How deep is Ukraine subway system?

The metro system in Kiev, Ukraine's capital city, is strikingly beautiful. First opened in the 1960s when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, it is filled with chandeliers, mosaics, and colorful stone. It also claims to have the deepest subway station in the world at 105 1/2 meters, or 346 feet, below street level.



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Completed in the 1960s when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, it includes stations built deep underground, designed to double as bomb shelters in the event of an enemy attack. Kyiv's Arsenalna station is considered to be the deepest in the world, located 346 ft (105.5 m) below ground.

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THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

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The depth is attributed to the geography of Kyiv, whose high bank of the Dnieper River rises above the rest of the city.

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At that time geological surveys were conducted and it appeared that the nature of the soil would make tunneling particularly difficult in Moscow. Many underground rivers were discovered. It was safer to dig tunnels deep under the ground level. The depth of the tunnels usually ranges from 35-55 meters.

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THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

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New York City Subway It is the most complex network in the world with 472 active stations serving 27 subway lines. Until 1940, no official map of the subway system existed. The most influential map was made by graphic designer Massimo Vignelli in 1972.

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The list was topped by the reliable, safe and comfortable public transport in Berlin. 97 percent of Berliners raved about their city's transport network, with their metro U-Bahn offering travellers 175 stations across nine simple-to-navigate lines.

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At the time of construction the communists were worried that Prague might be targeted by the West as a great place to drop a nuclear bomb. So they created the metro deep underground to doubly serve as a nuclear bomb shelter.

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Minsk metro differs from many others in its shallow depth – it's about 10-17 m only.

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Arsenalna Metro Station is technically still higher than the river, but lies nearly 350 feet (105.5 meters) beneath the city, making it the deepest station in the world.

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