In accordance with the transformation plan, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented during his visit to the United States, Ukraine expects financing for the purchase of General Electric locomotives.

General Electric: 10 млрд кредитных долларов для УЗ

The number of locomotives has not been specified, but the total purchase amount is set at $ 10 billion, reports Railway Supply magazine citing urm.media.

The implementation program is designed until 2023. Three points from the list relate to the railway directly: – Construction of Euro gauge line from Kyiv to Odessa; – Construction of the base stations for mobile network along the railway tracks; – Supply of General Electric locomotives.

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So far, it is only about the intentions of the Ukrainian side. In 2019, Ukraine received 30 General Electric locomotives.

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