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{{Short description|Rapid transit system in Dnipro, Ukraine}}
{{about|the metro system in Dnipro|the metro station in Kyiv|Dnipro (Kyiv Metro)}}
{{Infobox Public transit
|name = Dnipro Metro
|image = Dnipro Metro logo.svg
|imagesize = 120px
|image2 =Prospekt Svobody station 1, Dnipropetrovsk.jpg
|imagesize2 = 290px
|native_name = {{nowrap|Дніпровський метрополітен}}<br />''Dniprovskyi metropoliten''
|owner = City of [[Dnipro]], Department of Transport and Transport Infrastructure
|locale = [[Dnipro]], [[Ukraine]]
|transit_type = [[Rapid transit]]
|lines = 1<ref name="673225DniproMetro"/>
|stations = 6<ref name="673225DniproMetro"/>
|ridership = 20.4 thousand (2016) <ref name="ukrstat"/>
|annual_ridership = 7.45 million (2016)<ref>{{cite web|title=Пасажирські перевезення за 2016 рік|url=http://www.dneprstat.gov.ua/statinfo%202015/tz/2016/tz2_m12.pdf|publisher=Головне управління статистики у Дніпропетровській області|ref=ukrstat|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2017-04-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412062054/http://www.dneprstat.gov.ua/statinfo%202015/tz/2016/tz2_m12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|website = {{url|metro.dp.ua}}
|began_operation = December 29, 1995
|operator =  Dniprovskyi metropoliten
|vehicles = 45 (2013)<ref>{{cite web |last=Kostyuk|first=Artyom |url=http://dpmetro.narod.ru/sostav.html |title=Rolling track |website=dpmetro.narod.ru |language=ru |access-date=2008-06-21}}</ref>
|headway = 7–17 minutes<ref name=gorod />
|system_length = {{convert|7.8|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="673225DniproMetro"/>
|track_gauge = {{Track gauge|1524mm|lk=on}}
|map = [[File:Dnipro Metro map.svg|thumb|275px|center|A map of the Dnipro Metro]]
}}

The '''Dnipro Metro''' ({{langx|uk|Дніпровський метрополітен}}) is a single-line [[rapid transit]] system that serves the city of [[Dnipro]], the fourth largest city in [[Ukraine]] by population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/city/|title=About number and composition population of UKRAINE by All-Ukrainian Population Census'2001 data.|access-date=2008-06-21|work=[[Ukrainian Census (2001)|All-Ukrainian population census 2001]]|publisher=State Statistics Committee of Ukraine|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060109012020/http://ukrcensus.gov.ua/eng/results/general/city/|archive-date=2006-01-09}}</ref> The metro was the third system constructed in Ukraine, after the [[Kyiv Metro|Kyiv]] and [[Kharkiv Metro|Kharkiv]] metro systems, respectively, when it opened on December 29, 1995. The metro was the fourteenth built in the former Soviet Union region, and the first to open after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

The Dnipro Metro consists of one {{convert|7.8|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} [[Tsentralno-Zavodska Line|line]] and just 6 stations, making it one of the smallest metro systems in the world.<ref name="673225DniproMetro"/> The line starts at {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Vokzalna}} station, near the city's central railway station in the east and ends at {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Pokrovska}} station in the western part of the city. The system is open from 05:30 to 23:00.<ref name=gorod>{{cite web |url=http://gorod.dp.ua/metro/eng/ |title=Information about the metro system |publisher=Dnipropetrovsk City Central Internet Portal |website=gorod.dp.ua |access-date=2014-05-17}}</ref> Ridership on the metro has steadily declined since its opening in 1995.<ref name="ukrstat">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.dneprstat.gov.ua/statinfo/tz/tz8.htm 
 |script-title=uk:Відправлення (перевезення) пасажирів за видами транспорту загального користування 
 |publisher=Головне управління статистики у Дніпропетровській області [Department of Statistics in the Dnipropetrovsk region] 
 |language=uk 
 |trans-title=Departure (transport) of passengers by public transport 
 |access-date=2014-05-17 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201180606/http://www.dneprstat.gov.ua/statinfo/tz/tz8.htm 
 |archive-date=2014-02-01 
}}</ref> In 2013, the metro carried 7.51 million passengers<ref name="asmetro">{{cite web |url=http://asmetro.ru/upload/docs/2013.pdf |script-title=ru:ОСНОВНЫЕ ТЕХНИКО-ЭКСПЛУАТАЦИОННЫЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ МЕТРОПОЛИТЕНОВ ЗА 2013 ГОД. |publisher=Международная Ассоциация "Метро" [International Association of Metros] |website=asmetro.ru |language=ru |trans-title=Main technical and operational specifications for Subways for Year 2013. |pages=1, 3 |year=2013 |access-date=2014-05-13}}</ref> compared to 18.2 million in 1995.<ref name="ukrstat" /> Initially, the metro trains carried five train cars each, but as the passenger ridership declined, the number of cars was reduced to three.<ref name="urban">{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/dne/dnepropt.htm |title=Dnipropetrovsk Metro |website=UrbanRail.net |access-date=2008-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080604093056/http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/dne/dnepropt.htm |archive-date=2008-06-04 }}</ref><ref name="673225DniproMetro">{{Cite web |trans-title=Construction of three new metro stations in the Dnieper continued until 2024 |script-title=uk:Будівництво трьох нових станцій метро у Дніпрі продовжили до 2024 року |url=https://www.epravda.com.ua/news/2021/04/21/673225/ |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]] |language=uk}}</ref> The price for a single ride is currently ₴8; either plastic tokens or transit cards are used at the entrance gates.

Prior to the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], expansion plans aimed to increase the number of stations to nine by 2024, extending the line by {{Cvt|4|km}} to a total of {{Convert|11.8|km|abbr=in}}.<ref name="673225DniproMetro"/>

==History==
With help from the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine [[Vladimir Shcherbitsky]], in 1979 the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Council of Ministers]] of the [[Soviet Union]] affirmed the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref name=nmgoldman190429>{{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 }}</ref> 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}}".<ref name="журналМетрострой5"/> 

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.<ref name="журналМетрострой5"/> A third was planned to connect through "the center quarters of the southwestern part with the north on the left bank of the Dnieper."<ref name="журналМетрострой5"/> A planned fourth line would run along the left bank and cross residential areas and industrial areas of the northern part of the city.<ref name="журналМетрострой5">{{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)}}</ref> 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.<ref name="597445dnipri"/>
{{multiple image
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| width     = 200
| image1    =Dnipro Metro 1980 planning.jpg
| caption1  = All four lines of the Dnipro Metro as they were envisioned in 1980
| image2    =Metalurgiv station 1, Dnipropetrovsk.jpg
| caption2  = {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Metalurhiv}} station.
| image3    =
| caption3  = Central hall of the {{stl|Dnipro Metro|Zavodska}} station.
}}
On March 15, 1982, following a decree by the [[Council of Ministers (Soviet Union)|Council of Ministers]] of the [[Soviet Union]]<ref>{{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=[[Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine|Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine]]|language=uk}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> the Dnipro Metro was included in the list of first-priority construction projects.<ref name=nmgoldman190429/> It was planned to be finished by the 12th [[Five-year plans of the Soviet Union|five-year plan]].<ref name=nmgoldman190429/> 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.<ref name=nmgoldman190429/> In 1988 [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] visited Dnipro and promised the residents to help with finishing the projects. His promises were left unrealized.<ref name=nmgoldman190429/> 

With the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]], the project was halted.<ref name=nmgoldman190429/> 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.<ref name=nmgoldman190429/>

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 [[Saint Petersburg Metro|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.

==Future growth==
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 [[Dmytro Yavornytsky National Historical Museum of Dnipro|Museum of History]]).<ref name=gorod/> Construction on these three stations was restarted in late February 2011 after being completely halted in July 2009.<ref name=kp>{{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}}</ref> 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.

[[file:Станция_метро_Театральная_-_26_января_2017.jpg|thumb|The building site of the future metro station {{stnlnk|Teatralna|Dnipro Metro|Teatralna}} in 2017]]
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=gorod/> Another station, "Parus", is planned for the western terminus of the Tsentralno-Zavodska Line.<ref name=gorod/> 

Construction did not start because the tender to select the contractor was stopped by the city council in August 2015.<ref>{{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)</ref> In the summer of 2016, the mayor of Dnipro [[Borys Filatov]] and representatives of [[Limak Holding]] signed a contract to build the Dnipro subway.<ref name=dpmetro190207/> The active phase of work started in April 2017.<ref name=dpmetro190207/> 

In November 2018, city authorities expected the three new stations to be opened by the summer of 2023.<ref name="597445dnipri">{{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)</ref> At the beginning of 2019, it was announced that there were allocated some ₴1.4 billion as a subvention from the state budget.<ref name=dpmetro190207>[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</ref> In December 2020 Dnipro authorities planned that the new stations would be opened in 2024.<ref>{{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)</ref> This date became untenable following the February [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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.<ref name=gorod/><ref name="673225DniproMetro"/> 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.<ref name=gorod/> <!-- This last sentence is unclear... -->

== Network Map ==
{{Rapid transit OSM map
| system_qid   = Q219374
| frame-lat    = 48.448
| frame-long   = 34.977
| frame-width  = 750
| frame-height = 470
| zoom         = 12
| length       = yes
}}

==See also==
* [[Kyiv Metro]]
* [[Kharkiv Metro]]
* [[Kryvyi Rih Metrotram]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Dnipro Metro}}
* {{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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