Dnipro Metro

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 the communication and transportation construction ministries to conduct research on the construction of a metropolitan system in Dnipropetrovsk.{{cite news|first=Vladimir |last=Platonov |title=Metro as a secret object and symbol of the highest patronage |url=http://www.zn.ua/1000/1550/4873/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070716095103/http://www.zn.ua/1000/1550/4873/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-07-16 |work=Zerkalo Nedeli |date=December 30, 1995 – January 5, 1996 |access-date=2008-06-21 |language=ru }}{{cite news|first=Yevgeniy |last=Goldman |title=Under rumble of railtracks and in the darkness of tunnels: get to know how was built the Dnipro Metro |url=https://nashemisto.dp.ua/2018/11/30/pod-grohot-rels-vo-tme-tunnelej-uznaj-kak-stroilsja-dneprovskij-metropoliten/ |work=Nashe Misto |date=2018-11-30 |access-date=2019-04-29 |language=ru }} In 1980, four lines were planned with one line parallel to the Dnieper with nine stations: {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Pokrovska||Kommunarov}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Prospekt Svobody}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Zavodska||Mayakovskaya}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Metalurhiv||Vozrozhdenie}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Metrobudivnykiv||Kalininskaya}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Vokzalna||Petrovsky Square}}, {{stnlnk|Teatralna|Dnipro Metro|Teatralna}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Tsentralna||Lenin Square}} and "{{stl|Dnipro Metro|Muzeina||Student}}".

A second line was planned to pass through residential areas and industrial enterprises of 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.{{Cite web |title=The metro is being designed in Dnipropetrovsk (Metrostroy magazine No.5 1980) |script-title=uk:Проектируется метро в Днепропетровске (журнал "Метрострой" №5 за 1980 г.) |url=https://old.metro.dp.ua/articles/projected-subway-in-dnipropetrovsk.html |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Dnipro Metropoliten (unofficial website of Dnipro Metro, old page)}} After the {{stnlnk|Teatralna|Dnipro Metro|Teatralna}}, {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Tsentralna}}, and {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Muzeina}} stations are completed, Dnipro's first metro line as it 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.

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On March 15, 1982, following a decree by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union{{cite web|url=http://www.mtu.gov.ua/control%5Cuk%5Cpublish%5Carticle?art_id=39513&cat_id=45469|title=Dnipropetrovskyi metropoliten|access-date=2008-06-21|work=Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine|language=uk}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 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 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 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 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 {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Vokzalna}}) to the city centre; {{stnlnk|Teatralna|Dnipro Metro|Teatralna}} (near the Theatre of Opera and Ballet), {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Tsentralna}}, and {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Muzeina}} (near the Museum of History). Construction on these three stations was restarted in late February 2011 after being completely halted in July 2009.{{cite news |url=http://korrespondent.net/ukraine/events/1191250-v-dnepropetrovske-vozobnovleno-stroitelstvo-metro |title=In Dnipropetrovsk construction is restarted on the metro |newspaper=Korrespondent.net |language=ru |date=February 28, 2011 |access-date=2011-05-16}} 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.

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In June 2014, President Petro Poroshenko signed the 2014 budget into law which will allocate funding to the "Dnipropetrovskyi Metropoliten" company for the completion of the metro line.{{cite web|title=Poroshenko allocated funding towards finishing the Dnipropetrovsk Metro|url=http://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2014/07/6/473883/|website=Ekonomichna Pravda|publisher=Ukrainska Pravda|access-date=6 July 2014|language=uk|date=6 July 2014}} 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 the tender to select the contractor was stopped by the city council in August 2015.{{in lang|uk}} [https://ukranews.com/ua/news/348675-metro-u-dnipropetrovsku-ne-buduyetsya-tomu-shho-filatov-i-korban-vymagayut-vidkaty-pashhenko The metro is not being built in Dnipropetrovsk because Filatov and Korban require "kickbacks", - Pashchenko], Ukrainian News Agency (17 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.{{in lang|uk}} [https://ukranews.com/ua/news/597445-u-dnipri-nazvaly-terminy-vidkryttya-trokh-novykh-stanciy-metro Dniprovsky City Council plans to open 3 new subway stations by summer 2023], Ukrainian News Agency (22 November 2018) At the beginning of 2019, it was announced that there were allocated some ₴1.4 billion as a subvention from the state budget.[https://web.archive.org/web/20190429004433/https://metro.dp.ua/component/content/article/build/dobudova-metropolitenu-odyn-iz-nayvazhlyvishykh-ta-naybilsh-dynamichnykh-proektiv-dnipra.html Finishing of the subway is one of the most important and the biggest dynamic projects of Dnipro (Добудова метрополітену – один із найважливіших та найбільш динамічних проектів Дніпра)]. Dnipro Metro website. 7 February 2019 In December 2020 Dnipro authorities planned that the new stations would be opened in 2024.{{in lang|uk}} [https://dnipro.depo.ua/ukr/dnipro/zastupnik-filatova-nazvav-novi-termini-zakinchennya-budivnitstva-metro-u-dnipri-202012281265260 Deputy Filatov named new dates for the completion of the construction of the subway in Dnipro], Depo.ua (20 December 2020) 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.{{cite web |url=https://suspilne.media/dnipro/672236-u-dnipri-turecka-kompania-pokinula-budivnictvo-metro-akih-zahodiv-vzivatime-miska-vlada/ |title= У Дніпрі турецька компанія покинула будівництво метро: які заходи вживатиме міська влада }}{{cite web |url=https://dnipro.tv/news-dnipro/limak-kynuv-dnipro-chomu-ne-prodovzhuiut-budivnytstvo-metro/ |title=«Limak» кинув Дніпро: чому не продовжують будівництво метро? - Новини Дніпра |date=13 February 2024 }}

After the first additions to the line segment, the total length of the only line was expected to be {{convert|11.82|km|mi|sp=us}}, with 9 stations. In the long-term perspective, a second line was planned to span across the Dnieper, and potentially have {{convert|80|km|mi|sp=us}} of track on three lines minimum.

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• {{URL|http://metro.dp.ua/|Dnipro Metro – unofficial website}} {{in lang|uk}}
• {{URL|http://www.mirmetro.net/en/dnipropetrovsk/|Dnipro Metro at Metroworld website}} {{in lang|ru|en}}
• {{URL|http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ua/dnipro/dnipro.htm|Dnipro Metro at UrbanRail.net}}
• {{URL|http://www.subways.net/ukraine/dnepropetrovsk.htm|Dnipro Metro at Subways.net}}
• Daryna Sukhonis. {{URL|https://vesti.dp.ua/yaki-tayemnici-xovaye-dniprovskij-metropoliten-foto/|What mysteries hides the Dnipro Metro (photos) (Які таємниці ховає дніпровський метрополітен (Фото))}}. Visti Prydniprovia. 9 November 2016
• Olga Fomenko. {{URL|https://antikor.com.ua/articles/289138-kak_dneprovskij_metropoliten_osvaivaet_bjudhet_na_zakupkah_dorogogo_no_nerabotajushchego_oborudovani|How the Dnipro Metro masters the budget on purchases of expensive non-operational equipment (Как днепровский метрополитен осваивает бюджет на закупках дорогого, но неработающего оборудования)}}. Anti-corr. 27 February 2019
• Yegor Moroz. {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20190429145032/https://49000.com.ua/29760-2/|Subway of Dnipro: old and new. How and for how much it is repaired and built? (Метро Днепра: старое и новое. Как и за сколько ремонтируют и строят?)}}. 49000.com. 26 April 2018

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