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(130uah, seven hours, six daily), Zhytomir (30uah, 1½ hours) and Vinnitsa (100uah, 3½
hours, four daily).
For Chernihiv,
marshrutky
leave from both Chernihivska and Lisova metro stations
(50uah, 1¾ hours, every 15 minutes).
Kharkivska metro station is the point of departure for
marshrutky
to Pereyaslav-Kh-
melnytsky (30uah, one hour, every 20 minutes) and Cherkasy (50uah, 2½ hours).
TRAIN
You can get pretty much everywhere in the country from Kyiv's modern
train station
(
503 7005; pl Vokzalna 2;
Vokzalna)
, conveniently located near the city centre at Vokz-
alna metro station.
Heading west, the quickest way to Lviv is on the daily express day train (270uah, five
hours), or there are several overnight passenger trains (200uah, eight to 10 hours). Other
popular western destinations include Uzhhorod (230uah, 15½ hours, three daily), Ivano-
Frankivsk (150uah, 11 to 13 hours, daily) and Chernivtsi (190uah, 13½ hours, two daily).
There's both an overnight and an express train to Kamyanets-Podilsky (70uah, seven to
nine hours).
Heading south, there are about four (mostly night) services to Odesa (210uah, eight to
12 hours) and two daily services to Sevastopol (200uah, 17 hours). These and at least one
additional train go to Simferopol (180uah, 15 hours).
Eastern destinations are now best served by fast Intercity trains, which depart for
Kharkhiv (250uah, 4½ hours, three daily), Dnipropetrovsk (250uah, 5½ hours, two daily)
and Donetsk (300uah, seven hours, two daily). Slower (and cheaper) trains are also avail-
able.
You can buy tickets at virtually any of the myriad ticket booths in both the
Central
Terminal
(Tsentralny Vokzal)
and the new, adjacent
South Terminal
(Pivdenniy Vokzal)
, or at
40; 7am-9pm; Universytet )
, a five-minute walk from the station, next to Hotel Ex-
press. You can also buy train tickets from Kiy Avia.
