JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) transported 8.14 million passengers over the three summer months, compared to 8.07 million during the same period last year and 7.94 million in the summer of 2024, according to a company announcement on its Telegram channel on Thursday.
According to UZ, 628,400 children and 90,000 military personnel visiting their families traveled by train between June and August this year. A total of 22,000 people with disabilities, including veterans, traveled in accessible railcars. A total of 357,000 passengers purchased tickets through the auto-renewal system.
“This result once again demonstrates a more efficient use of the rolling stock: additional ‘rotational’ trains and minimal downtime for cars, especially in frontline regions,” Ukrzaliznytsia noted.
It is noted that over the summer, “UZ” put 20 new railcars into service, while losing seven during this period.
According to Ukrzaliznytsia, there were four and a half passenger requests per seat in June–August. The top five most popular routes based on the number of ticket searches in the company’s app were Lviv–Kyiv, Przemyśl–Kyiv, Kyiv–Kharkiv, Kholm–Kyiv, and Kyiv–Dnipro.
Among other things, passengers exchanged more than 300 million “hugs” for discounts in the “Rail Friends” loyalty program during the summer and also earned about 500,000 rewards.
For its part, the Ministry of Recovery, Transport, and Infrastructure reported that the railway is entering the fall season with a schedule that has been updated and adapted to the current needs of Ukrainians, while also taking the security situation into account.
“This year’s summer season has been yet another challenge for the Ukrainian railway. Russia is attempting to disrupt domestic logistics. At the same time, railway workers continue to optimize operations in accordance with the security situation, quickly adjust logistics, and make the most of the available rolling stock,” the ministry emphasized.
As reported, citing data from “Ukrzaliznytsia,” since the start of the war, the enemy has carried out 6,100 attacks on its infrastructure, more than 1,500 of which occurred between January 1 and August 20, 2026.
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