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21-423: The Dnipro Metro consists of one 7.8-kilometer (4.8 mi) line and just 6 stations, making it one of the smallest metro systems in the world. The line starts at Vokzalna station, near the city's central railway station in the east and ends at Pokrovska station in the western part of the city. The system is open from 05:30 to 23:00. Ridership on the metro has steadily declined since its opening in 1995. In 2013,

42-537: A large monumental statue of Grigoriy Petrovsky , after whom the city was renamed in 1926, was erected on the square in front of the railway station. This statue was destroyed by an angry mob on 29 January 2016. On 19 May 2016 the official name of Dnipropetrovsk was changed to Dnipro . Hence the official name of the station was changed to Dnipro-Holovnyi . Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine Dnipro city became an important logistic point for refugees and army As for

63-661: 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. The six station segment was opened on 29 December 1995 and runs from the Vokzalna station west to the terminus at Pokrovska . Only the system's depot, Diivka, is located west of Pokrovska station. Three stations are currently under construction, which would expand

84-603: The Presidium of the USSR Central Executive Committee of the city and station Ekaterinoslav was renamed to Dnipropetrovsk. During the Holodomor , British journalist Gareth Jones noted that it was filled with starving peasants desperate for food. During World War II the building was destroyed and in its place under the project of architect Alexey Dushkin in 1951 and built a new station building. In 1976

105-504: The 2014 budget into law which will allocate funding to the "Dnipropetrovskyi Metropoliten" company for the completion of the metro line. The two new stations in the city centre, Teatralna and Tsentralna, were expected to be finished by 2015, whilst Muzeina was according to plans to be finished by 2016. Another station, "Parus", is planned for the western terminus of the Tsentralno-Zavodska Line. Construction did not start because

126-653: The city centre; Teatralna (near the Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Tsentralna , and Muzeina (near the Museum of History ). Construction on these three stations was restarted in late February 2011 after being completely halted in July 2009. A lack of funding for the construction also was because Dnipropetrovsk was not chosen as one of the host cities of the UEFA Euro 2012 football championship. In June 2014, President Petro Poroshenko signed

147-569: The communication and transportation construction ministries to conduct research on the construction of a metropolitan system in Dnipropetrovsk. In 1980, four lines were planned with one line parallel to the Dnieper with nine stations: Pokrovska , Prospekt Svobody , Zavodska , Metalurhiv , Metrobudivnykiv , Vokzalna , Teatralna , Tsentralna and " Muzeina ". A second line was planned to pass through residential areas and industrial enterprises of

168-473: The death of Leonid Brezhnev on 10 November 1982 the country ended up in economic hardship and financing of the project was reduced. In 1988 Mikhail Gorbachev visited Dnipro and promised the residents to help with finishing the projects. His promises were left unrealized. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union , the project was halted. In 1994 it was decided to force the completion of the project and with

189-561: The deep stations are single vaults built on Leningrad technology and one is a Pylon. The only shallow station is a pillar trispan. Owing to the economic recession of the early 1990s, the metro stations lack the same level of decoration and architectural integrity as those built in Soviet times. Three stations are currently under construction, which would expand the system from the Dnipro Central Railway Station (at Vokzalna ) to

210-454: The first additions to the line segment, the total length of the only line was expected to be 11.82 kilometers (7.34 mi), with 9 stations. In the long-term perspective, a second line was planned to span across the Dnieper , and potentially have 80 kilometers (50 mi) of track on three lines minimum. [REDACTED] Tsentralno-Zavodska Line The Tsentralno–Zavodska line ( Ukrainian : Центрально-Заводська лінія )

231-469: The help of the chairman of the regional council Pavlo Lazarenko , these plans were realised when the system's first line, the Tsentralno-Zavodska Line , was opened to the public on December 29, 1995. The Dnipro Metro system was constructed following the typical Soviet metro construction format. Out of the six stations, five are located deep underground and one is placed near the surface. Four of

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252-553: The line 4 km to a total of 11.8 km (7.3 mile). In 2011, there were also plans for another new station following "Parus", a station called "Parus-2" or "Dyivska". 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. Construction of the three new stations was restarted in late February 2011 after being completely halted on 26 July 2009. The stations were expected to be finished by late 2015, but construction

273-485: The line were not envisioned in the 1980s vision of the line ) for two other station, "Parus" planned for the western terminus of the Tsentralno–Zavodska line, and "Dnipro" as the terminus following "Muzeina". Dnipro Central Railway Station Dnipro-Holovnyi is the main railway station of Dnipro . Dnipropetrovsk Oblast , Ukraine . The station was opened in 1884, called Ekaterinoslav . July 20, 1926,

294-411: The metro carried 7.51 million passengers compared to 18.2 million in 1995. Initially, the metro trains carried five train cars each, but as the passenger ridership declined, the number of cars was reduced to three. The price for a single ride is currently ₴8; either plastic tokens or transit cards are used at the entrance gates. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine , expansion plans aimed to increase

315-818: The number of stations to nine by 2024, extending the line by 4 km (2.5 mi) to a total of 11.8 km (7.3 miles). With help from the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine Vladimir Shcherbitsky , in 1979 the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union affirmed the Central Committee of the Communist Party 's plan of action to allow the Gosplan (government planning agency) and

336-635: The southern right-bank part of the city, Lenin Square and residential areas on the left bank of the Dnieper. A third was planned to connect through "the center quarters of the southwestern part with the north on the left bank of the Dnieper." A planned fourth line would run along the left bank and cross residential areas and industrial areas of the northern part of the city. After the Teatralna , Tsentralna , and Muzeina stations are completed, Dnipro's first metro line as it

357-423: The system from the Dnipro Central Railway Station (at Vokzalna ) to the city centre; Teatralna (near the Theatre of Opera and Ballet), Tsentralna , and Muzeina (near the Museum of History ). 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 ). The extension will increase the number of stations to nine, which would extend

378-556: The tender to select the contractor was stopped by the city council in August 2015. In the summer of 2016, the mayor of Dnipro Borys Filatov and representatives of Limak Holding signed a contract to build the Dnipro subway. The active phase of work started in April 2017. In November 2018, city authorities expected the three new stations to be opened by the summer of 2023. At the beginning of 2019, it

399-482: Was announced that there were allocated some ₴1.4 billion as a subvention from the state budget. In December 2020 Dnipro authorities planned that the new stations would be opened in 2024. This date became untenable following the February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine , due to the ongoing war all work has been stopped and the provisionally secured construction is facing flooding and falling into disrepair. After

420-401: Was originally envisioned in 1980 will be complete. In November 2018 city authorities expected these three new stations to be opened by the summer of 2023. On March 15, 1982, following a decree by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union the Dnipro Metro was included in the list of first-priority construction projects. It was planned to be finished by the 12th five-year plan . Soon after

441-429: Was stopped because the tender to select the contractor was stopped by the city council in August 2015. In November 2018, city authorities expected the three stations to be opened by the summer of 2023. In December 2020 they downgraded that prediction to 2024. Following the February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine all work on the expansion stopped. There are plans (all the following mentioned expansion of

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