[2] Accordingly, on April 9, 1976, the Soviet government adopted a plan to construct a second line on the Kharkiv Metro.

[5] The rest of the stations on the line were built close to the surface, due to their proximity to the Kharkiv River.

[2] Construction on the line's second segment began in 1981, continuing on until the last three stations (all located within the confines of the Saltivka neighborhood) were opened on October 24, 1986.

In addition, the station named after Russian poet Alexander Pushkin was renamed in 2024 to comply with the law "On the Condemnation and Prohibition of Propaganda of Russian Imperial Policy in Ukraine and the Decolonization of Toponymy".

[2] The Saltivska line is the first in the system to use the 81-714/717 wagon models that have become the most widespread in the former USSR and Eastern Europe.