More trains cancelled in Ukraine, Slovakia suspends trains towards the border
More trains are cancelled in Ukraine on Friday as the invasion of Russian troops continues. The railways of neigbouring Slovakia (ZSSK) has halted train transport to Ukraine until further notice, they announced in a statement....Read more
Ukrainian Railways operates in emergency mode and is ‘ready to evacuate people’
Ukrainian Railways Ukrzaliznytsia says it is ready to evacuate city residents near the demarcation line on Thursday morning and has entered the emergency operation mode. Most trains are scheduled to remain running on the day...Read more
Ukraine’s locomotive deal with France marks integration in EU transport system
Alstom and Ukrainian Railways signed a protocol on cooperation, which includes the supply of 130 new electric and dual-system locomotives. The deal was signed on the sidelines of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Ukraine...Read more
Crypto miners illegally tapped electricity from Ukrainian Railways
A cryptocurrency mining farm was discovered in Odessa that illegally used electricity from Ukrainian Railways. An investigation is launched into how much electricity was drained from the railway company.Read more
Corruption scheme found at Ukrainian Railways
The Ukrainian Security Service has uncovered a large-scale corruption scheme in Ukrainian Railways. Officials of the regional branch of the South-Western Railway knowingly accepted rubber materials of dubious quality and unreasonably transferred more than 800...Read more
Chernobyl connected again to the Ukrainian rail network
Ukrainian Railways has completed the reconstruction of the track between Vilcha and Yaniv stations, which connects the Chernobyl exclusion zone with the main railway network. It connects to a storage facility of spent nuclear fuel...Read moreUkrainian Railways to buy 130 electric locomotives from Alstom
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) will receive 130 heavy electric locomotives by Alstom as part of a fleet renewal project. The French and Ukrainian governments signed an intergovernmental agreement to finance the hundreds of million purchase. Alstom...Read moreUkrainian Railways starts major electrification project this summer
Ukrainian Railways will start electrifying and modernising the Kovel-Izov-Derzhkordon route between Ukraine and Poland during the following months. The most significant is the reconstruction of railway tracks at the Mostyska II border crossing and the...Read more
RegioJet applies for domestic open access in Poland
After the success of its international trains to Croatia and Hungary, Czech private railway operator RegioJet is planning to enter the Polish market. The company intends to offer the customers a long-distance train connection within...Read more
New market for Ukrainian trams
Ukrainian tram manufacturer Tatra-Yug will deliver 17 low-floor light rail vehicles to the Romanian city of Craiova. The company won the first procurement proceeding in Romania. This country will become the second foreign market for...Read more
Another CRRC’s success in Europe
No sooner had China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation completed the deal with Vossloh Group than it achieved another success in Europe. CRRC Tangshan, a part of the Chinese manufacturing state-owned holding, has won the procurement...Read more
Further stage of RegioJet foreign expansion
Czech largest private railway operator RegioJet is planning a further expansion abroad. The company will launch a direct summer train between Czechia and Croatia. In addition, it wants to organise a regular train connection from...Read more
Ukrainian city to introduce new type of metro trains
Kharkiv, the second-largest city in Ukraine, intends to introduce the new type of trains in its metro network. They will have an open gangway connection between the carriages. Currently, all three metro systems in Ukraine...Read more