19th-century metro plans show Kyiv almost got an underground system in 1884 AI

A Glavred report says Kyiv's metro could have appeared in the 19th century: engineer Dmytro Andriievskyi prepared a Kyiv metro project in 1884, but his drawings were archived and the scheme was never built. The story uncovers an early, little-known proposal that would have put Kyiv among the earliest cities with underground transit. For Kyiv residents and urban-history readers, it offers context on how planning choices and lost proposals shaped the city's modern transport network.