Tag: Ukrzaliznytsia
Wojciech Balczun considers increasing the company’s efficiency as his priority.
The German state bank KfW intends to provide EUR 60 million for purchase of equipment for modernizing the locomotive fleet.
President Petro Poroshenko has signed the law that prohibits privatization of the Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company
The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company has managed to reduce its losses in the past two months through indexation of tariffs.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company made a net loss of UAH 916 million in the period of January-May 2016.
The Hyundai Corporation (South Korea) is ready to propose a comprehensive program for upgrading urban transport and improving infrastructure to Ukraine.
Wojciech Balczun headed Ukrzaliznytsia, he led PKP Cargo before. CFTS decided to compare key parameters of PKP Cargo and the freight segment of Ukrzaliznytsia.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company has announced details of the procedure for renaming railway stations as part of the government’s de-communization process.
The Odesa Railway, a division of the PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia, plans to increase the throughput capacity of railways in the direction of the Yuzhny seaport to 78 pairs of trains from the current 52.
The railways of Georgia, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine have reached agreement on a single tariff for railway freight being transported from India to Europe through these countries.
Polish citizen Ireneusz Wasilewski, a former employee of the PKP Cargo company, may be appointed onto the board of the Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company.
The Ministry of Infrastructure is holding preliminary talks with international companies on the possibility of constructing a direct railway line from Kyiv to Odesa.
The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Wojciech Balczun as Ukrzaliznytsia’s new head as well as the new board of the company proposed by him.
The speed of transportation of goods through the Black Sea - Trans-Caspian route remains within the planned 9-9.5 days, but there are plans to increase it.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public joint railway company’s international freight transport volume fell in the first four months of 2016.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company has earmarked more than EUR 150 million in European credit funds and Ukrainian funds for financing renewal and modernization of its rolling stock.
Lviv Railways (a division of the Ukrzaliznytsia public railway company) has launched operation of a railcar that was converted specifically for transporting bicycles.
The CFTS portal asked top managers of Alstom, Bombardier Transportation, GE Transportation about the Ukrainian railway market, its prospects and problems, as well as their expectations for Ukrzaliznytsia leadership and for the new government.
Ukraine officially joined the Trans-Caspian international transport route, the respective protocol was signed on Tuesday, May 17, in Tbilisi.
In the second part of this interview, we ask Omelian what he expects from Ukrzaliznytsia’s head Wojciech Balczun, whether there will be highway concessions in Ukraine, and to whom he "made an offer" in the Ukrainian port Authority.