Ukrzaliznytsia has increased the annual wagon repair plan from 19,370 to 29,970, one of the main reasons being to have enough rolling stock available for the growing export of grain. Grain export could reach 5 million tonnes a month by all means of transport by the end of this year.
“The anticipated harvest is 83 million tonnes of grain and 45 million tonnes for exports … five million tonnes every month, until the end of the year, the peak months, plus restrictions for transportation by road. There will be grain and there will be problems with its transportation,” Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Wojciech Balczun said.
“We reduced the turnover of wagons, introduced special procedures for delay of rolling stock, as well as anticipated personal disciplinary responsibility of heads of services, branches and employees of the central office,” he added. He also said that acute problems with fuel, lubricants and locomotives are being settled, but due to the many-year accumulation of problems, this year would be hard.
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