
The Kyiv Metro is the rapid transit system serving Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and its surrounding metropolitan area. The system is operated by the company Kyivskyi Metropoliten, a state-owned enterprise belonging to the Kyiv City Council, and serves Kyiv's ten urban districts, with bus and train connections to nearby locations in Kyiv Oblast and beyond. The system covers a total route length of 69,648 kilometres (43,277 mi), with three service lines and 52 stations. In 2021, Kyiv Metro had an annual ridership of 319.3 million people.
The first rapid transit system in Ukraine, the Kyiv Metro initially opened on 6 November 1960 as a single 5.24 km (3.26 mi) line with five stations. This original line was gradually expanded to become the current Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line while two additional lines, Obolonsko–Teremkivska and Syretsko–Pecherska, were added in 1971 and 1989, respectively. A fourth line, Podilsko–Vyhurivska, is also planned.
At 105.5 m (346 ft 1.5 in) below ground level, Arsenalna station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line is the second deepest metro station in the world after Hongyancun station in Chongqing.[1]
List of stations
| Name | Name (in Ukrainian)[a] |
Image | Line | Opened | Type | Depth | Connections[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akademmistechko† | Академмістечко | 24 May 2003 | Shallow column | 11 m (36 ft) | |||
| Zhytomyrska | Житомирська | Single-vault | 10 m (33 ft) | ||||
| Sviatoshyn[d] | Святошин | 5 November 1971 | Shallow column | 12 m (39 ft) | |||
| Nyvky | Нивки | Shallow column | 12.5 m (41 ft) | ||||
| Beresteiska[e] | Берестейська | Shallow column | 11 m (36 ft) | ||||
| Shuliavska[f] | Шулявська | 5 November 1963 | Pylon | 92 m (302 ft) | |||
| Politekhnichnyi Instytut | Політехнічний інститут | Pylon | 55 m (180 ft) | ||||
| Vokzalna | Вокзальна | 6 November 1960 | Pylon | 42 m (138 ft) | Kyiv Boryspil Express | ||
| Universytet | Університет | Pylon | 87 m (285 ft) | ||||
| Teatralna^[g] | Театральна | 6 November 1987 | Pylon | 70 m (230 ft) | |||
| Khreshchatyk^ | Хрещатик | 6 November 1960 | Pylon | 60 m (197 ft) | |||
| Arsenalna | Арсенальна | Pylon | 105.5 m (346 ft) | ||||
| Dnipro | Дніпро | Bridge | >0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Hidropark | Гідропарк | 5 November 1965 | At-grade | 0 m (0 ft) | |||
| Livoberezhna | Лівобережна | Bridge | >0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Darnytsia | Дарниця | At-grade | 0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Chernihivska[h] | Чернігівська | 4 November 1968 | At-grade | 0 m (0 ft) | |||
| Lisova†[i] | Лісова | 5 December 1968 | At-grade | 0 m (0 ft) | |||
| Heroiv Dnipra† | Героїв Дніпра | 6 November 1982 | Shallow column | 5 m (16 ft) | |||
| Minska | Мінська | Single-vault | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||
| Obolon[k] | Оболонь | 19 December 1980 | Shallow column | 6.5 m (21 ft) | |||
| Pochaina[l] | Почайна | Shallow column | 6 m (20 ft) | ||||
| Tarasa Shevchenka | Тараса Шевченка | Shallow column | 7 m (23 ft) | ||||
| Kontraktova Ploshcha[m] | Контрактова площа | 17 December 1976 | Shallow column | 8 m (26 ft) | |||
| Poshtova Ploshcha | Поштова площа | Shallow column | 10 m (33 ft) | ||||
| Maidan Nezalezhnosti^[n] | Майдан Незалежності | Deep column | 60 m (197 ft) | ||||
| Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv^[o] | Площа Українських героїв | 19 December 1981 | Pylon | 72 m (236 ft) | |||
| Olimpiiska[p] | Олімпійська | Pylon | 37 m (121 ft) | ||||
| Palats Ukraina[q] | Палац «Україна» | 30 December 1984 | Pylon | 32 m (105 ft) | |||
| Lybidska[r] | Либідська | Pylon | 22 m (72 ft) | ||||
| Demiivska | Деміївська | 15 December 2010 | Shallow column | 12 m (39 ft) | |||
| Holosiivska | Голосіївська | Shallow column | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||
| Vasylkivska | Васильківська | Single-vault | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||
| Vystavkovyi Tsentr | Виставковий центр | 27 December 2011 | Single-vault | 8 m (26 ft) | |||
| Ipodrom | Іподром | 25 October 2012 | Shallow column | 12 m (39 ft) | |||
| Teremky† | Теремки | 25 October 2013 | Single-vault | 12 m (39 ft) | |||
| Syrets† | Сирець | 14 October 2004 | Pylon | 60 m (197 ft) | |||
| Dorohozhychi | Дорогожичі | 30 March 2000 | Pylon | 76 m (249 ft) | |||
| Lukianivska | Лук'янівська | 30 December 1996 | Pylon | 69 m (226 ft) | |||
| Zoloti Vorota^ | Золоті ворота | 31 December 1989 | Deep column | 96.5 m (317 ft) | |||
| Palats Sportu^ | Палац спорту | Pylon | 72 m (236 ft) | ||||
| Klovska[t] | Кловська | Pylon | 40 m (131 ft) | ||||
| Pecherska | Печерська | 27 December 1997 | Pylon | 89 m (292 ft) | |||
| Zvirynetska[u] | Звіринецька | 30 December 1991 | Pylon | 66 m (217 ft) | |||
| Vydubychi | Видубичі | Shallow column | 8 m (26 ft) | Kyiv Boryspil Express | |||
| Slavutych | Славутич | 30 December 1992 | Shallow column | 7 m (23 ft) | |||
| Osokorky | Осокорки | Single-vault | 9 m (30 ft) | ||||
| Pozniaky | Позняки | 28 December 1994 | Shallow column | 12 m (39 ft) | |||
| Kharkivska | Харківська | Single-vault | 8 m (26 ft) | ||||
| Vyrlytsia | Вирлиця | 8 March 2006 | Shallow column | 8 m (26 ft) | |||
| Boryspilska | Бориспільська | 23 August 2005 | Single-vault | 8 m (26 ft) | |||
| Chervonyi Khutir† | Червоний хутір | 23 May 2008 | Shallow column | 8 m (26 ft) |
Future stations
Not shown here are stations that are planned to be built in the far future as well as scrapped ideas. This includes the westward and the scrapped eastward extensions of the Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska line; two southern extensions of the Obolonsko–Teremkivska line; the further westward (second and third phases of metro to Vynohradar) and the possible eastward extensions of the Syretsko–Pecherska line, as well the scrapped project of Hertsena station located between Dorohozhychi and Lukianivska; the westward (towards the train station, Solomianka, Chokolivka, and Kyiv International Airport) and eastward (towards Voskresenka and Vyhurivshchyna–Troieshchyna) extensions of the Podilsko–Vyhurivska line; and the proposed Livoberezhna and Vyshhorodsko–Darnytska lines.
| Name | Name (in Ukrainian)[a] |
Image | Line | Status | Type | Depth | Connections[b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varshavska[v] | Варшавська | Under construction[w] | Shallow column | 15 m (49 ft) | |||
| Mostytska[x] | Мостицька | Single-vault | 12 m (39 ft) | ||||
| Lvivska Brama | Львівська брама | Unfinished[y] | Pylon | 90 m (295 ft) | |||
| Telychka | Теличка | Unfinished[z] | Shallow column | 9 m (30 ft) | |||
| Hlybochytska^ | Глибочицька | Planned[ab] | Pylon | TBA | |||
| Podilska^ | Подільська | Shallow column | TBA | ||||
| Sudnobudivna | Суднобудівна | Unfinished[ab] | Bridge | >0 m (0 ft) | |||
| Trukhaniv Ostriv | Труханів острів | Bridge | >0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Zatoka Desenka | Затока Десенка | Bridge | >0 m (0 ft) | ||||
| Raiduzhna | Райдужна | Planned[ab] | Single-vault | TBA |
See also
- Transport in Kyiv
- List of Dnipro Metro stations
- List of Kharkiv Metro stations
- List of Kryvyi Rih Metrotram stations
Notes
- ^ a b Links to Ukrainian Wikipedia articles for each station
- ^ a b Bus, trolleybus, marshrutka, and non-rapid tram connections are not shown
- ^ In Ukrainian, Святошинсько-Броварська лінія
- ^ Known as Sviatoshyno (Святошино) from 1971 to 1991.
- ^ Known as Zhovtneva (Жовтнева) from 1971 to 1993.
- ^ Known as Zavod Bilshovyk (Завод Більшовик) from 1963 to 1993.
- ^ Known as Leninska (Ленінська) from 1987 to 1992.
- ^ Known as Komsomolska (Комсомольська) from 1968 to 1993.
- ^ Known as Pionerska (Піонерська) from 1979 to 1993.
- ^ In Ukrainian, Оболонсько-Теремківська лінія. Known as Kurenivsko-Chervonoarmiiska line (Куренівсько-Червоноармійська лінія) from 1976 to 2018.
- ^ Known as Prospekt Korniichuka (Проспект Корнійчука) from 1980 to 1990.
- ^ Known as Petrivka (Петрівка) from 1980 to 2018.
- ^ Known as Chervona Ploshcha (Червона площа) from 1976 to 1990.
- ^ Known as Ploshcha Kalinina (Площа Калініна) from 1976 to 1977 and as Ploshcha Zhovtnevoi Revoliutsii (Площа Жовтневої революції) from 1977 to 1991.
- ^ Known as Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho (Площа Льва Толстого) from 1981 to 2023.
- ^ Known as Respublikanskyi Stadion (Республіканський стадіон) from 1981 to 2011.
- ^ Known as Chervonoarmiiska (Червоноармійська) from 1984 to 1993.
- ^ Known as Dzerzhynska (Дзержинська) from 1984 to 1993.
- ^ a b In Ukrainian, Сирецько-Печерська лінія
- ^ Known as Mechnykova (Мечникова) from 1989 to 1993.
- ^ Known as Druzhby Narodiv (Дружби народів) from 1991 to 2023.
- ^ Known as Prospekt Pravdy (Проспект Правди) from 2021 to 2023.
- ^ The first phase of Syretsko–Pecherska line's northward extension to Vynohradar is under construction since 2019. Despite numerous delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukrainian war, and the previous construction company's failures to meet the deadline, the construction is ongoing. The two stations are expected to open in 2027.[citation needed]
- ^ As of 9 December 2025, Mostytska is to be renamed before its construction is finished. One of three names—Rohostynska, Rohoziv Yar, or Zamkovyshche—will be chosen by Kyiv residents in an online survey.[2]
- ^ The construction took place in 1991–1996 but has been on pause since due to financial problems and the unresolved question of the exit's location.[citation needed]
- ^ The construction started in the late 1980s but has been on pause since 1992 as this station is located in an industrial district and thus expected to have a low usage.[citation needed]
- ^ In Ukrainian, Подільсько-Вигурівська лінія
- ^ a b c The construction of the first phase of the Podilsko–Vyhurivska line was planned to take place after the construction of the Podilskyi Bridge, on which three of its stations (Sudnobudivna, Trukhaniv Ostriv, and Zatoka Desenka) will be located.[3] The bridge was opened for cars on 1 December 2024,[4] but the construction of the metro segment is expected to begin once the bridge is extended over the Kyiv harbor in 2026.[5][6]
References
- ^ Арсенальна [Arsenalna] (in Ukrainian). Київський метрополітен Kyiv Metro. 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 15 January 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Borysenko, Tetiana (9 December 2025). У Києві планують перейменувати недобудовану станцію метро "Мостицька": які назви запропонують на вибір містянам [In Kyiv, they plan to rename the unfinished metro station "Mostytska": what names will be offered to citizens to choose from]. Suspilne Kyiv (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 13 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
- ^ Molodkovets, Mariia (17 October 2021). Метро на Троєщину. Історія багатостраждального проєкту сучасного Києва — від ідеї до зірваних планів і нових обіцянок [Metro to Troieshchyna. The history of the long-suffering project of modern Kyiv — from the idea to thwarted plans and new promises]. The New Voice of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 May 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Kraievska, Tetiana (1 December 2024). Подільський міст у Києві відкрито: як працюватиме мостовий перехід [The Podilskyi Bridge in Kyiv is open: how will the bridge work]. Ukrainian National News (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Murashko, Anna (25 September 2025). Метро на Троєщину: КМДА повідомила про розробку документації та терміни початку робіт [Metro to Troieshchyna: the Kyiv City State Administration has announced the development of documentation and deadlines for the start of the construction]. Ukrainian National News (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Vodianyi, Andrii (16 September 2025). У Києві назвали наступні етапи Подільського мосту: з'їзд на Поділ, потім – метро [The next stages of the Podilskyi Bridge were presented: exit to Podil and then metro]. LIGA.net (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 17 November 2025. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
External links
- "Official website of the Kyiv Metro" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 24 April 2024.












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