Chervonyi Khutir (Kyiv Metro)

Chervonyi Khutir
Kyiv Metro
Kyiv Metro station
General information
LocationDarnytskyi District
Kyiv
Ukraine
Coordinates50°24′32″N 30°41′40″E / 50.40889°N 30.69444°E / 50.40889; 30.69444
Owned byKyiv Metro
Line(s) Syretsko–Pecherska line
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeunderground
Platform levels1
Other information
Station code327
History
Opened23 May 2008
ElectrifiedYes
Services
Preceding station Kyiv Metro Following station
Boryspilska
towards Syrets
Syretsko–Pecherska line Terminus

Chervonyi Khutir (Ukrainian: Червоний хутір, ) is the terminus station of the Kyiv Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line. It opened on 23 May 2008. The station's name arises from an old village "Chervonyi Khutir" that was subsequently absorbed into Kyiv city limits and is now an industrial neighbourhood. The station is located amidst a woodland and at first was unlikely to have any passengers at all. However, there is currently a much greater need for the station because it is right next Kyiv's third depot, Kharkivske, which has been a much-needed acquisition to the line since the mid-1990s, yet due to financial difficulties caused by recessions, construction only began in 2004.

Chervonyi Khutir is also part of much larger plan to have the line snake around the south-eastern districts of Kyiv and then come back up north-westwards towards the new Darnytsia Railway Station and the Darnytsia metro station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. In the meantime, the surrounding area will be redeveloped and new housing massivs would justify the station.[1]

  1. ^ City planning agency, Kievglavarkhitektura (February 1, 2006). "Project of construction and urbanization of the Darnytskyi Raion". Archunion.com.ua (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-01-08.