Private traction pilot companies are still unable to start transportation

The pilot project to allow private locomotives to operate on certain routes of public railways almost two years after its announcement has not yet found real forms. The two companies admitted to the project have not yet started transportation.

The European Business Association insists on the need to extend the pilot project for another two years in order to fully test the admission of private locomotives to work on the railways and collect the necessary data on the interaction of private operators and infrastructure owners, reports Railway Supply magazine.

KVBZ has completed the repair of the interregional locomotive traction train

It is also noted that the failure of the pilot project and the further introduction of private traction on the railway will actually mean the failure of Ukraine’s agreements with the European Union under the Association Agreement.

The first participant of the experimental project on the admission of private locomotives to work on separate routes on railways of the general use was the Ukrainian Locomotive Company.

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The first contract for the pilot project for the introduction of private traction at Ukrzaliznytsia