Next year, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to launch 11 new trains and offer passengers 2 million additional seats. In addition, Ukrzaliznytsia reported updates in an internal message.

The new schedule for 2025-2026 will start working on December 14. In particular, eight new international connections and three domestic ones will appear..

Ukrzaliznytsia reported that in July-August they tested additional transportation, for which they used daytime turnaround trains in between their “main” trips. As a result, on peak days it was possible to provide more than 7 thousand additional places per day. This formed the basis for planning for next year.. According to the new schedule, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to increase the supply of places during peak periods by 20% and in general offer plus 2 million places for the year.

Changes to internal message.

UZ launches a new train No. 47/48 (Kramatorsk) Barvenkovo \u200b\u200b- Chop. This train has a multimodal connection with buses for the last mile..

“While the temporary final stop of trains is Barvinkovo, Kharkov region, Ukrzaliznytsia is offering an additional flight for the region, which will help quickly reach rehabilitation and recovery centers in the Carpathians (Skole, Slavske), Transcarpathia (Perechyn, Mukachevo) and the international hub in Chop, from where transfers to European flights are possible,” Ukrzaliznytsia noted..

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Another new train will be No. 33/34 Krivoy Rog - Ivano-Frankivsk, which will connect the center of Ukraine with the Carpathian region.

Train No. 113/114 Kharkov - Uzhgorod will run on an updated route, in particular it will continue in Transcarpathia.

“This flight should be considered primarily as an opportunity for residents of Zhitomir, Olevsk, Sarn, Rafalovka and other cities on the route to travel to the mountains (Slavske) and Transcarpathia (Uzhgorod), while maintaining reliable communication with the Sumy and Kharkov regions,” the UZ added.

Train traffic between Kyiv and Lvov must occur every hour. Most of these trains will operate all year round, but there will be a few off-peak exceptions.

The regional train Lviv - Vorokhta, which is operated by a modern diesel train DPKr-3, will also run on an ongoing basis..

Ticket sales according to the new schedule for dates after December 14 are already open in the application and on the Ukrzaliznytsia website..

Earlier it was reported that the draft state budget for 2026 planned money for the purchase of 100 railway cars worth about UAH 5.7 billion, among which will be the first modern double-decker passenger car. Maintenance costs for single- and double-decker cars differ by approximately 10%, while the number of seats in a double-decker car increases by almost 80%.. That is, with comparable operating costs, the company will be able to transport significantly more passengers.