A joint venture is to be established between Zerz, a Ukrainian state-owned electric locomotive maintenance and repair company, and Skoda, Czech Republic, to build dual-voltage passenger locomotives for Ukrainian Railways (UZ).
UKRAINIAN Railways (UZ) has selected Premier Leasing as its leasing partner for 350 new electric freight locomotives, which are being procured from three suppliers at a total cost of Hryvnia 22.1bn ($US 2.8bn).
IRJ at the 1520 Strategic Partnership: Mr Vladimir Yakunin, president of Russian Railways (RZD), has confirmed that the first high-speed line to be built in Russia will connect Moscow with Kazan.
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.
SUDANESE Railway Corporation (SRC) is reportedly in negotiations with Ukraine, Korea, and China as it prepares to issue a tender in the next few months for 10 locomotives as well as track materials to rehabilitate about 1000km of railway. The project could be worth up to $US 500m in its initial stages.
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).
