In January-March 2025, Ukrzaliznytsia JSC (UZ) tripled the number of repaired locomotives and repaired 50% more electric trains than in the same period last year, the company’s press service reports.
“Ukrzaliznytsia has increased the volume of rolling stock repairs and component manufacturing. Due to this, in the first quarter of 2025, we record a positive trend in the volume of rolling stock repairs and production of major railway components,” the company’s press service posted on Facebook on Thursday.
In January-March 2025, 12 electric trains were repaired, which is 50% more than in the same period in 2024. The number of repaired locomotives during this period tripled to 29 units.
In addition, the number of repaired line equipment units (infrastructure elements located along the railways that ensure uninterrupted, safe and efficient operation of rolling stock – IF-U) increased by 70% (to 1173).
Ukrzaliznytsia reported that the production of sleepers in the first quarter doubled to 79 thousand units, the production of rail connectors and other components increased by 20%, and the production of reinforced concrete structures increased by 18%.
Earlier it was reported that in 2025 Ukrzaliznytsia will complete the creation of the Locomotive Company, which will centrally coordinate the existing locomotive depots. UZ has about 50 locomotive depots: repair depots that carry out major repairs and modernization of the locomotive fleet and operational depots that service locomotives between flights.
Lviv Locomotive Repair Plant (LRP), a part of Ukrzaliznytsia, plans to repair 21 locomotives in 2024, compared to 12 in 2023, according to the company’s financial report for the previous year.
According to LLRZ, it is also planned to increase the repair of traction engines and their anchors by 14% or 34 units to 274 units.
At the same time, the production plan for the repair of wheelsets is 445 units, compared to 549 units repaired last year, and auxiliary electric machines – 99 units (103 in 2023).
According to LLRZ, in 2023, the share of locomotive repairs in total production was 54%, wheelsets – 22%, traction motors – 15%, and electric motor armatures – 3%.
In 2023, the plant earned UAH 15.47 million in net profit against a loss of UAH 17.22 million a year earlier, with net income growing by 28.2% to UAH 595.5 million.
The company sold 13 repaired locomotives (58% of sales), 501 wheelsets (21%), 158 traction engines (13%) and 48 anchors (2%).
Founded in 1861, LLRZ is now a major Ukrainian enterprise for the repair of electric locomotives, traction engines, and wheelsets.
