BackgroundSince the beginning of the war, Ukrainian railway workers have played an important role in keeping the critical infrastructure up and running. A special paramilitary branch of Ukrainian Railways has the task of protecting infrastructure,...Read more
Ukrainian Railways has signed an agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Ukrainian ministry of Finance for a financing round to the tune of 100 million euros, railway chief Alexander...Read more
Transport ministers from the UK and Ukraine have signed a joint action plan to help rebuild Ukraine’s transport network. The UK Department for Transport is offering funds, engineering expertise and vehicles as part of a...Read more
Ukrainian Railways has restored two border crossings with Romania, hoping to establish additional railway routes between the countries. The railway company now urges its Romanian counterpart do ‘do its job’ on their side of the...Read more
The role of Poland in the international rail freight market has changed completely. Whereas it used to be the gateway to Europe for traffic from Asia with the busiest border crossing on the New Silk...Read more
The European Commission wants to beef up Europe’s internal transport connectivity and to that end has suggested that all new railways be built to the standard European gauge. The news came with the proposal announced...Read more
To improve the connections to neighbouring European countries, Ukraine is planning and carrying out railway construction works. The efforts include reopening sections of railway that have been out of service for years, which can play...Read more
Operations were resumed at a railcar repair factory near Kyiv on Thursday. The facility was shelled by the Russian army last Sunday. It took local authorities and Ukrainian Railways a mere three days to bring...Read more
Since the beginning of Russia’s war against Ukraine, at least 6,300 kilometres of railways and 41 railway bridges have been damaged. The projected costs are least 3,4 billion euros, the KSE Institute of the Kyiv...Read more
32 electric passenger trains of manufacturer Škoda will have to be delivered to Latvia disassembled via road instead of rail, as the route from the plant in Czechia via Ukraine and Belarus to the Baltic...Read more
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine three months ago, Polish State Railways PKP has helped carry more than 1,8 million refugees out of the country, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure...Read more
More than a dozen passengers pushed 6 train cars of the Kyiv-Nizhyn electric train for 25 metres on Tuesday. The train had stopped on a section without voltage as someone had broken the stop valve....Read more
U2 singer Bono and guitarist The Edge have paid hommage to Ukrainian Railways and their efforts in getting citizens to safety. The artists made their comments in a video on board a train following a...Read more
Some 200,000 Ukrainians on average still take the train on daily basis in war-ravaged Ukraine, where railway infrastructure is regularly targeted by Russian forces in an effort to cripple the country, a Reuters report published...Read more
Six train stations were targeted in western and centrally located parts of Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways chief Alexander Kamyshin wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. While there were no casualties, the damage to the rail infrastructure was...Read more