Ukrainian Railways to study first high-speed rail line to Poland in European gauge
Map of the high-speed rail network with a connection to Ukraine Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK)
Ukrainian Railways signed a cooperation agreement with the Polish Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) with the intention to develop a high-speed railway line in European standard gauge between Warsaw and Kyiv, via Lviv. The cooperation agreement was signed during the Railway Direction Days in Warsaw organised by CPK this week.
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Going through Warsaw is quite a detour for much of the traffic from Lviv to C. Europe. With a route from Kyiv to Lviv through Luzk or Riwne (pop. >200,000), Lviv would be a detour en route to Warsaw.
I believe the two main alternatives would be to build the Ukrainian from Lviv to close to Przemysl, also good for Lviv-Warsaw, then build a new diagonal line Przemysl to Lublin, or build from Riwne or Luzk straight to Lublin (pop. 340,000).
Spain shows drawbacks of an isolated high-speed system.
At a separate new cargo system, the service rendered ware owners, will be ensured, as well high quality as redundancy – at large scale cargo transports…
Best of course it is with both.
Warsaw to Kyiv would be very useful for Ukraine.
What would be very useful for the EU – even before Ukraine joins, is a Warsaw to Bucharest high speed rail, motorway, and HVDC line. The central 300km of this would pass through Ukraine and bypass the Carpathian mountains which help make EU North-South travel difficult.