Tag: Ukrzaliznytsia
These include projects to improve a railway network and develop a 1435 mm gauge track to increase the capacity of the railway infrastructure.
The company says it is providing Internet access to passengers during the test phase, and that the quality of Internet services is being analyzed.
The ceremonial start of construction works took place in April in the presence of the prime minister of Ukraine.
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A corresponding decision by the Cabinet of Ministers is expected.
The Polish railway authorities have granted the relevant rail freight carrier’s license.
Ukrzaliznytsia plans to use the rails to repair mainline railways on the Kyiv-Lviv, Kyiv-Odesa, Kyiv-Uzhhorod, and Kyiv-Dnipro routes.
The purchase of 30 or 80 electric locomotives is planned, depending on the availability of financing.
This year, the company transported the largest number of passengers—451,000—on the route to Przemyśl.
In total, the company transported 60 million tons of cargo in the first four months of this year.
The track repair work will be performed on railway sections with heavy train traffic and high levels of wear and tear.
The credit will amount to more than USD 150 million.
The routes will be focused on container transportation to the EU.
The technology for switching between the 1435- and 1668-mm track gauges will be adapted to enable trains to automatically switch their wheelsets between the 1520-, 1435-, and 1668-mm track gauges.
The volume of transportation of this type of export cargo in February was a record for the period since the beginning of the full-scale war.
This is a record for the two years since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
Ukrzaliznytsia now hopes to receive funding from USAID.
The traction rolling stock could also be leased.