From a regular railway operator transporting people and goods, Ukrainian Railways became crucial in assisting the people of Ukraine via evacuations, transporting medical equipment, and by bringing foreign leaders into the country delivering their support....Read more
Last Saturday, the first train from Kyiv arrived in Kherson in Ukraine since the city was liberated from Russian occupation. On board were passengers, politicians as well as Ukrainian Post parcels and letters that had...Read more
How to keep Ukrainian trains running when a large part of the energy infrastructure is destroyed? Reserve diesel locomotives have been deployed by Ukrzaliznytsia on de-energised sections of railway. The head of Ukrainian Railways Alexander...Read more
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
Deutsche Bahn (DB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukrainian Railways (UZ) for long-term support during the eventual post-war railway reconstruction effort.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
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
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
Austrian railway company ÖBB has officially withdrawn from the joint venture responsible for the broad gauge extension from Kosice in Slovakia to Austrian capital Vienna. It has offered its shares for sale to its Russian,...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
Five railway stations in Ukraine came under fire earlier on Monday, Ukrainian Railways chief Oleksandr Kamyshin said on Twitter. It was confirmed by the Russian armed forces that traction substations in the areas of five...Read more
