Ukrzaliznytsia

Siemens explained what was wrong with UZ's tender for the renewal of passenger rolling stock.Picture: SiemensDmitry Chernenky, director of the Ukrainian representative office of Siemens, commented to urm journalists on the UZ tender for the purchase of 80 trains.

Kyiv Court of Appeal refused to satisfy the appeal of VR Global Partners, LP and upheld the decision of the investigating judge of Kyiv Pechersk District Court, which upheld Ukrzaliznytsia's appeal, declaring the agreement between Prominvestbank and VR Global Partners investment fund invalid.

JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" has extended the deadline for applications for participation in the tender for the supply of 80 new suburban and regional trains until December 1, 2021"This decision was made due to the active interest of potential participants, requests from them to provide additional time for the preparation of quality documentation and price proposals and the desire of UZ to provide comprehensive answers to clarifying questions from all participants," the statement said.

Almost 50 diesel locomotives for transportation on the rail tracks of Ukrzaliznytsia can be provided by private companies.

Over the past five years, as a result of the massive import of decommissioned wagons (the so-called "scrap wagons") from the Russian Federation, the Ukrainian wagon-building industry has practically died.

The draft budget of Ukraine for 2022, which today was adopted in the first reading, does not provide for the allocation of funds to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia.

UZ has announced a tender for the purchase of a cable for the electrification of the site between Smela and Cherkassy.On October 13, the Odessa branch of UZ announced a tender for the purchase of supporting cables for the overhead contact network for a total amount of UAH 40 million.

On October 16, an auction for the purchase of 3374 tons of rails for the amount of UAH 117. 5 million was supposed to be held by Ukrzaliznytsia, but it did not take place due to the lack of participants.

On October 13, Ukrzaliznytsia announced two tenders for the reconstruction of two traction substations.Both tenders were announced by the Lviv Railway.

The "Italian strike" of railway workers will lead to a halt in train traffic.Due to the strike of UZ workers, rolling stock that does not meet all safety requirements may not enter the routes.

On October 5-8, 2021, a commission of Ukrzaliznytsia worked at the Kryukovsky Railcar Building Plant to receive finished products - two diesel trains DPKr-3-002 and DPKr-3-003.

According to Ukrzaliznytsia, "a significant part" of the $ 300 million raised in July from the placement of Eurobonds,  was used to pay off long-term debt to "one of the Ukrainian creditors" in the amount of $ 131 million (UAH 3.