Movement of trains on the railway station Medyka (Peremyshl direction), stopped due to the derailment of a freight train in Poland, resumed, reports the press service of “Ukrzaliznytsia”.
“The section near Medyka (Poland) is open for traffic, the train №74 “Peremyshl – Kharkiv” has just departed with a delay of 4 hours 30 minutes. Passengers of flight No. 31 “Zaporizhzhya – Peremyshl” are already waiting for buses for transfer to Krakow,” Ukrzaliznytsia’s Telegram channel said on Wednesday evening.
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.
JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) has built at its own facilities a grain carrier adapted for transportation both on the Ukrainian gauge of 1520 mm and on the Euro gauge of 1435 mm, the company reported on Friday.
“For the first time in the history of Ukraine made a grain carrier at the production facilities of “Ukrzaliznytsia”, maximally adapted for transportation of cargoes on the territory of Ukraine and the gauge 1435 mm of the European Union countries,” – the release quotes the words of the head of the board of directors of UZ Evgeny Lyashchenko.
According to him, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to launch serial production of such cars.
According to the UZ release, the new development is a hopper car of model 19-8005-U, designed for transportation of grain and other bulk food cargoes. Its load capacity is 70 tons, body volume 104 cubic meters, 02-VM gauge, five loading and six unloading hatches, design speed of 120 km/h.
UZ noted that the use of the new car will reduce the cost of logistics and simplify the procedure for approval of international rail transportation, as it meets the requirements applicable to the infrastructure of EU countries.
“Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) plans to make a net profit of UAH 7 billion in 2023 after a net loss of UAH 9.6 billion in 2022, acting CEO Yevhen Lyashchenko said at the final meeting of the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure’s team with diplomatic missions and the public in Kyiv on Tuesday.
According to him, in 2023, UZ will receive a record revenue of UAH 99.6 billion over the past five years, UAH 82.1 billion of which will be accounted for by freight transportation, UAH 8.4 billion by passenger transportation, and UAH 9.1 billion by other revenues.
According to the data provided by him, in 2022, UZ’s revenues fell to UAH 75.7 billion from UAH 86 billion in 2021 and UAH 90.4 billion in 2019.
In particular, revenues from freight transportation last year decreased to UAH 63 billion from UAH 72.3 billion a year earlier, passenger transportation – to UAH 5.9 billion from UAH 6.2 billion, and other revenues – to UAH 6.8 billion from UAH 7.5 billion.
Lyashchenko noted that the implementation of measures to optimize operations helped UZ to reach profit in 2023, and 70% of operational purchases by value are already made under direct contracts with manufacturers.
According to the CEO, in particular, since March 2023, UZ has saved more than UAH 1 billion on diesel fuel purchases by adjusting fuel standards and procurement practices.
Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) has announced the arrival of a batch of trucks to Poland by rail from Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian and Polish parties have agreed on all issues of transportation and customs and border procedures. The trucks will continue to their destination by road,” UZ said on its Telegram channel on Sunday.
The company emphasized that the next shipments are planned to be regular and involve more modernized platforms in transportation.
UZ reminded that it had organized a container train between Ukraine and Poland to transport trucks. It runs on the route Sknyliv (Ukraine) – Slavków (Poland). To order the transportation of a truck by a container train from Ukraine, you need to contact the Liski Transport Service Center branch of Ukrzaliznytsia JSC, and in the opposite direction – UZ Cargo Poland.
As reported, UZ sent the first container train with trucks to Poland on December 7. In this way, Ukrainian exporters tried to solve the problem of crossing the Ukrainian-Polish border, which had been blocked by Polish carriers for a month.
In November 2023, Ukrzaliznytsia JSC transported a record 14.13 million tons of cargo, which is 33.8% more than the average monthly volume of traffic during the year, said Valery Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Commercial Department of UZ, at a meeting with agricultural exporters on Thursday.
According to his information, 6.08 million tons were transported in the export direction in November, which is 24.7% more than a month earlier. This is also the highest figure in 2023.
“The main growth was due to the partial resumption of cargo shipment from the ports of Odesa,” explained Tkachev.
It is specified that in the structure of export transportation in November 2023, the first place was taken by grain cargo – 2.43 million tons (39.9%), the second place was taken by iron and manganese ore – 2.32 million tons (38.1%), and the third place was taken by ferrous metals – 0.41 million tons (6.7%).
In addition, in January-November 2023, the volume of grain cargo transported by UZ amounted to 19.989 million tons, which is 150.6 thousand tons, or 0.8%, more than in the same period of 2022. In November, the company exported 2.43 mln tonnes of grain cargo, up 40.4% (700 thsd tonnes) compared to the previous month. The structure of November cargo transportation of agricultural products was dominated by corn – 1,406.0 thsd tonnes (57.8%), wheat – 514.0 thsd tonnes (21.1%), and industrial crops – 442.5 thsd tonnes (18.2%).
At the same time, in November, the transportation of grain cargoes to the ports amounted to 1 713.4 thsd tonnes, or 70.5%, which is 1.7 times more than in October 2023.
“We had some suspensions due to bad weather at the end of November. Unfortunately, due to the aggressor’s strikes, we still have such indicators. But thanks to the operation of the temporary (sea grain – IF-U) corridor, we see good dynamics of grain cargo transportation,” stated Tkachev.
He noted that the average daily load in November amounted to 91 thousand tons of cargo, which is 20% higher than in October.
During the first week of December, UZ handled 429.1 thousand tons, of which 18.4% was grain cargo. The average daily load amounted to 79.2 thousand tons. Tkachev explained the decline in this figure compared to November by the weekend, during which elevators were closed.
During this period, 349.58 thousand tons of cargo were transported to seaports and 113.87 thousand tons were transported by land.
“For every 1 ton of cargo overloaded and transported in the direction of the western crossings, there are 3 tons of cargo transported in the direction of the ports, i.e. a ratio of 1:3. This is the usual proportion in the best periods of Ukrzaliznytsia’s operation, which remains the same,” said the UZ representative.
In December 2023, exports of oilcake through border crossings amounted to 59.61 thousand tons, and vegetable oil – 33.79 thousand tons.
As of December 7, the queue at the western border crossings amounted to 9.3 thousand cars, which is 8.4% less than the day before.
