The State Railway Administration (Ukrzaliznytsia) plans to buy 59 electric freight locomotives in 2014. Ukraine’s acting Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Kozak announced this at a news briefing in Kiev on Wednesday, the Interfax Ukraine news agency reports.
Most of the locomotives will be produced at the Luganskteplovoz railcar plant.
According to the acting minister, Ukrzaliznytsia also plans to buy 2,000 freight cars.