Tag: Ukrzaliznytsia
The Ukrzaliznytsia public joint-stock company (PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia), which began operations on 1 December, has launched a search for candidates for executive positions with the aim of creating a new management team.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public joint-stock company began business operations on Tuesday, 1 December. As reported, the Ukrzaliznytsia public joint-stock company was registered by the state on 21 October this year.
Direct rail link between Kyiv and Prague will be restored in mid-December 2015. A through wagon formed by Ukrzaliznytsia will operate on the route.
Newag and Skinest Ukraine signed a framework agreement for joint modernizing of M62diesel locomotives. Signature took place in Kyiv during an international forum "Polish Business Day".
The Odessa railway decided on 22 September 2014 to place bonds for UAH 810 million.
Germany intends to provide funding for modernization of Ukrainian locomotives. This issue was discussed on 16 November during a visit to the Dnipropetrovsk locomotive plant by a German delegation headed by Hans-Joachim Fuchtel.
Ukrzaliznytsia has placed an order with the Dnipropetrovsk locomotive plant for repair of 85 diesel locomotive sections in 2016.
Ukrzaliznytsia plans to spend UAH 76 million on providing Internet access to passengers, Ukrzaliznytsia’s acting head Oleksandr Zavhorodnyi said in an interview with the Intercity journal.
Ukrzaliznytsia does not plan to increase the number of trains to Hungary. The existing Kyiv-Budapest train, which consists of a direct wagon, is only 15 percent full.
The number of passengers on Kyiv-Moscow trains has increased by only 4-5% since the abolition of direct flights between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukrzaliznytsia continues to automate railway level crossings with the aim of improving traffic safety standards and six crossings with bus traffic will be automated before the end of 2015.
PJSC Ukrainska zaliznytsia (UZ) will order a new brand book with the aim of presenting itself as a "new and efficient company with its own brand and a modern identity."
Ukraine is studying the possibility of becoming part of the Trans-Caspian international transport route. This was discussed during the presentation of the capabilities of this corridor in Kiev on 16 November.
Private companies operating in the Yuzhny seaport are expected to be involved in the construction of the new facilities in the terms of public-private partnership.
The Ukrzaliznytsia public joint-stock railway company (PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia) plans to invest about UAH 20 billion in upgrade of rail tracks, railcars, and locomotives in 2016. Minister of Infrastructure Andrii Pyvovarskyi announced this.
Ukrzaliznytsia intends to organize a train ferry service, which will be overseen by the Liski transport service center (part of Ukrzaliznytsia). Ukrzaliznytsia’s acting board chairman Oleksandr Zavhorodnyi announced this.
In an interview with the CFTS portal, Paweł Kopczyński, the head of the rail transport department at the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure, and Ireneusz Majcher, an adviser to the Polish Minister of Transport, discuss the reform of Ukrzaliznytsia.
The trains have been idling for 1.5 years, during which each train has not generated about UAH 320 million in revenue from transportation of passengers
The next increase is scheduled for July 2016, and it will depend on the level of inflation in the country
PJSC Ukrainian Railways intends to upgrade its fleet of freight and passenger cars next year.