Ukrzaliznytsia will receive the first two of 100 passenger railcars by August 24 from Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works (KVBZ) under the contract signed in June 2021. This batch of cars is acquired by the support from the state budget.
The KVBZ will soon start the mass production to deliver the remaining coaches by 2022. This year the plant will supply at least 10 units and the railway company has already transferred an advanced payment to the plant.
“We are in constant dialogue with the plant, and I am confident that all differences and disputes will be resolved. Our common goal is new, comfortable and modern passenger railcars. Everyone will be able to see the first two cars at the exhibition of rolling stock, which will be held on August 27 at the Central Railway Station in Kyiv,” said Alexander Kamyshin, the Acting Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia, during a visit to the plant together with the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov.
The new coaches are equipped with an adaptive air conditioning system, USB sockets, a video surveillance system, etc.
Under the contract, KVBZ will design, build, and deliver 51 railcars with four-berth compartments, 12 with two-berth compartments, and 37 coaches with facilities for passengers with reduced mobility.
The government intends deliver a financing of UAH 40.4 billion (EUR 1.3 billion) to support the company’s rolling stock renewal programme within the next three years. For 2021 the budget of Ukraine provides UAH 3 billion (EUR 95.7 million) for the renewal of passenger trains and railcars. In 2022, the government may provide UAH 16 billion (EUR 510.3 million) and in 2023, UAH 21 billion (EUR 669.8 million) are expected to come from the state budget for the projects which covers the purchase of new trains and railcars.
Following this latest railcar procurement, until 2023 Ukrzaliznytsia would acquire around 570 new coaches, 18 suburban diesel trains, 43 suburban electric trains and five new high-speed trains.
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