Mountain route
Kyiv Funicular
Kyiv (Poshtova Square) → Kyiv (Mykhailivska Square) · Ukraine
Kyiv’s 1905 funicular climbs a 36% grade from riverside Podil to the St Michael’s monastery quarter — 2.8 million riders a year even in wartime.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 3622941 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 1 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Kyiv Funicular?
The Kyiv Funicular runs 240 m from Kyiv (Poshtova Square) to Kyiv (Mykhailivska Square).
How long does the Kyiv Funicular take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 min for the 240 m. That is an average of 5 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Kyiv Funicular?
Kyivpastrans, with two cars from the 1984 modernisation.
How old is the Kyiv Funicular?
The line has been in service since 1905. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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