More trains and seats: Ukraine and Poland agree to develop railway connection
Kyiv • UNN
Ukrzaliznytsia and Polish Railways discussed improving the quality of rolling stock and expanding the supply of seats on the Lviv-Warsaw route. Working groups have been set up to resolve problematic issues and strengthen the strategic partnership.
Ukrzaliznytsia and Polish Railways (PKP) have discussed improving the quality of trains connecting the two countries, expanding the supply of seats on the Lviv-Warsaw route, and launching an additional Kyiv-Warsaw train. Working groups have been set up to resolve problematic issues, the company said on Friday, UNN reports.
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"Ukrzaliznytsia and Polish State Railways (PKP) have agreed to develop railroad communication between the countries," UZ reported.
As noted, the parties discussed improving the quality of rolling stock and expanding the supply of seats on the Lviv-Warsaw route via Rava-Ruska, the possibility of providing convenient connections, in particular with trains to Berlin, Vienna, and Prague. Ukrzaliznytsia also suggested that its Polish colleagues return to the issue of launching an additional train on the Kyiv-Warsaw route.
It is now important to focus on strategic projects and solving the most critical issues. Together with our Polish colleagues, we discussed in detail all aspects of joint work and visually studied problematic issues in the operation of crossing points and border stations. We expect concrete decisions by the end of the year
The railroads of the two countries agreed to coordinate the preparation of railway infrastructure projects on the territory of their countries and border crossings as part of the development of the European transport corridors TEN-T, which were extended in July 2024 to Ukraine and Moldova.
It is also stated that the possibility of preparing railway infrastructure development projects for joint applications within the framework of the next calls for proposals of the European CEF program will be considered.
During the meeting, working groups (passenger, freight and infrastructure) were set up to identify bottlenecks, make joint decisions to address them, and further strengthen the strategic partnership.
Alan Beroud, President of the Board of Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. and PKP Group, Piotr Wyborski, President of the Board of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., and representatives of PKP Intercity, PKP CARGO, and PKP LHS visited Ukraine for talks on the Polish side. It was the first visit of such a level by Polish colleagues since the beginning of the large-scale invasion.
