On the morning of November 2, urban electric transport partially stopped operating in Kyiv against the backdrop of power outages. According to information published in the carrier's statement, due to the lack of voltage in the power grid, the movement of electric transport has been temporarily suspended on the Borshchahivka high-speed tram line, as well as on a number of avenues and streets: Otradnyi, Beresteiskyi, Harmatna, Vadym Hetman, Olena Teliha, Danylo Shcherbakovsky, Volodymyrskyi, Sviatoshynska, Stetsenko, and near the Shuliavska metro station.
What has stopped and what is working
In addition to surface electric transport, the funicular temporarily ceased operation due to the lack of power supply. The statement emphasizes that the restrictions are temporary and are exclusively related to the lack of voltage in the grid. They promise to provide additional information on the resumption of traffic, as well as possible further changes in the operation of public transport, as soon as the situation in the power system stabilizes.
Reason: hourly and emergency blackouts
The direct reason for stopping the equipment was power outages. Hourly outage schedules are in effect in Ukraine on November 2, which, according to the authorities, are caused by prolonged enemy attacks on energy infrastructure. In addition, emergency power outage schedules were applied in a number of regions on this day. It was the combination of planned hourly and unscheduled emergency restrictions that led to the fact that part of Kyiv's electric transport was left without power.
Recommendations for passengers
The carrier and city services ask passengers to take into account temporary schedule changes when planning routes and to rely on up-to-date messages from official sources. Since the restoration of traffic depends on the stabilization of the power system, the exact dates for the resumption of routes are not announced in advance — information will be published as it becomes available.
Context: a recurring scenario
Such episodes are not isolated: at the end of September, emergency blackouts were already recorded in Kyiv, during which surface electric transport temporarily stopped, and the metro went dark. The scenario in which attacks on the energy sector turn into hourly and emergency blackouts, and those into disruptions in the operation of transport, elevators, and the metro, has been repeating over the past weeks and remains one of the key factors influencing the daily life of the capital.
