UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) signed a letter of intent with Luganskteplovoz, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Transmashholding, Russia, on May 16 for the purchase of 300 twin-unit electric freight locomotives.
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) is to step up the operation of 160km/h long-distance services by extending the use of new train fleets with the start of the summer timetable on May 26.
Ukrainian Railways is facing an investment crisis as it lacks the funds to replace its aging assets and the government has so far failed to come to the rescue, as Vladislav Vorotnikov explains.
UKRAINE's Ministry of Transport says Ukrainian Railways (UZ) has completed testing of two prototype 220km/h long-distance emus developed by domestic manufacturer Krukov Wagon Works.
CONSTRUCTION is underway on a new double-track, 1.8km-long tunnel that will replace the existing Beskid Tunnel on the Lvov - Chop line in the Carpathian mountains in western Ukraine.
IN CONTRAST with the decline in neighbouring Poland, Ukraine witnessed slight overall growth in freight volumes during the first half of this year, according to the latest figures released by Ukrainian Railways (UZ).
Hosting the Euro 2012 football championship (jointly with Poland) has forced Ukraine to invest in its severely outdated infrastructure and rolling stock. However, says Jerom Rozendaal, the planned restructuring of Ukrainian Railways (UZ) is probably more important for the future of the railway.
RAILFREIGHT transport in Ukraine fell by 1.7% to 105 million tonnes in the first three months of 2012 as transit and domestic traffic fell by 17.4% and 5.8% respectively.
