Was there two weeks ago. Went up first, and then back down. What an amazing experience. Folks, if you ever get a chance to visit, GRAB IT. By the way, travelling with luggage in Kyiv metro is bearable. You have to pay a separate ticket (roughly 0.4 USD) for each piece of luggage exceeding 120cm when adding the three dimensions. Escalators pose no issue at all. However, at some stations (especially at the connecting ones) you have to haul up/down up to 6 flights of stairs. I don't mind. Others do...
Thanks for insight....Can you please comment on the ridership that you experienced now given COVID? Was it light? Heavy? Also please tell everyone what you experienced with mask wearing...That'll be interesting to read what you saw
@@swissclimber1 That was my first time in Kyiv. Ridership was what I expected. Essentially, no impact of covid. Ukrainians, mostly, do not believe in it. I made about 12-15 rides in total. I saw a couple of overcrowded trains. near the terminal stations and at night there were some pretty empty ones. Overall, I loved Kyiv metro. If you can climb the stairs, it's great value for money. You enter a station. no more than 2 min to buy the ticket. no more than 2 min to reach the platform (except Arsenalna, of course). Usually, your train comes in no more than 4-5 min. at night, maybe 9 min. That's fast. I had an impression that the trains were going at a lower speed than the same model trains in Minsk or Moscow. but that is not fact, just my impression. Mask wearing? In the words of a grammar teacher: I don't. You don't He doesn't. She doesn't. We don't. They don't. Those 5 percent who did so were free to do and enjoy that. Mask wearing was not enforced in any way. I only remember some attempts to enforce it at airports, e.g., by Windrose Airlines staff at KBP. write more questions if you want me to answer. or write your email, i'll answer personally
I will review this. I think you may be right. Kiev is pronounced the way a Russian would pronounce the city vs. Kyiv which is what a Ukrainian would likely pronounce the city. But growing up in the West in the 80's we pronounced it Kiev and we even have Chicken Kiev as a name not Chicken Kyiv
@@swissclimber1 , as of this century both the city and the dish are spelled out KYIV. The U.S. officials in charge of an international database on geographic names, as well as the Tenth United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographical Names have change the official spelling of the Ukrainian capital to the Ukrainian-language derived “Kyiv”, replacing the russian-rooted “Kiev.” #CorrectUA The Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Telegraph, Reuters, FOX, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Daily Mail, The New York Times, The Guardian, Euronews, Deutsche Welle and many others have also adopted “Kyiv” as their official spelling. #KyivNotKiev Last but not least... check spelling at the largest international airports, on airplane tickets, GoogleMaps, Apple iOS weather app, FaceBook and etc.
@@QuarioQuario54321 That's true but they would probably have to dig separate vertical tunnel to build an elevator what would be costly or even if not the less they built the less money they spent. Also in Soviet Union officials didn't care about such "nuances" as disabled people nor comfort of people with luggages. Today Ukraine is a very poor and corrupt country. They have such little money that they probably don't even think about building an elevator and if they tried people involved in such project would probably steal all funds.
Was there two weeks ago. Went up first, and then back down. What an amazing experience. Folks, if you ever get a chance to visit, GRAB IT.
By the way, travelling with luggage in Kyiv metro is bearable. You have to pay a separate ticket (roughly 0.4 USD) for each piece of luggage exceeding 120cm when adding the three dimensions. Escalators pose no issue at all. However, at some stations (especially at the connecting ones) you have to haul up/down up to 6 flights of stairs. I don't mind. Others do...
Thanks for insight....Can you please comment on the ridership that you experienced now given COVID? Was it light? Heavy? Also please tell everyone what you experienced with mask wearing...That'll be interesting to read what you saw
@@swissclimber1 That was my first time in Kyiv. Ridership was what I expected. Essentially, no impact of covid. Ukrainians, mostly, do not believe in it. I made about 12-15 rides in total. I saw a couple of overcrowded trains. near the terminal stations and at night there were some pretty empty ones. Overall, I loved Kyiv metro. If you can climb the stairs, it's great value for money. You enter a station. no more than 2 min to buy the ticket. no more than 2 min to reach the platform (except Arsenalna, of course). Usually, your train comes in no more than 4-5 min. at night, maybe 9 min. That's fast. I had an impression that the trains were going at a lower speed than the same model trains in Minsk or Moscow. but that is not fact, just my impression. Mask wearing? In the words of a grammar teacher: I don't. You don't He doesn't. She doesn't. We don't. They don't. Those 5 percent who did so were free to do and enjoy that. Mask wearing was not enforced in any way. I only remember some attempts to enforce it at airports, e.g., by Windrose Airlines staff at KBP. write more questions if you want me to answer. or write your email, i'll answer personally
*The correct spelling and pronunciation would be KYIV, not Kiev.* #KyivNotKiev #CorrectUA
_Please, fix your video’s title / description. :-)_
I will review this. I think you may be right. Kiev is pronounced the way a Russian would pronounce the city vs. Kyiv which is what a Ukrainian would likely pronounce the city. But growing up in the West in the 80's we pronounced it Kiev and we even have Chicken Kiev as a name not Chicken Kyiv
@@swissclimber1 , as of this century
both the city and the dish are spelled out KYIV.
The U.S. officials in charge of an international database on geographic names,
as well as the Tenth United Nations Conference on Standardization of Geographical Names
have change the official spelling of the Ukrainian capital to the Ukrainian-language derived “Kyiv”,
replacing the russian-rooted “Kiev.” #CorrectUA
The Associated Press, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Telegraph, Reuters, FOX, CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Daily Mail, The New York Times, The Guardian, Euronews, Deutsche Welle and many others have also adopted “Kyiv” as their official spelling. #KyivNotKiev
Last but not least... check spelling at the largest international airports, on airplane tickets, GoogleMaps, Apple iOS weather app, FaceBook and etc.
Why isn’t there an elevator?
An escalator is able to take much more people than an elevator.
@@marix6491 But elevators move people faster. And can also move wheelchair users, or people with wheeled luggage.
@@QuarioQuario54321 That's true but they would probably have to dig separate vertical tunnel to build an elevator what would be costly or even if not the less they built the less money they spent. Also in Soviet Union officials didn't care about such "nuances" as disabled people nor comfort of people with luggages. Today Ukraine is a very poor and corrupt country. They have such little money that they probably don't even think about building an elevator and if they tried people involved in such project would probably steal all funds.
I'm sure there are elavators somewhere in each metro but for workers or for freight access.
only 10 stations in the network has a wheelchair access
"dnieper"...
Uh Oh! Did I make a mistake in the name or the spelling?
@@swissclimber1 It's Dnipro (Дніпро)
Dnipro it's next station
@@AIekskorsun it's Dnipro not dnieper dnieper is russified name and Dnipro is ukrainian