Kharkiv is a large city on the map of Ukraine, it is the first capital of our country. Kharkiv has fast urban transport — the Kharkiv metro. In the city, where every morning a huge number of people rush to work and other affairs, fast transport should have appeared to eliminate problems in providing passenger transportation. Since the 1950s, Kharkiv began to develop actively — new residential areas and industrial zones began to appear. The population in the city was constantly growing. It was at this stage that the city council began to think about the construction of the subway.
A brief history of the Kharkiv metro construction
The decision to build the Kharkiv subway was made in 1968, at the same time the first shaft was laid near the South Station.
About the creation of the subway:
On August 23, 1968, mining and construction work began at the "Maidan Konstituci" station;
February 1969 — the construction of the tunnel between "Maidan Konstitucii" and "Prospekt Gagarin" stations began;
August 1969 — the beginning of the construction of the Central Market station;
April 1970 — a significant event in the construction of the subway, the first failure (the left overpass tunnel was connected to the tunnel of the "Maidan Konstitucii" station);
August 23, 1975 was the opening day of the Kharkiv Metro.
There are three metro lines in Kharkiv, their length, which is actively operated, is thirty-eight kilometers.
The main lines of the Kharkiv metro
The Kholodnohorsk-Zavod metro line has twelve stations — Kholodna Gora, Southern Station, Central Market, Constitution Square, Gagarin Prospect, Sportivna, Zavod named after Malysheva, Sports Palace, Armiyska, named after Maselskyi, Tractor factory, Industrialna;
Oleksiivska line , which has nine stations — Victory, Oleksiivska, August 23, Botanical Garden, Naukova, Derzhprom, Architect Beketov, Defenders of Ukraine, Metrobuilders;
Saltivska line and eight stations — Heroes of Labor, Studentska, Akademika Pavlov, Akademika Barabashova, Kyivska, Pushkinska, University, Historical Museum;
The Kharkiv metro map is available to all passengers, it can be found in metro cars or on other available resources (Internet, paper version). Kharkiv metro stations were built gradually, taking into account the passenger load and relevance of one direction or another.
Services for passengers and the scheme of the Kharkiv metro
Kharkiv subway schedule — trains start at 5:30 a.m., at some stations at 6:00 a.m., 6:06 a.m. (August 23, Botanical Garden, Defenders of Ukraine, Metrobuilders, Naukova, Sportivna). The Kharkiv metro stops working at 00:00.
Metro hours were changed after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Therefore, the subway now operates from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m., and stations can also be used as shelters around the clock.
Some interesting facts about the Kharkiv "underground":
The deepest metro station is "Pushkinska", its depth is about thirty-five meters;
On the first day of operation, four hundred and thirteen thousand passengers were transported;
The shortest stretch has a length of seven hundred and seventy-one meters — "Architektor Beketov"-"Derzhprom";
The Kharkiv metro is built according to the "classic triangle" scheme, which allows you to make only one transfer;
The longest stretch is "Kyivska"-"Akademika Barabashova", which is 2407 meters;
The average speed of the Kharkiv metro is about thirty-five kilometers per hour;
The subway was built not only by professional workers, but also by students of Kharkiv universities;
The map of the Kharkiv metro was constantly expanding, now thirty stations, which transported millions of passengers during their long existence, have become a place of protection against Russian airstrikes and bombs.
