Metro

The Kiev Metro system is the city’s main mode of public transport. 3 lines meet in the centre and connect over 40 stations:

Red Line

Akademmistechko - Zhytomyrska - Sviatoshyn - Nyvky - Beresteiska - Shuliavska - Politekhnichnyi Instytut - Vokzalna - Universytet - Teatralna - Khreshchatyk - Arsenalna - Dnipro - Hidropark - Livoberezhna - Darnytsia - Chernihivska - Lisova

Blue Line

Heroiv Dnipra - Minska - Obolon - Petrivka - Tarasa Shevchenka - Kontraktova Ploshcha - Poshtova Ploshcha - Maidan Nezalezhnosti - Ploshcha Lva Tolstoho - Respublikansky Stadion - Palats Ukrayina - Lybidska - Demiivska - Holosiivska - Vasylkivska

Demiivska, Holosiivska, Vasylkivska are new stations - they opened December 15 2010.

Green Line

Syrets - Dorohozhychi - Lukianivska - Zoloti Vorota - Palats Sportu - Klovska - Pecherska - Druzhby Narodiv - Vydubychi - Slavutych - Osokorky - Pozniaky - Kharkivska - Vyrlytsia - Boryspilska - Chervony Khutir

It is efficient and cheap with a ride between any 2 stations costing a very reasonable 2 hyrvnia. Plastic tokens must be purchased, either from ticket office at station entrances or adjacent machines (they accept 2 and 10 hyrvnia notes). Monthly and half-monthly passes are also available.

It opens at 6 am and operates until midnight. Be careful of the swinging doors at station entrances. They’re heavy and pack a punch.

Kiev also boasts a Funicular Railway.

Reviews / Comments / Additional Information

RUSLAN

Announcements in Kyiv's Metro are made in Ukrainian not in Russian!

Alya

Yes, announcements are made in Ukrainian only, but you can see the name of the station on the screen. If there is no screen you can use Metro route map usually situated on the window by right hand from the central entrance in every carriage. And beware of pickpockets! If you`ve had your purse stolen you can try to find it at the nearby stations. They usually take out only money and leave the rest. You can also contact the lost property office at Nyvky metro station. Once they have helped me to return cards from my stolen purse.

Barry

I've spent 3 months in Kiev last summer and last month. I take the same precautions against pickpocketing in Kiev as I do in Toronto, CA. Just don't let yourself be a victim and enjoy the ride.

Steve

Be very wary of pickpockets operating throughout the Metro. If you look foreign, your chances of being targeted are probably higher. I refuse to catch the Metro.

Editor

At the entrances to most Metro stations you'll see lots of old ladies (babushkas) selling small items such as fruit, shoelaces, sunflower seeds etc. What little pensions they get are fairly worthless due to rising inflation and the relatively high cost of living in Kiev. So even in their seventies and eighties they still have to earn a living to survive.

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