In 2025, the Kyiv Metro remained a key mode of transport in the capital and one of the main shelters during air alerts. In a year, nearly 250 million passengers used the underground, reported KP Kyiv Metro as they summarized their operations. This is reported by NV Business.
Kyiv Metro Passengers in 2025: Numbers and Privileges
Of the total number of passengers, almost one in four used discounted transport. According to the company, in 2025, 63.5 million people traveled for free or under preferential conditions.
The metro noted that the load on the system remained consistently high throughout the year, despite regular air alerts and restrictions on the operation of urban infrastructure.
Metro as a Shelter in Kyiv: Year-End Results
The metro played a separate role as a defensive structure during shelling. In 2025, underground stations were used at night by 970 thousand people during times of danger. This is more than double the figure for 2024, when about 450 thousand people were in shelters.
The most challenging period was July. During this month alone, metro stations as shelters were used by 215 thousand people due to intense night alerts.
At the same time, infrastructure upgrade works continued:
- over 3 km of rail track replaced
- capital repairs of seven escalators at loaded stations were completed, including «Beresteyska», «Lybidska», «Khreshchatyk» and «Palace Ukraine»
- 41 capital repair of carriages with complete diagnostics was carried out
Also, in June 2025, a significant event occurred in the Kyiv metro - the first woman, Kateryna Yesipchuk, received a train driver's certificate and now works on the «blue» line.
It should be noted that capital repairs of escalators in the Kyiv metro started on January 7 of this year. Repair work will be carried out at the transfer hub between the metro stations "Palace of Sports" and "Square of Ukrainian Heroes".