Chervonyi Khutir (Kyiv Metro)

Chervonyi Khutir
Chervonyi Khutir
Kyiv Metro station
General information
Location	Darnytskyi District; Kyiv; Ukraine
Coordinates	50°24′32″N 30°41′40″E / 50.40889°N 30.69444°E
Owned by	Kyiv Metro
Line(s)	Syretsko–Pecherska line
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Station code	327
History
Opened	23 May 2008
Electrified	Yes
Services

Chervonyi Khutir (Ukrainian: Червоний хутір, ^ⓘ) is the terminus station of the Kyiv Metro's Syretsko-Pecherska Line. It opened on 23 May 2008. The station's name arises from an old village "Chervonyi Khutir" that was subsequently absorbed into Kyiv city limits and is now an industrial neighbourhood. The station is located amidst a woodland and at first was unlikely to have any passengers at all. However, there is currently a much greater need for the station because it is right next Kyiv's third depot, Kharkivske, which has been a much-needed acquisition to the line since the mid-1990s, yet due to financial difficulties caused by recessions, construction only began in 2004.

Chervonyi Khutir is also part of much larger plan to have the line snake around the south-eastern districts of Kyiv and then come back up north-westwards towards the new Darnytsia Railway Station and the Darnytsia metro station of the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. In the meantime, the surrounding area will be redeveloped and new housing massivs would justify the station.^[1]

Construction

Chervonyi Khutir's layout is a pillar bi-span with side platforms, chosen out of simplicity and ease of construction. Its main theme would be a light tone and focused on the surrounding nature. The walls and central row of pillars are faced with bright beige and yellow marble and the ceiling with fiberglass.

The station uses a number of solutions for people with disabilities. The safety line at the edge of the platform is made of yellow ceramic tactile tiles, which allows people with visual impairments to navigate better. The station has nine elevators from the level of the platform to the level of the cash hall and from the underpass to the surface.

History

Construction began in 2005 after the opening of Boryspilska station. In April 2007, Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskyi stated that construction of the station should be suspended due to possible low passenger traffic, as the station is located on the outskirts of the city and "animals do not ride the subway."^[2] But later, when an early mayoral election was scheduled for May 25, 2008, it was decided to open it two days before the election.^[3] The station was opened on May 23, 2008.^[4]

Location

In fact, this is the only station of the Kyiv metro, located not in a residential area, but in the woods. Kharkivske Electric Depot and the end stations of several buses are located nearby. This provides a small but stable passenger flow. There was a plan to extend the Syretsko-Pecherska line to Darnytsia railway station, but the General Plan of Kyiv City until 2025 does not include this extension.