Volodymyr Groisman, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, has said that the construction of railway express from Kyiv central railway station to Boryspil airport is already ahead of schedule. He informed that the construction of railway roads has been accomplished, and now railway platforms are being constructed in Boryspil airport near the left wing of D terminal jetway. The building works will be finished until December 1, 2018. By the way, Groisman noticed that the initial price of the project was UAH 700 million, but the government has already managed to cut down expenses and to save UAH 120 million. The new express that will be put into operation in winter will run every 30 minutes in rush hours. A ticket will cost UAH 80.
Continuing with the topic of the express between Kyiv and Borispyl airport, “Ukrzaliznytsya” (Ukrainian Railways) has just announced its plan to offer single ticket for train and airplane. Hopefully, this kind of ticket will be put on sale right after the launching of the new fast train to Boryspil in winter 2018. In such a way, travelers will not have to book two tickets – the new ticket will include both train ride to Boryspil airport and flight.

“Ukrzaliznytsya” is planning to launch a fast-speed railroad connection between Kyiv and Mykolaiv. This information has been recently announced by Evgeniy Kravtsov – the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Ukrainian Railways. However, he noticed that the launching of the new route to Mykolaiv will be possible only after electrification of Dolynska – Mykolaiv part of the railroad. In theory, this can be done by virtue of elongation of Kyiv – Kherson Intercity route. Kravtsov has also mentioned that the company is planning to do this by the end of 2018 and that such innovation will require increasing number of passenger carriages and modernization of the infrastructure.

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“The train of the four capitals” connecting Kyiv, Minsk, Vilnius and Riga will be put into operation on September 28, 2018. This information was officially presented during the meeting of Ukrainian and Lithuanian commission on the issues of trade & economic and science & technical cooperation. Volodymyr Omelyan, the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, said that The Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement became a push for the launching of the new route.

And now about prices. The government has informed that the cost of passenger transportation in Ukraine will increase by 25% (+/- 3%) in 2018-2019 and by 30% (+/- 3%) in 2020-2021. In such way, the price of train tickets in Ukraine will grow up more than twice until 2021.
To finish on a positive note: the Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine has informed that the launching of super modern Hyperloop project in Ukraine is scheduled for 2023–2025 (after the very first Hyperloop starts its work in Abu Dhabi in the course of the international exhibition in 2020). He says that the main idea of Ukrainian Hyperloop is to connect Baltic with the Black Sea. The Minister thinks that it is very promising and commercially reasonable project.
Ukrainian Railways is working intensely to increase the level of comfort and services for passengers. Enjoy your ride!
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