Japanese transportation company Takamatsu-Kotohira Electric Railroad Co., Ltd. (or Kotoden), as a sign of support for the Ukrainian railway workers, painted one of its trains in the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Support to Ukrzaliznytsia

This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply, citing information on Twitter.

Kotoden is a transportation company based in Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. The company operates three passenger rail lines as well as bus subsidiaries.

Support to Ukrzaliznytsia

As explained in Kotoden, the company seeks to support Ukrzaliznytsia and its employees, who, under the conditions of the Russian military invasion, risk their lives while transporting refugees to safe areas and transporting humanitarian supplies.

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