Kharkiv Metro Line Extension and Rolling Stock Renewal

Infrastructure

Kharkiv Metro Line Extension and Rolling Stock Renewal

  • Projrct iniciator:

    Kharkiv City Council, Municipal Enterprise “Kharkiv Metropoliten”

  • Finance model:

    Co-financed by EBRD, EIB, city budget

The project consists of:

  • construction of two new stations (Derzhavinska and Odeska) on metro line III extended from Metrobudivnykiv station (3.47 km in length);
  • construction of Oleksiievske electric depot with the capacity of 100 carriages;
  • purchase of 85 carriages of the rolling stock;
  • improvement of the technical equipment of Kharkiv Metro.

Expected Results:

  • relieving the burden on the overland transport;
  • providing high quality transport services ensured by:
    • access to metro for the population living in a major district of the city;
    • increasing the number of the rolling stock on the lines;
    • reducing intervals between trains;
    • reducing the travel time for passengers travelling from the central part of the city to uptowns;
    • creating up to 2,500 new jobs;
    • ensuring safety and comfort of passenger transportation;
    • improving the Metro’s cost-effectiveness;
    • improving the environmental situation in the city.

Current Status:

Running projecta
Completion of construction works planned for 2022-2023.