When traveling in Kiev, Ukraine, you will find that you have a variety of options when it comes to public transportation. The Ukraine Subway/Metro System is the best option, providing you with the fastest, most convenient, and affordable way to get around most of the city. There are still places in Kiev that the subway does not run and you will be required to take additional transportation to your final destination.
In order to ride the subway/metro system in the city you will need a pass or metro tokens. The tokens cost 0.50 to 0.60 Hryvna and can be purchased from the cashier or from a wall mounted dispenser with a few Hryvna bills. Passes are purchased from the cashier and they can be good for 15 days to 30 days depending on the pass you purchase. The full month passes are good from the 22nd of the month to the 10th of the next month. The half passes are good from the 15th of the month to the 2nd of the next month.
There are three lines operating in the subway/metro system of Kiev. The red line state, named Sviatoshynas’ko-Brovars’ka, was opened in the autumn of 1960 after eleven years of construction work. It is 62km in length, has 44 stations, 3 interchanges and 613 metro cars. It is open from 6am to midnight, give or take twenty-five minutes. The Dnipropetrovs’k Metro line was open in 1995. It has 6 stations over 7.8 km of track with trains running every seven to seventeen minutes. It opens at 5:30 am and shuts down and 11pm. Finally the Kharkiv Metro line was opened in 1975 and has 35.0 km of track with 28 stations. 323 cars run from 5am to midnight daily.
The Kryvyi Rih Metro is a metrotram system with two routes: Kiltseve-Maiden Pratsi, and Kilseve-Zarichna with a branch at Zhovtneva. It was opened in 1986 and has 11 stations, 4 of which is underground and one of which is closed due to lack of passengers. It runs 17.7km and 6.8km of it is completely underground.
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