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Train in Ukraine: Stolychnyi ekspres (столичний експрес)

Greenissimo — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:08:39 +0000

In Ukraine there are also trains which are more similar to our intercities than to a standard elektrichas. These trains are called Stolychnyi ekspres (столичний експрес) and they connect Kyiv with Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.

They are composed by wagon of first and second class with only sitting places divided in compartment of 6 places (we tried only the first class).

Stolychnyi ekspres Kyiv – Kharkiv

Locomotiv Siemens. Train Kyiv – Kharkiv

Locomotiv stolychnyi ekspres

Train Kyiv – Kharkiv

Stolychnyi ekspres, waiting at the Kyiv’s station

Wagon of the train Kyiv – Kharkiv

Stolychnyi ekspres Kyiv – Dnipropetrovsk

Train Kiev – Dnipropetrovsk

Stolichniy-express to Dnipropetrovsk

Inside wagons

First class wagons are quite clean and offer a good comfort.

Corridor train Kyiv – Dnipropetrovsk

Corridor first class wagon, stolychnyi ekspres

The are equipped with very nice reclining seats and in the middle of the compartment there is also a small table.

Compartment of the train Kyiv – Dnipropetrovsk

As in the “renewed” wagons, there is a control panel (lights, radio, wc status and AC plug).

The control panel inside the compartment

In each compartment there are 2 monitors where is possible to watch movies in Russian language.

One of the monitors, train Kyiv – Dnipropetrovsk

Toilets of the train

There are 2 WC for each wagon and, at least in the first class, they look even better that the ones available on the renewed sleeping cars. They look very clean and have also a dispenser of hygienic paper covering for WC.

Toilet of the train Kyiv – Dnipropetrovsk

WC of the train Kyiv – Dnipropetrovsk

Price of the tickets

First class tickets are quite expensive if compared with the elekrickas’ ones. Anyway it is possible to feel the difference.
The first class during our trip was almost empty.

One way ticket for the route Kyiv – Kharkiv
1 class: 176.17 UAH
2 class: 104.43 UAH

Videos of Ukrainian trains

Train “Zakarpattia” departing from Kiev:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7Z4mN5Clg

Freight train in Donetsk:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPAFR4myPk

Other kind of Ukrainian trains

Elektrichka (Электричка) or Elektropoezd
http://en.ukrlandia.com.ua/elektricka

Overnight trains
http://www.ukrlandia.com.ua/treni-ucraini

Train timetable

http://www.uz.gov.ua (site in Russian and Ukrainian)

Ukrainian cities

Greenissimo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:11:10 +0000

List of the main Ukrainian cities with their names written in Russian and in Ukrainian.

Russian names		Ukrainian names

Kiev (Киев)		Kyiv (Київ)
Sevastopol’ (Севастополь)		Sevastopol’ (Севастополь)
Borispol’ (Борисполь)		Boryspil’ (Бориспіль)
Cherkassy (Черкассы)		Cherkasy (Черкаси)
Chernovtsy (Черновцы)		Chernivtsi (Чернівці)
Chernigov (Чернигов)		Chernigiv (Чернігів)
Dnepropetrovsk (Днепропетровск)		Dnipropetrovsk (Дніпропетровск)
Donetsk (Донецк)		Donets’k (Донецьк)
Ivano-Frankovsk (Ивано-Франковск)		Ivano-Frankivsk (Ивано-Франківск)
Khar’kov (Харьков)		Kharkiv (Харків)
Kherson (Херсон)		Kherson (Херсон)
Khmnel’nitskiy (Хмнельницкий)		Khmnel’nyts’kyi (Хмнельницький)
Kirovograd (Кировоград)		Kirovograd (Кіровоград)
Lugansk (Луганск)		Lugans’k (Луганськ)
Lutsk (Луцк)		Luts’k (Луцьк)
L’vov (Львов)		L’viv (Львів)
Nikolayev (Николаев)		Mykolaiv (Миколаїв)
Odessa (Одесса)		Odesa (Одеса)
Poltava (Полтава)		Poltava (Полтава)
Rovno (Ровно)		Rivne (Рівне)
Simferopol’ (Симферополь)		Simferopol’ (Сімферополь)
Sumy (Сумы)		Sumy (Суми)
Ternopol’ (Тернополь)		Ternopil’ (Тернопіль)
Uzhgorod (Ужгород)		Uzhgorod (Ужгород)
Vinnitsa (Винница)		Vinnytsa (Вінница)
Zaporozh’e (Запорожье)		Zaporizhzhia (Запоріжжя)
Zhitomir (Житомир)		Zhytomyr (Житомир)

Ukrainian metro: Dnipropetrovsk

Greenissimo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:49:52 +0000

The Dnipropetrovsk metro is the smallest metro system in Ukraine (the others two are in Kyiv and Kharkiv).
Some new segments are already in construction nowadays and there are also several new plans for a future enlargement.

Lines (only one line)

1….. Tsentralno-Zavodska (6 Stations)

Metro map

Tickets

One-way ticket: 60 kopiykas (0.60 Hryvnia)
The price might increase in the short term.

Tickets have the shape of plastic tokens used for turnstiles.

Further information

Dnipropetrovsk metro official web site:

http://gorod.dp.ua/metro/eng/

Dnipropetrovsk metro on wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnipropetrovsk_Metro