Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line
Kholodna Hora – Industrialna · 13 stations · Red Line.
About the line
The Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line (red line) of the Kharkiv Metro runs from Kholodna Hora to Industrialna and serves 13 stations. The line passes the main railway terminal (Vokzalna station) and the historic centre, and serves the big factory districts in the east. Transfers to the other lines are at Maidan Konstytutsii, Sportyvna, Istorychnyi Muzei, Universytet, Derzhprom and Metrobudivnykiv.
Stations on the line
The Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line is Kharkiv’s oldest: it opened on 23 August 1975 as the sixth metro of the Soviet Union and the second in Ukraine. The original 1975 stretch had 7 stations — from today’s Kholodna Hora (then “Vulytsia Sverdlova”) to Zavodska; in 1978 the line was extended east to Industrialna.
Transfers and connections
Frequently asked questions
The Kholodnohirsko-Zavodska Line is the red line of the Kharkiv Metro. It runs from Kholodna Hora to Industrialna and serves 13 stations.
A full trip from Kholodna Hora to Industrialna takes about 26 minutes, depending on headways.
The metro runs from 05:30 until roughly 22:30 (lobbies close at 22:00). Peak headways are 8–12 min; off-peak up to 15–20 minutes. Trains may pause during air-raid alerts.
The network’s transfer hubs are Maidan Konstytutsii ↔ Istorychnyi Muzei (L1/L2), Sportyvna ↔ Metrobudivnykiv (L1/L3) and Universytet ↔ Derzhprom (L2/L3). The walkways take 3–5 minutes.