JSC Ukrainian Railways (UZ) and Polish State Railways (PKP) have agreed to develop railroad communication between the countries. This is stated in the press release of UZ.
The agreement was reached during negotiations in Ukraine with a Polish delegation consisting of Alan Beroud, President of the Board of Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. and PKP Group, Piotr Wyborski, President of the Board of PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe S.A., representatives of PKP Intercity, PKP CARGO and PKP LHS.
During the meeting, the parties worked out specific initiatives that will benefit both Ukrainian and Polish passengers. They discussed improving the quality of rolling stock and expanding the supply of seats on the Lviv – Warsaw route via Rava-Ruska, as well as the possibility of providing convenient connections, in particular with trains to Berlin, Vienna and Prague. Ukrainian Railways also offered its Polish colleagues to return to the issue of launching an additional train on the Kyiv-Warsaw route.
The railways of the two countries agreed to coordinate the preparation of railway infrastructure projects on the territory of their countries and border crossings as part of the development of the European transport corridors TEN-T, which were extended in July 2024 to the territory of Ukraine and Moldova.
The possibility of preparing railway infrastructure development projects for joint applications in the next calls for proposals of the European CEF program will also be considered.
