the first five stations of the Kiev underground: "Vokzalna", "Universytet", "Khreshchatyk", "Arsenalna" and "Dnipro".

For the project to come into life,  of concrete (reinforced as well as traditional) were poured, additional  of granite and marble were used to decorate the station.

On 22 October 1960, trains delivered, the motorman of the Moscow underground, Alexey Semagin and Ivan Vynogradov, former train operator from Kiev-Pasazhyrskyi, the central railway station, made a test run. The former was driving, while the latter was Semagin's assistant.

At last, on the anniversary of the October Revolution, on 6 November 1960, the five stations that now form the central part of what is today known as the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line, which runs from the west to the east of the city, were opened. That day, the motormenUnfortunately, the depot was not connected to the main underground line, so that it was not able to execute its functions properly. To move trains to the depot, an overhead crane was used.

At the time, the line was served by type Д underground trains (produced by Metrowagonmash). The logistics problem appeared at the time, since there was no connection between the underground and the railway. In order to deliver them to the system, trains from Mytishchi arrived on Darnytsia railway station, to be then placed on a special carriage. The carriage was then transported by trams to the temporary depot (via the now non-existing tram line along Dnieper), where the railway turntable, after being set so that the tracks of the turntable were parallel with those on the