On September 10, a special expert discussion will be held in Kyiv dedicated to the tariff policy in the field of railway freight transportation for 2025–2026.

The event is organized by the Center for Transport Strategies (TsTS).

The main goal of the discussion is to establish a transparent dialogue between Ukrzaliznitsa JSC and market participants in order to form a predicted tariff policy that would meet market conditions and contribute to the construction of an effective partnership with clients. As part of the preparation for the TsTS event, he invites specialists and interested parties to take part in the survey regarding the priorities of the new tariff model.

Among the options are tariff differentiation depending on the technology of transportation, indexation taking into account macroeconomic indicators, the introduction of free tariff formation, as well as mechanisms for compensation for unprofitable passenger transportation.

Experts and business associations have repeatedly paid attention to the inadmissibility of a policy of constant increase in tariffs for business without solving the problems of the inefficiency of the railway monopoly itself. In particular, in 2022, freight tariffs grew recordly by 70%. Further rise in logistics can become destructive for exported -oriented sectors of the Ukrainian economy.