“Ukrzaliznytsia” plans pilot projects of inclusiveness of railway stations, starting with reconstruction of historical buildings in Kiev and Lviv, said the head of the project “Bezbar’ierna zaliznytsia” of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsia” Yarema Dul during the National Tourism Summit on Friday in Lviv.
“It is planned reconstruction of these stations, taking into account that these buildings are monuments of cultural heritage, raising the aprons, arrangement of elevators to them. Now the project documentation is being developed,” he told the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”.
According to the head of the project, these stations were chosen as pilot stations because they are leading in terms of passenger traffic served.
“The task is for the passenger to get into his carriage barrier-free. Today we have, for example, in Kiev, only the first platform is high,” he said.
At the same time, Yarema Dul added that part of the platform should remain low, so that it was possible to accept trains with low entrance.
