Line 2 (Kharkiv Metro)

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]

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
OpenedAugust 10, 1984
Technical
Line length10.2 kilometres (6.3 mi)[2]
Track gauge5 ft (1,524 mm)
Route diagram

 Eastern Saltivka
 Prospekt Traktorobudivnykiv
 Guardsmans-Shyronyntsiv
 Druzhby Narodiv
 Heroiv Pratsi
 Studentska
 Akademika Pavlova
Akademika Barabashova
Depot TCh2 Saltivske
Metro Bridge
over Kharkiv River
 Kyivska
 Pushkinska
 Universytet
Line 3 (Kharkiv Metro)Line 3 (Derzhprom)
 Istorychnyi Muzei
Line 1 (Kharkiv Metro)Line 1 (
Maidan
Konstytutsii
)
Service tunnel
to Line 1
Kharkiv River
 Ploshcha Natalii Buhrymovoyi
Lopan River
 Zhovtneva
 Novozhanove

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.

History

Since the late 1970s, an expansion of the Kharkiv Metro system was planned towards the then newly developed Saltivka neighborhood, located away from the industrial neighborhoods of the city.[2] Accordingly, on April 9, 1976, the Soviet government adopted a plan to construct a second line on the Kharkiv Metro. Owing to the hilly city landscape towards the southwestern terminus of the Station, the line's first three stations are located deep underground, with the Pushkinska station becoming the deepest station of the system at 30 metres (98 ft) underground.[5] The rest of the stations on the line were built close to the surface, due to their proximity to the Kharkiv River.[2] Construction on the line's second segment began in 1981, continuing on until the last three stations (all located within the confines of the Saltivka neighborhood) were opened on October 24, 1986.

Timeline
SegmentDate openedStationsLength[nb 1]
Istorychnyi Muzei—Akademika Barabashova August 10, 1984[2] 5 6.7 km
Akademika Pavlova—Heroiv Pratsi October 24, 1986[2] 3 3.6 km
Total: 8 stations 10.2 km[2]

Name changes

Following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the subsequent Ukrainian independence, some of the stations were renamed to more neutral equivalents, sometimes avoiding reference to significant Soviet institutions and their leaders. In addition to the renaming of the line to its current title with the subsequent name change at the Kholodna Hora station,[2] two other stations were renamed, the last of which occurred in 2004.

Stations
Kharkiv's only metro bridge, passing above the Kharkiv River, is fully enclosed to maintain the ventilation and air flow in the system.
The Kyivska station features bas-relief designs decorated with Kyivan themes.

Transfers

Following the traditional Soviet metro planning, the second line (Saltivska line) is crossed by two other line segments at high traffic locations. Currently, the Saltivska line's two transfer stations with the Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska line (red line) and the Oleksiivska line (green line) are at the southwestern terminus of the line. Specifically, the Saltivska line has two transfer stations:

#Transfer toAtOpened
Maidan Konstytutsii (Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska line) Istorychnyi Muzei August 10, 1984
Derzhprom (Oleksiivska line) Universytet May 6, 1995

Technical specifications

Just like with the Kyiv Metro, government planning agencies allowed for a maximum of five carriage trains that would fit on the 100 metres (330 ft) station platforms without any modification to the station structure.[6] Specifically, 20 five-carriage trains are assigned to serve the Saltivska line.[2] The Saltivska line is the first in the system to use the 81-714/717 wagon models that have become the most widespread in the former USSR and Eastern Europe. It is serviced by the Depot-2 "Saltivske," located immediately after the metro bridge.

Future extension

Since its latest extension in 1986, the Saltivska line is the third in the system in terms of length. It has a total of eight stations in operation, although a further four are in the early planning stages: the Druzhby Narodiv station is planned northwards from the line's current terminus Heroiv Pratsi; eastwards from the Akademika Barabashova station, a three station segment is planned; as well as a southwestern extension at the other end of the Saltivska line at Ploshcha Urytsky and Zhovtneva, respectively. However, these planned additions would be in the long-term perspective at least, considering that no official initiative to begin the construction at either ends was outlined in the "Oblast Program of Construction and the Expansion of the Kharkiv Metropoliten, 2007-2012."[7]

Notes
  1. Approximate length, includes only operational passenger track length, does not include service track length.

References
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  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.
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  6. Schwandl, Robert. "KHARKIV Metro (Kharkov)". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
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