon and locomotive depots with all the necessary structural units. Main stations and railway stations of Kharkiv:
- South Station.
- Levada.
- Losevo.
- Basis.
- Novoselovka.
- Kharkov-Balashovsky.
In addition, within the city there are a number of small stations and platforms where exclusively commuter trains stop: New Bavaria, Novozhanovo, Vereshchakovka, Dikanevka and others.
Today, 64 long-distance trains and 198 commuter trains (electric anddiesels). From the city you can go directly to Kyiv, Dnipro, Lvov, Ternopil, Krivoy Rog, Voronezh, Moscow, Kazan, Murmansk, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Astana and Tashkent. Suburban trains from Kharkov can take you to Lozovaya, Kupyansk, Lyubotin, Krasnograd, Merefa, Balakleya, Izyum and a number of other settlements in Kharkov and neighboring regions of Ukraine.
South Station (Kharkiv)
South Station is the main railway station of Kharkiv, located in the city center, within the Kholodnogorsk district. Nearby is the metro station of the same name, through one of the exits of which you can get directly to the station building.
The station was opened in 1869. Throughout history, its main building was rebuilt three times. The one that can be seen now was built in the early 50s of the last century. This is a monumental, grandiose building in the Stalinist neoclassical style, with powerful columns, sculptures and two symmetrical towers 42 meters high. The main hall of the station with a spherical and generously painted ceiling resembles the interiors of a majestic cathedral.
The entire station complex includes the actual passenger station building, ticket offices, the Express Hotel (a nondescript gray building built in the late 70s), a baggage compartment, seven boarding platforms and two underground tunnels. Near the station there is a well-groomed and very cozy Station Square with fountains, flower beds and benches. In the warm season, it is incredibly pleasant to spend time here while waiting for your train.
Bus stations of the city of Kharkiv
Kharkov's bus stations are also an important part of the city's transport infrastructure. There are five in total (1, 2, 3, 4 and 6).
The first bus routes connected Kharkiv with other cities in the early 30s. However, at that time there was no specialized building for receiving and sending intercity flights. The main bus station of the city was built in 1957. It is located on Gagarin Avenue next to the Levada railway station. By the way, the building itself is made in the style of Stalinist neoclassicism, which is extremely rare among bus stations in the post-Soviet space. As a rule, they are all nondescript and inexpressive in terms of architecture.
From the main Kharkiv bus station you can go to a number of cities in Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, countries of Eastern and Western Europe.
