Darnytsia Railway Station

Darnytsia railway station Ukrainian: Залізнична станція "Дарниця"
Long-distance passenger terminal under construction
Location	3 Pryvokzalna St., Kiev, Ukraine
Coordinates	50°25′52″N 30°38′46″E / 50.43111°N 30.64611°ECoordinates: 50°25′52″N 30°38′46″E / 50.43111°N 30.64611°E
Owned by	Ukrzaliznytsia
Platforms	1 bay platform + 2 island platforms (+3 island platforms under construction)
Connections	tram, marshrutka, metro (planned)
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Parking	limited, under construction
Bicycle facilities	allowed
History
Opened	1899
Rebuilt	1953, expansion continuing from 2003
Electrified	1957
Services
Terminus Southwestern Railways Terminus

Darnytsia railway station (Ukrainian: Станція "Дарниця", Stancija Darnytsia) is the largest Ukrainian Railways station (and the main freight station^[1]) of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, located in the city's Left-bank Darnytsia area.

Built in the nineteenth century, the Darnytsia complex has grown into a gigantic hub, stretching for more than 10 km along the main east-west route. There is a major passenger terminal under construction on the Darnytsia station. It is meant to become Kiev's second long-distance terminal, easing the traffic tension in the main Kiev Passenger Railway Station; also a depot for country's almost launched high-speed trains.^[2]

Infrastructure

Traffic control building at Darnytsia Station.

The Darnytsia hub comprises: several sorting yards, hump yard, commuter passenger terminal and two additional train stops, locomotive and railcar depots, DVRZ railcar repairing company, numerous industrial sidings.

Passenger service

Darnytsia's commuter train terminal (southern building pictured).

Commuter service

Interior of the existing passenger terminal (the southern one) at Darnytsia.

On February 16, 2007, the renovated commuter train terminal (pair of mirroring opposite buildings) of the station was opened to the public.^[3]

Commuter and intra-city directions from Darnytsia: Hrebinka, Nizhyn, central terminal (intra-city), Petrivka Railway Station (Kiev) (intra-city).

Long-distance service

Currently most long-distance trains pass through Darnytsia non-stop; none of them originate or terminate at the station. However, the ticket boxes in the commuter terminals sell tickets for all long-distance routes in Ukraine.

Interconnections with city transport

Approximate location of the Darnytsia Railway Station in relation to the perspective growth of the Kiev Metro system and the city's current main passenger station.

The railway station is not yet interconnected with the city's rapid transit system. The Darnytsia Metro station is actually situated well away, despite sharing exactly the same name.

In 2011, Darnytsia station became the terminus for the new intracity circle rail service called "Urban Electric Train". Trains for both circle directions arrive at Darnytsia and change heads.

Kiev tram, buses and marshrutkas are connected to Darnytsia station, but they are not up to needs even for the existing commuter passenger flow.

Connection to other city transport is to be improved, including through the Kiev Metro, which is planned to be linked via enlargement of the Syretsko-Pecherska Line.

Prospects of future expansion

Since 2012, Ukrzaliznytsia gradually increases the number of long-distance passenger trains that stop for Darnytsia in order to relieve the Kiev Passenger Railway Station and prevent some of the passenger flow from crossing the overloaded city bridges^[4]

Darnytsia Station will also harbor a dedicated depot for Hyundai Rotem high-speed trains that are being launched by the Ukrzaliznytsia in 2012.^[5]

See also

• Ukrzaliznytsia - the national railways company of Ukraine
• Darnytsia Railcar Repairing Plant

References

1. Kiev Passenger Railway Station is Kiev's main passenger station that serves vast majority of long-distance trains.
2. "Darnytsia Railway Station is planned to be finished by 2008". uaPortal (in Ukrainian). November 5, 2006.
3. "The local commuter train terminal is opened within the capital". NTN (in Ukrainian). Retrieved February 16, 2007.
4. Для мешканців лівого берега столиці введена зупинка поїзда Київ - Донецьк на ст. Дарниця (Ukrainian)
5. Trainer for drivers of Hyundai Rotem electric trains installed at Darnytsia Station

External links

• Google maps - Satellite view of the Darnytsia passenger railway terminal
• Wikimapia Larger satellite view of the whole Darnytsia railway hub
• archunion.com.ua - Darnytsia Railway Station project (Russian)
• vladya.io.com.ua - Photogallery of projects for the railway station (Russian)
• "The first passenger tunnel of the railway complex opens". 5 Kanal (in Ukrainian). August 1, 2006.