The Ukrainian Railways joint-stock company (Ukrzaliznytsia) has announced that it is beginning a series of planned infrastructure repairs that will speed up traffic and guarantee safer and better routes.
According to Ukrzaliznytsia, the repairs will begin at three important railway sections, the first of which is the Fastiv - Koziatyn railway section. All trains will be delayed by 5–25 minutes in this railway section during the period of these repair works. This will affect 37 trains at once.
In the Odesa - Podilsk railway section, the repair works will take place from 27 March to 14 April. The timetables of nine trains will be changed by up to 5 minutes during this period.
The timetables of several trains traveling in the direction of Rakhiv are also subject to change.
From 26 March to 9 May, train No. 55 Kyiv - Rakhiv will depart from Kyiv at 18:41 and end its journey in Ivano-Frankivsk (instead of Rakhiv) at 08:12. On the return journey, train No. 56 Rakhiv - Kyiv will depart from Ivano-Frankivsk (instead of Rakhiv) and stick to the usual timetable (Ivano-Frankivsk 20:50, Kyiv 09:22) from 27 March to 10 May.
The Yasinia station will become a temporary terminus for train No. 95/96 Kyiv - Rakhiv from 26 March to 9 May (from 27 March to 10 May when departing from Yasinia), excluding weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays, the train will arrive at and depart from the usual terminal station of Rakhiv.
For train No. 25/26 Odesa - Rakhiv, the temporary terminus will be Yaremche from 26 March to 9 May (from 27 March to 10 May when departing from Yaremche), excluding weekends. On Saturdays and Sundays, the train will arrive at and depart from the usual terminal station of Rakhiv.
From 27 March to 10 May, regional train No. 809/810 Lviv - Rakhiv - Lviv will operate only on weekends, and suburban train No. 6441/6442 Kolomiia - Dilove - Kolomiia will operate on the route Kolomiia - Yaremche - Kolomiia (except on weekends, when it will reach Dilove).
Marmaro Express train No. 753/754/755/756 Rakhiv - Valea Viseului - Rakhiv will not operate from 27 March to 10 May.