Tag: Kryukov Railcar Building Works
UAH 1.8 billion in state budget funds has been unblocked in 2022 to allow full financial settlement between Ukrzaliznytsia and the Kryukov Railcar Building Works.
Investigators believe that the Kryukov Railcar Building Works bought components for rolling stock at inflated prices from Russian companies involved in Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
Ukrzaliznytsia has launched a train service on the route Lviv - Polish border – Chelm.
Bidding is scheduled for 16 March.
Ukrainian railcar manufacturers produced 1,948 freight cars last year.
The trains will most likely be registered to the Southern and Lviv railways.
The company also plans to manufacture new passenger rolling stock for the domestic market.
The delivery of the rolling stock is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022.
This is 50% fewer than the number of freight cars produced in the same period in 2020.
The railcar works produced 1,569 freight cars last year.
The flatcars are designed for transporting containers that do not require protection from atmospheric precipitation.
Ukreximbank will finance the purchase of the rolling stock.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works significantly reduced production in the first seven months of 2020.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works produced 773 freight cars in the first four months of 2020.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works reduced production to 253 freight cars in January, compared with 440 in January last year.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works increased production of freight cars by almost 42% in 2019, compared with 2018.
The new diesel train departed on its first trip on December 27.
The DPKr-3 diesel train has successfully completed its break-in run.
The Kryukov Railcar Building Works has been authorized to produce a pilot batch of six DPKr-3 trains.
The new Ukrainian train was scheduled to begin test operation on the Ukrzaliznytsia network on November 6-7.