From March 18, high-speed passenger trains " The same applies to " There will be no high-speed communication between Kyiv and Kharkov for now.
As the Kharkov publication notes, on the evening of March 17, passengers who already had tickets for Intercity from Kharkov to Kyiv began to receive messages about the cancellation of the direct flight. The message mentioned a transfer in Poltava.
Passengers of flight No. 723 Kharkov - Kyiv, which was supposed to travel on March 18 at 13:12 from Kharkov, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that due to the influence of hostilities, the Intercity movement No. 723 Kharkiv - Kyiv is temporarily limited to the Poltava-Yuzhnaya station. Those who have already purchased tickets are offered to transfer to train No. 223 Kharkov - Poltava at 13:50, and at the Poltava-Yuzhnaya station they will need to transfer to their flight No. 723 Poltava - Kyiv.
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" We understand that such changes may cause some inconvenience, but they are forced and introduced to ensure stable traffic,” the media quoted a message from the UZ application.
In a comment to a Dumka correspondent, a representative of the Southern Railway confirmed that Intercity will not travel to Kharkov for now. At the same time, he added that the official Ukrzaliznytsia channel should also report this. A Southern Railway spokesman also confirmed the date from which the restriction is in force - March 18.
Let us remind you that UZ canceled a number of trains on March 16 and 17 due to restoration work in some areas after the Russian attack on the infrastructure. At the same time, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that since the beginning of the month, the occupiers have attacked rolling stock with FPV drones an average of six times per day. 41 objects were damaged, 17 pieces of rolling stock were damaged.