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)

Web sites which offer flats in different cities
(Kiev, Donetks, Lviv, Lugansk, Sevastopol, Simferopol etc..)

http://apartmentscrimea.com (Yalta, Sevastopol, Evpatorya, Alupka, Alushta, Gaspra, Livadia, Koreiz, Kerch)
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http://come2ukraine.com (Kharkiv, Kiev, Lviv, Odessa,  Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta)
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http://www.kievrent.net
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http://www.odessaapts.com (Odessa, Nikolaev)
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http://www.odessarental.com (Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv)
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http://www.sevastopolapartments.com (Sevastopol, Alushta, Yalta)
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http://www.travel2sevastopol.com
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http://www.ukraine-accommodation.com
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http://ukraineapartments.com
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http://www.ukraine-apartment.com (Kharkiv, Odessa)
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http://www.uaapartments.com (Kyiv, Odessa, Lvov, Kharkiv, Vinnitsa)
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Sites which offer apartments in specific cities

Kyiv, Kiev

http://www.accommodation.kiev.ua
from 300 hrn 60 usd

http://www.alserent.kiev.ua
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http://apartments.com.ua
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http://bestkievrent.com
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http://www.citybaseapartments.com
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http://izbushka.kiev.ua/?lang=en Kyiv
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http://www.kievaccommodation.com

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http://kievapartmentsrent.net
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http://www.rentapartments.com.ua
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http://www.ukr-apartments.kiev.ua
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Odesa, Odessa

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from 40

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http://www.odessapartments.com
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http://odessaapartmentsrent.com
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Dnipropetrovsk, Dnepropetrovsk

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from 55 usd

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http://rentaflat.dp.ua
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Lviv, Lvov

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from 50 usd

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http://www.rent-lviv.com
from 350 uah about 70 usd

http://www.rent.lviv.ua
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Mykolayiv, Nikolaiev

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from 35 usd

http://nikolaevapartmentsrent.com
from 45 usd

http://www.nikolaevapartments.net
from 39 usd

Donetsk

http://www.intours.donetsk.ua
60 usd

Kharkiv, Kahrkov

http://www.kharkov-apartment.com
from 40 usd

Kherson

http://www.khersonrent.com
from 45 usd

Poltava

http://welcome-to-poltava.com.ua
from 20 usd

Prices can vary from month to month. (low and high season)

All sites are in English.

There are many other sites on the net where it is possible to book a flat, if you want to add some new site you can post it as comment, we will check it and after if it is fine we will add it to the list.

Lines

1……… Oleksiivs’ka linii (13 stations)
2…….. Saltivs’ka liniia (8 stations)
3…….. Kholodnogirs’ko-Zavods’ka liniia (7 stations)

Interchanges

Radyans’ka – Istorychnyi muzei
Sportyvna – Metrobudivnykiv im. H.I. Vaschenka
Universitet – Derzprom

Metro map

Tickets

One way ticket costs 50 Kopiykas (0.50 Hryvnia)
The price may be now higher.

Tickets have the shape of plastic tokens used for turnstiles

Further information

Kharkiv metro official site:

http://www.metro.kharkov.ua

Kharkiv metro on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Metro