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1093:Kamianske
1053:Berdychiv
1000:Projected
979:Cancelled
859:фунікулер
585:Ukrainian
564:Ukrainian
527:Ukrainian
455:Uppertown
438:Ukrainian
184:Technical
155:Funicular
1527:Railways
1441:Zhytomyr
1421:Ternopil
1411:Sorokyne
1371:Mykolaiv
1366:Mariupol
1361:Makiivka
1281:Horlivka
1256:Cherkasy
1241:Alchevsk
1223:Zhytomyr
1163:Mykolaiv
1158:Molochne
1153:Mariupol
1148:Makiivka
1088:Kadiivka
1083:Horlivka
1048:Avdiivka
876:Archived
739:See also
733:Carriage
624: in
556:letters
554:Cyrillic
221: in
138:Stations
118:Poshtova
45:Overview
1381:Poltava
1341:Luhansk
1311:Kherson
1301:Kharkiv
1276:Donetsk
1178:Poltava
1138:Luhansk
1113:Konotop
1103:Kharkiv
1073:Donetsk
986:Donetsk
951:Kharkiv
920:Ukraine
660:Gallery
645:in the
619:⁄
596:
575:
492:Belgian
478:History
216:⁄
171:History
146:Service
111:Termini
68:Ukraine
1271:Dnipro
1168:Nizhyn
1068:Dnipro
970:(1995)
967:Dnipro
962:(1986)
954:(1975)
946:(1960)
928:Metros
589:Правий
539:Soviet
512:Russia
500:Zürich
488:rubles
258:Legend
233:100 kW
176:Opened
60:Locale
1555:Metro
1386:Rivne
1376:Odesa
1346:Lutsk
1291:Kerch
1173:Odesa
1098:Kerch
1040:Trams
1026:]
1014:]
1007:Odesa
647:Podil
568:Лівий
460:Podil
1560:Tram
1416:Sumy
1351:Lviv
1296:Kyiv
1143:Lviv
1108:Kyiv
991:Lviv
943:Kyiv
845:2006
816:2006
786:2006
594:lit.
573:lit.
506:and
484:O.S.
450:Kyiv
432:The
422:The
179:1905
151:Type
64:Kyiv
1569:Bus
861:in
243:36%
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