The Dnipropetrovsk Metro (Ukrainian: Дніпропетровський метрополітен; Russian: Днепропетровский метрополитен) is a single-line metro system that serves the city of Dnipropetrovsk, the third largest city in Ukraine by population. The metro was the third system constructed in Ukraine, after the Kiev and Kharkiv metro systems, respectively, when it opened on December 29, 1995. Current expansion plans will increase the number of stations to nine by 2014 at the latest.
The Dnipropetrovsk Metro is currently the shortest metro system in the world, consisting of one 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) line and 6 stations. The line starts at the Vokzalna station, near the city's central railway station in the east and ends at the Komunarivska station in the western part of the city. The system is open from 5:30 in the morning till 23:00 at night, serving a daily passenger traffic of about 37,500 passengers. Initially, the metro trains carried 5 train cars each, but as the passenger ridership declined, the number of cars was reduced to three.