Line 2 (Kharkiv Metro)

Blue Line 2 Saltivska line
Overview
StatusOperational
Termini
Stations8
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemKharkiv Metro
Operator(s)Kharkivskyi metropoliten
Rolling stock81-717/714, 81-7036/7037
Daily ridership380,250 (daily)[1]
History
Opened10 August 1984; 40 years ago (1984-08-10)
Technical
Line length10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi)[2]
Track gauge5 ft (1,524 mm)
Route diagram

Skhidna Saltivka
Prospekt Traktorobudivnykiv
Hvardiitsiv-Shyronyntsiv
Druzhby Narodiv
Saltivska
Studentska
Akademika Pavlova
Akademika Barabashova
Depot TCh2 Saltivske
Kyivska
Yaroslava Mudroho
Universytet
Istorychnyi Muzei
Service tunnel
to Line 1
Ploshcha Urytskoho
Zhovtneva
Novozhanove

The Saltivska line (Ukrainian: Салтівська лінія, Russian: Салтовская линия) is the second line of the Kharkiv Metro operating since 1984, serving Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. The Saltivska Line is the shortest line segment of the system, at 10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi),[2] with a total of eight stations. Unique to the Kharkiv Metro is the Saltivska line's metro bridge, which passes above the Kharkiv River between the Kyivska and Akademika Barabashova stations.[3]

Geographically, the Saltivska line cuts Kharkiv on a northeast–southwest axis, and provides subway access to much of Saltivka (for which the line is named). It connects the city's largest residential neighborhood with the Constitution Square and Freedom Square in the city center.[4] The Saltivska line is second behind the Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska Line with a daily ridership of 380,250 passengers.[1] There are current proposals that would expand the Saltivska line to include an extra six stations and a split line segment, although these are only in the planning stage and they are not scheduled to start construction until the mid-2020s at the earliest.

  1. ^ a b "Saltovskaya liniya". Commercial holding "Megapolis" (in Russian). Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference gort was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Butkovsky, Andrey (2005). "Stations and constructions. Metrobridge". Kharkov transportny (in Russian). Retrieved 19 May 2011.
  4. ^ "How everything began". Official site KP "Kharkivskyi metropoliten" (in Ukrainian). metro.kharkiv.ua. Retrieved 19 May 2011.