About one-third of Ukrzaliznytsia’s (UZ) passenger railcars used in summer transportation are equipped with modern air conditioning, while about half are equipped with outdated air conditioners that can operate intermittently, the company’s press service reports.
“Almost 400 Ukrzaliznytsia cars are guaranteed to have a functional air conditioning system: first of all, such cars are part of trains #92/91 Lviv-Kyiv, #106/105 Odesa-Kyiv, #63/64 Kharkiv-Lviv, #12/11 Lviv-Odesa, #29/30 Kyiv-Uzhhorod, #15/16 Kharkiv-Yasinia, #17/18 Kharkiv-Uzhhorod, and a number of other branded trains,” Ukrzaliznytsia posted on its Facebook page on Thursday.
About 650 railcars also have air conditioning, but they are of an outdated modification, so they can operate intermittently.
About 1,400 cars are involved in passenger transportation this summer, the company told Interfax-Ukraine.
When buying tickets, Ukrzaliznytsia urged people to look for the “snowflake” icon, which marks seats in cars with modern air conditioning in the app and on the website. At the same time, they noted that cars with outdated air conditioning modifications are not marked with the “snowflake” icon, despite the physical presence of air cooling systems.
“At maximum air temperatures, cooling in this car may be weak, so we signal this at the purchase stage by the absence of a snowflake,” the company said.
Before the summer transportation season, the railroad repaired air conditioning systems in 168 cars, which helps make traveling more comfortable, Ukrzaliznytsia added.
The temperature in air-conditioned cars should be between +22…+26 ℃, the company said, noting that due to the peculiarities of air conditioning in cars, the systems start working 20 minutes after the train departure, and the air conditioner gains full power when the train is moving at a speed of more than 40 km/h.
