Two connections from Poland and Czech Republic to Ukraine launch this autumn
The first Polish train to cross the border to Ukraine in April this year Ukrzaliznytsia
This autumn, two new train services connecting Ukraine and EU countries Poland and Czech Republic will be launched. The Warsaw – Rava-Ruska – Bryukhovychy connection will be launched this month in cooperation with Polish operator SKPL. In November, the connection Chop – Prague will follow in cooperation with RegioJet. This was stated by Evgeny Lyashchenko, chairman of the board of Ukrainian Railways (UZ), in an interview with news agency Interfax-Ukraine.
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The 1520mm (former 1524mm) gauge in Ukraine was mostly not built in Soviet times. It was since the 19th century the original gauge of the Russian railways. This history is also the reason that trains in Finland still run on 1520mm as Finland was a part of the Russian empire until 1917.