A food train is ready in Ukraine to cook 10,000 meals a day
Ukrainian Railways and the Howard G. Buffett Foundation launched the “world’s first food train”. This autonomous kitchen on rails is able to produce and deliver hot meals to the Ukrainian cities in territories with serious...Read more
More train services to run between Ukraine and Poland
Ukrainian Railways is increasing the number of trains to and from Poland. From September 3, another train will start running on the route Kyiv – Chelm, the third train service that will run daily to...Read more
Ukrainian Railways interested in Spanish gauge changing technology
Ukrainian Railways is looking to Spain for cooperation, as both countries deal with a different track width than the rest of Europe. Earlier this week, on 18 July, Ukrainian Railways held a meeting with representatives...Read more
RegioJet plans to run Kyiv-Berlin trains from 2024
Central Europe’s largest private railway operator, the Czech RegioJet, plans to run direct trains between Ukraine and German cities from 2024, in cooperation with Ukrainian Railways, Ukrzaliznytsia. The founder and owner of the operator, Radim...Read more
Moldova granted EU support for reconstructing critical railway lines
Moldovan Railways are ready to kickstart a line reconstruction project worth 71 million euros. It concerns the reconstruction of the Balti-Valcinet-Ungheni and Chisinau-Cainari railway sections, both important for transporting goods from Ukraine. The state-owned company...Read more
Ukraine can now fund transport projects via CEF
An agreement between the EU Commission and Ukraine allows the second to benefit from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) funds. The deal, which was signed earlier this week, is an important milestone towards post-war Ukrainian...Read more
Lithuania and Ukraine seek full European integration together
Ukrainian Railways has agreed to cooperate with Lithuanian Railways (LTG) to join the Free Rail programme initiated by LTG. This Free Rail program should help to further integrate to the European railways, ranging from technical...Read more
Ukrainian train hit by shelling just before boarding, train attendant wounded
A train at Kherson station was hit by Russian shelling just before boarding on Wednesday. A 24-year-old train attendant was severely injured, according to the Head of Ukrainian Railways passenger company Oleksandr Pertsovskyi. No fatalities...Read more
What does the European TEN-T revision mean for rail?
BackgroundThe Transport and Tourism Committee of the European Parliament unanimously adopted its position regarding the revision of the TEN-T regulations last week. What has been decided in this revision, and what does it mean for...Read more
Network rail delivers equipment to restore infrastructure in Ukraine
Ukrainian Railways has received five new excavators and equipment for the loading and unloading cof argo, all free of charge from the British railway company Network Rail with the assistance of the UK Department for...Read more
Ukrainian ‘Hospital on Wheels’ completes 100th mission
Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, the medical trains launched by Ukrainian Railways and Doctors Without Borders have evacuated 3,000 wounded civilians in Ukraine. This Monday marked the 100th flight of the medical...Read more
Head of Ukrainian Railways Kamyshin resigns
“Day 369 of the war. The railway continues to operate according to schedule, and I am resigning”. Ukrainian Railways CEO Alexander Kamyshin has signed his resignation letter and will lead the Office of European Integration...Read more
Ukrainian Railways created ‘Rail Force One’ for surprise Biden visit
US President Joe Biden paid a shock surprise visit to Ukraine on Monday, appearing in Kyiv alongside his counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a show of support. Like many high-profile visitors before him, Biden took a...Read more