Kyiv (Kiev) Funicular will be closed on the 1st of September
Submitted by admin on August 28, 2009 – 3:33 pmOne Comment
Kiev funicular
Funicular (Foo-knee-koo’ler) is one unique mode of public transportation in Kievs. It which climbs up the steep right bank of the Dnipro River and transports 10,000-15,000 passengers daily and connects the Center with the Podil District. The ticket costs 2.00 Hryvnia. The length of the rail tracks is 193 meters. Funicular was open in May 1905 and was called “Michailivs’ky elektrychny kanatny pidyom”.
Popularity: 4% [?]
Kyiv Funicular is working again!
Director of Kyivpastrans said, they were checking the system, lubricating parts and eliminating malfunctions. There will not be a promised this year scaled reconstruction because of the economic crisis. They were planning to replace a ferroconcrete platform with the metal openwork one, to put new piers and a new fence along the tracks and also bring new wagons, transparent, bigger and with the observation cameras. They were also discussing to make decorative illumination at the stations.