Kiev Passenger Railway Station (Ukrainian: "Київ-Пасажирський", Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi) is a complex of the non-terminus Kiev's Central Station building and adjoining "Southern Station" building that are connected with a passenger viaduct plus the adjacent terminus Suburban Station, together serving more than 170,000 passengers per day (as of 2005). "Southern Station" is a misnomer in virtually universal usage in Kiev, referring to an entrance on the other side of the tracks from the Central Station building. The station complex thus provides long-distance and international services, and short-distance service (elektrichka) for suburbs (including dacha areas), minor city stations, and nearby regions.
The Kiev Metro station Vokzalna is adjoining the complex, constituting the station's main intersection with city transport. The Kiev tram terminal Starovokzal'na (Ukrainian: "Старовокзальна") (the terminal for Kiev's High-Speed Tram line) is also adjacent via a passageway.
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