From July 13 to 19, JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” (UZ) transported 647,100 passengers, and the most popular train last week was the Kyiv–Przemyśl route, which carried 13,800 people, according to a company announcement on its Telegram channel.
According to the published data, the average number of passengers per car during the reporting period was 378.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers in children’s groups that week totaled 21,600.
“The most popular destination is the Carpathians. The vast majority of children traveled to Tatariv, Vorokhta, and Yasinya. Ensuring seats for organized groups of children is a priority, so when tickets are issued for these trips, they are the first to receive them,” Ukrzaliznytsia emphasized.
It is noted that the number of military personnel transported via the special reserve from July 13 to 19 was 3,600.
According to data provided by Ukrzaliznytsia, from July 13 to 19, the highest demand was observed on the Kyiv–Lviv route, where 173,200 requests were recorded and 32,700 passengers were transported.
On the Kyiv–Odesa route, the figures were 107,900 and 23,500 passengers, respectively; on the Kyiv–Przemyśl route, 76,600 and 14,700; on the Kyiv–Kharkiv route, 66,900, with 20,200 passengers transported; and on the Kyiv–Dnipro route—57,100 and 15,600, respectively
Ukrzaliznytsia clarified that there were five passengers vying for each seat on the Kyiv–Lviv, Kyiv–Odesa, and Kyiv–Przemyśl routes; four on the Kyiv–Dnipro route; and three on the Kyiv–Kharkiv route.
Among other things, the company evacuated 243 people from the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions that week and operated trains for representatives of 15 diplomatic delegations.
In early June, Ukrzaliznytsia told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency that this year’s summer passenger travel season would be more challenging than last year’s due to rising demand and a reduction in the number of railcars.
