Ukrzaliznytsia has received the first shipment of 25,000 tons of rails from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), this is reported by the railway transport news portal Railway Supply.

Ukrzaliznytsia Receives First Shipment of Rails

The delivery took place as part of an emergency restoration program by the Japanese government.

The received R-65 rails will be used by Ukrzaliznytsia for the restoration and major repair of 1520 mm gauge tracks.

The first batch of rails has already arrived and been unloaded at Mostyska station. All 25,000 tons of rails will be delivered by the end of 2024.

“At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the only domestic producer of railway rails in Mariupol was destroyed, making these rails a critical item for the company.

We need 70-100 thousand tons of rails annually just for repairs.

Moreover, during the war, railway workers are forced to repair infrastructure damaged by the enemy daily.

We plan to use the received rails to repair the main lines on the Kyiv – Lviv, Kyiv – Odessa, Kyiv – Uzhhorod, and Kyiv – Dnipro routes. I thank our partners and the Japanese government for their systematic support of Ukraine and their contribution to the restoration of the country’s railway infrastructure,” said Yevhen Liashchenko.

It is worth noting that since the beginning of the large-scale invasion, the Japanese government has been actively helping Ukrainian railway workers.

Ukrzaliznytsia has already received 2 wheel excavator-loaders, a wheel loader, 8 excavator-loaders, 2 trenching tractors, an electric forklift, and 2 forklifts.

In addition, it is expected that by the end of 2024 – early 2025, another 11 units of construction and loading equipment will be delivered.

As previously reported, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to repair more than 1,195 km of tracks this year: 386 km will undergo major repairs, and 810 km will be updated with medium repairs.

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