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rolling stock renewal program

17.11.2021

MIU wants to launch a freight car leasing program for UZ in 2022

MIU wants to launch a freight car leasing program for UZ in 2022. According to the Minister of Infrastructure, Ukrainian enterprises are involved in the chain of production and renewal of wagons.
Zelensky promises to purchase 500 new passenger cars in 2 years

17.11.2021

Zelensky promises to purchase 500 new passenger cars in 2 years

It is planned to build and purchase 500 new passenger cars for Ukrzaliznytsia in the next two years. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during the forum "Large Construction: New Railway".
Railroad bears move to Holland

12.11.2021

Railroad bears move to Holland

On October 27, two bears, Lyalya and Malysh, from the zoo of the Zaporizhya Children Railway will go to the zoo in the city of Rhenen in Holland.
KVSZ will supply hatch covers for gondola cars for UAH 10 million to UZ

12.11.2021

KVSZ will supply hatch covers for gondola cars for UAH 10 million to UZ

PJSC "Kryukovsky Railcar Building Plant" won the UZ tender for the supply of spare parts for gondola cars with a total value of UAH 10.
vaccinated on the railway

11.11.2021

Ministry of Health of Ukraine will oblige railway workers to be vaccinated against COVID

The Ministry of Health of Ukraine (MoH) will expand the list of professions subject to compulsory preventive vaccinations.
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy

10.11.2021

Zelenskyy announced the start of the program for the construction of wagons in Ukraine

The worn-out rolling stock of the state-owned railway company JSC Ukrzaliznitsa will be radically renewed within the framework of the Big Construction project.
experiment on private traction

09.11.2021

MIU has prepared documents on the continuation of the experiment on private traction

The Ministry of Infrastructure has prepared the necessary documents to extend the experiment to allow private traction on a public track until 2023.
Frantisek Buresh

08.11.2021

Former UZ board member reported on work

Frantisek Buresh, an ex-board member of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC, wrote on his Facebook page what he did while working in Ukrzaliznytsia.
The second railway track on the Chornomorsk - Beregovaya section will be opened on November 4

04.11.2021

The second railway track on the Chornomorsk – Beregovaya section will be opened on November 4

Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov announced the completion of the construction of the second railway line on the Chernomorsk - Beregovaya section.
JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" received the first 5 new passenger cars from KVSZ

03.11.2021

JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” received the first 5 new passenger cars from KVSZ

The first 5 compartment cars out of 100, ordered from the Kryukovsky Railcar Building Plant, passed the final acceptance in Kyiv by the specialists of UZ Passenger Company branch.
Alexander Kubrakov appointed as the new Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

02.11.2021

Ministers of Infrastructure of Ukraine and Poland discussed the development of railway communication

The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine announced plans to build a railway from Poland to Truskavets. On October 22, Warsaw hosted the first bilateral meeting of the head of the MIU Alexander Kubrakov and the Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Adamczyk.
The majority of purchases by Ukrainian Railways (UZ)

29.10.2021

The government made changes to the charter of UZ

The Cabinet of Ministers adopted a resolution that amended the charter of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC. In particular, in the new version of the document, the item related to the selection of candidates for the positions of chairman and board members of Ukrzaliznytsia has disappeared, informs Railway Supply magazine with reference to Railinsider.