At the height of the summer peak season, the demand for Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) tickets on a number of popular destinations is several times greater than the number of available seats. The most difficult thing now is to purchase train tickets between Kiev and Odessa, where the shortage has reached a record level.

This is evidenced by data from Ukrzaliznytsia for the period from June 8 to June 21. In two weeks, the company transported a total of more than 1 million passengers.

The largest shortage of tickets was recorded on the route Kyiv - Odessa. According to Ukrzaliznytsia, by 29.2 thousand. there were more than 131.8 thousand available places. search queries. That is, demand exceeded supply by 4.5 times.

In second place was the direction Kyiv - Lviv. Passengers searched for more than 187 thousand tickets here. times, while only 61.3 thousand were on sale. places. Demand exceeded supply by about three times.

The most popular international train during the reporting period was flight No. 705/706 Kyiv - Przemysl, which transported 26.8 thousand in two weeks. passengers. There is also an acute shortage on the following routes:.

Ukrzaliznytsia explains that due to a lack of seats, they are forced to transfer cars from less busy directions and schedule additional flights. In particular, this applies to the direction Kyiv - Lviv, which remains one of the most popular in the country.

Separately, the company drew attention to a significant increase in the number of organized children's transportation. Over two weeks, more than 43.5 thousand traveled by rail. children in groups, including young athletes and children of military personnel.

Ukrzaliznytsia has repeatedly advised to use the ticket monitoring function in the official application. It allows you to track both a specific train and an entire direction. If seats become available for sale, the passenger receives a push notification.

For the most scarce flights, you can set up automatic redemption. In this case, the system will automatically buy a ticket immediately after it appears.. To do this you need:.

It is also worth remembering that ticket sales for most domestic flights open approximately 20 days before departure, usually at 08:00. It is in the first minutes after the start of sales on popular routes that a significant part of the seats are sold out.

During the entire summer season of 2026, Ukrzaliznytsia expects significant problems with tickets for passenger trains. In particular, on some flights the shortage of seats can be especially critical - there are 6-7 applicants for 1 seat.

“The summer season of 2026 for society will be even more difficult than the previous one, because demand is growing, but the number of cars is on the contrary. During the full-scale invasion, 46 passenger cars of Ukrzaliznytsia were destroyed by the enemy,” the company noted.

In addition, problems with wagons are not limited to their destruction. So:.