Line 2 (Kharkiv Metro)

Saltivska line
Overview
Status	Operational
Termini	Istorychnyi Muzei (southern) Saltivska (northern)
Stations	8
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Kharkiv Metro
Operator(s)	Kharkivskyi metropoliten
Rolling stock	81-717/714, 81-7036/7037
Daily ridership	380,250 (daily)[1]
History
Opened	10 August 1984; 40 years ago (1984-08-10)
Technical
Line length	10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi)[2]
Track gauge	5 ft (1,524 mm)
Route diagram Legend Skhidna Saltivka Prospekt Traktorobudivnykiv Hvardiitsiv-Shyronyntsiv Druzhby Narodiv Saltivska Studentska Akademika Pavlova Akademika Barabashova Depot TCh2 Saltivske Metro Bridge over Kharkiv River Kyivska Yaroslava Mudroho Universytet (Derzhprom) Istorychnyi Muzei ( Maidan Konstytutsii ) Service tunnel to Line 1 Kharkiv River Ploshcha Urytskoho Lopan River Zhovtneva Novozhanove This diagram: view talk edit

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, respectively.^[3]

Geographically, the Saltivska line cuts Kharkiv on a northeast–southwest axis, 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.