Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says the ministry plans to attract an investor for the construction of a new high-speed EU-type railway (1,435 mm) to connect Kyiv and Odesa, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Kremenchuk-based car building works in Ukraine's Poltava region plans to boost the output of freight wagons by 33%, or 527 units, in 2017 from 2016, to 2,103 units, according to a report by the works sent to Kremenchuk City Administration.
Public joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine's railway operator, plans to launch a train that will run between Ukraine's Lviv and Poland's Krakow from August 1, 2017.
Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says railway transportation market operators' losses after the introduction of a temporary restriction on freight transportation by one of the branches of state-owned joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia, or the Ukrainian Railways, in March due to the lack of electric locomotives have totaled at least $5 million.