Kyiv_Urban_Electric_Train
Kyiv Urban Electric Train
Passenger train service in Kyiv, Ukraine
The Kyiv City Express (Ukrainian: Київська міська електричка, romanized: Kyivska miska elektrychka) is an urban rail transit passenger service in Kyiv, Ukraine. The service is operated by Ukrainian Railways and Kyivpastrans. The project uses a long-existing railroad ring in the city for peak hour circulation of electric multiple unit trains.
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Working 2 since September 2009[2] Kyiv Urban Electric Train is the first instance of a combined municipal railway service and an intracity passenger rail route in Ukraine, and arguably in the former Soviet Union as a whole.
The ring was fully completed on 4 October 2011, the full length of lines is 50.8 km with 15 stations.[2] Opening hours are from 5:48 until 21:37 with a time between trains of between 10 and 30 minutes.[2] 12 trains operate on the line; the fastest time to complete a loop is 1 hour and 25 minutes.[2] A train ticket costs ₴15.[3]