Starting December 20, Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) will launch an analog of Kyiv City Express in Dnipro. Dnipro City Express will connect the city with the suburbs and satellite cities, the company’s press service reports.
“Ukrzaliznytsia is launching a new urban mobility project in another region. The Dnipro City Express system will be launched in Dnipro on December 20 this year,” the statement said.
It is noted that at the first stage, Dnipro City Express will run on the Dnipro-Kamianske route and will stop at Horyainove, Diivka, Sukhachivka, and Zaporizhzhia-Kamianske stations.
Trains will depart from Dnipro at 5:14 (except weekends), 6:20, 10:00, 11:30 (except weekends), 15:40, 17:10 (except weekends), 19:10. Trains will depart back from Kamianske at 6:14 (except weekends), 9:00, 11:26, 12:42 (except weekends), 16:41, 19:12 (except weekends), 20:14.
The travel time in both directions from the initial to the final station will be approximately 40 minutes, and the cost will be from 12 to 18 UAH.
UZ reported that the updated and modern rolling stock will be used for trips on the route: electric trains of the EPL2T series, restored at the facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia, will run on the route.
The trains will be equipped with ramps, seats for people with disabilities and inclusive restrooms, Braille navigation, bicycle racks, and Type-C and USB ports for charging gadgets.
Ukraine in August 2021 may receive trains to test the work of the Kyiv City Express project.
“The first project will be Kyiv City Express. It is already working. Now we are launching, we are looking at it in a test mode. We will receive several trains for testing. I hope that it will be in August this year. And, accordingly, we will start working this year as well,” the deputy head of the President’s Office, the coordinator of the Big Construction program, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said during the Ukraine 30 forum.
According to him, the rolling stock of suburban trains in Ukraine has practically never been updated, with the exception of several reconstructions.
“Now we are cooperating with several well-known world companies, specifically dealing with City Express projects, and are launching them in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro. These are the three largest agglomerations around these cities,” Tymoshenko stressed.
As reported, the Swiss company Stadler has chosen a location for the deployment of a plant for the production of electric trains in Ukraine. This year it will hand over one or two trains for testing.
