Ukraine jointly with Italy will start designing a feasibility study for the introduction of high-speed train services in Ukraine, the Infrastructure Ministry of Ukraine has announced after a meeting between Minister Volodymyr Omelyan and President of Italferr Riccardo Maria Monti, Interfax reports.
“This a mega project, the implementation of which would not only change the railway sector, but would influence the economic state of some regions, significantly expand the capacities of existing production spheres and launch new ones. Today, jointly with Italian partners we are making a first step on this way,” Volodymyr Omelyan said.
“We are attracting Italferr to the designing of the feasibility study for the Odesa-Kyiv-Lviv European route. The achievements of the company are large infrastructure projects for conventional and high-speed railway sectors both in Italy and other countries. It is important that we start changes in Ukraine with support of the leading European company,” the minister added.
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