PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia by the end of this year plans to buy several thousands of freight wagons from external producers, acting Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov has said. “We have already built more than 2,000 wagons at our own plants, and in addition, 500 have been bought by outsourcing. By the end of the year we are planning to buy a few more wagons under an external contract,” Kravtsov said in an interview with Radio NV.
Asked which manufacturers wagons will be bought from, the head of the company said that it would be decided at a tender. He recalled that this year freight gondola cars were purchased from the Kriukov Car Building Works (Poltava Region) and Popasna wagon repair plant (Luhansk region).
He also recalled that this year more than 50 passenger wagons were purchased from the Kriukov Car Building Works.
“It is necessary to update a minimum of 200-300 diesel locomotives and 500-600 electric locomotives within five or seven years,” Kravtsov said.
