The first flight of the train Kiev - Zaporozhye, which is formed entirely from new carriages-transformers of the Ukrainian manufacturer PJSC "Kryukovskiy car-building plant", was completed, the Main reports with reference to Ukrinform.
"Night Express" № 38 by the message Kiev - Zaporozhye went to the first flight at 21:10 on November 11 and arrived in Zaporozhye the next day at 6:32, reported in the PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsya".
During the voyage there were stops at the stations of Rasava (21:59), Kamenskoye-Passazhirskoe (4:40), Dnepr the Main (4:40).
From Zaporozhye, train No. 738 has departed as Intercity + on November 12 at 8:21 and will arrive at the capital at 16:33. It will stop at the stations Dnipro-Main (9:52) and Kagarlyk (15:27). The cost of the ticket in the class I car is 616.27 UAH, class II - 306.73 UAH.
As noted and. chairman of the board of PJSC "Ukrzaliznytsya" Yevgeny Kravtsov, the cruising of the new train will improve the logistics of five million people living in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions. "We offer passengers this new format for the organization of transportation and will carefully study the feedback and suggestions for it. Personally, I'm sure that our passengers already feel the changes in the level of service, the quality of service, "he said..
"Night Express" number 38, which went on Saturday on the first flight, will be the eighth train between the cities of Kiev-Zaporozhye. Currently, there are direct flights not only: №732 Kiev-Zaporozhye, №736 (Intersity +) Kiev-Zaporozhye, №72 Kiev-Zaporozhye and №54 Kiev-Zaporozhye, №84 Kiev-Mariupol and №104 Kyiv-Mariupol, №12 Kiev -NOVOLEKEYEVKA.
For the formation of this train, Ukrzaliznytsia received eight carloads of transformers from the manufacturer of PJSC "Kriukov Carriage Works". Two cars - luxury, six - compartment. Due to this type of rolling stock, the train can carry passengers both with seats and bunks.
The first train № 149 Kiev - Ivano-Frankivsk, formed from new passenger carriages-transformers of domestic production, went to the first flight on January 17, 2017.
The second train of this type began to follow the same route in February 2017.
"The use of wagons with furniture, transforming, proved the efficiency. In January we launched the first train Kiev-Ivano-Frankivsk, in a month - another in the same message. And so far, these trains have already transported 240,000 passengers during the cruising period - the occupancy rate is 80%. In addition, the transformation of wagons allows you to increase the number of seats compared to night trains by more than 30%, "- said Kravtsov.