Tsentralno–Zavodska line explained

Tsentralno–Zavodska line
Type:Rapid transit
System:Dnipro Metro
Locale:Dnipro, Ukraine
Stations:6
Open:December 29, 1995
Linelength:7.8km (04.8miles)[1]
Map State:collapsed
Map Name:Route diagram

The Tsentralno–Zavodska line (Ukrainian: Центрально-Заводська лінія) is the first and only line of the Dnipro Metro in Dnipro, located in east Ukraine. The line's short length, makes the Dnipro Metro system the shortest metro system in the world.[2] The six station segment was opened on 29 December 1995 and runs from the station west to the terminus at . Only the system's depot, Diivka, is located west of Pokrovska station.

History

Three stations are currently under construction, which would expand the system from the Dnipro Central Railway Station (at) to the city centre; (near the Theatre of Opera and Ballet),, and (near the Museum of History).[3] Construction of these stations was restarted in late February 2011 after being completely halted on 26 July 2009.[2] The stations were expected to be finished by late 2015,[3] but construction was stopped because the tender to select the contractor was stopped by the city council in August 2015.[4] In November 2018, city authorities expected the three stations to be opened by the summer of 2023.[5] In December 2020 they downgraded that prediction to 2024.[6] After the completion of these three stations the line would finally be as it was envisioned in 1980 (by the planning of the Soviet Union).[7] The extension will increase the number of stations to nine, which would extend the line 4 km to a total of 11.8 km (7.3 mile).[1]

There are plans (all the following mentioned expansion of the line were not envisioned in the 1980s vision of the line[7]) for two other station, "Parus" planned for the western terminus of the Tsentralno–Zavodska line, and "Dnipro" as the terminus following "Muzeina".[3] [8] In 2011, there were also plans for another new station following "Parus", a station called "Parus-2" or "Dyivska".[3] Partly, a lack of funding for the construction predetermined that the city then named Dnipropetrovsk was not chosen as one of the host cities of the UEFA Euro 2012 football championship.

Notes and References

  1. Construction of three new metro stations in the Dnieper continued until 2024, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 April 2021)
  2. News: In Dnipropetrovsk construction is restarted on the metro. 16 May 2011. Korrespondent.net. February 28, 2011. Russian.
  3. Web site: Information about the metro system. 2011-05-16. Dnipropetrovsk City Central Internet Portal.
  4. The metro is not being built in Dnipropetrovsk because Filatov and Korban require "kickbacks", - Pashchenko, Ukrainian News Agency (17 August 2015)
  5. Dniprovsky City Council plans to open 3 new subway stations by summer 2023, Ukrainian News Agency (22 November 2018)
  6. Deputy Filatov named new dates for the completion of the construction of the subway in Dnipro, Depo.ua (20 December 2020)
  7. The metro is being designed in Dnepropetrovsk (Metrostroy magazine No.5 1980), Dnipro Metropoliten (unofficial website of Dnipro Metro)
  8. Transportation plans of the Dnepr: metro and cable car, Segodnya (November 24, 2016)