Ukrzaliznytsia is going to receive 20,000 tonnes of rails from the French manufacturer Saarstahl Rail SAS this year. Production and supply of rails are financed by the French government under certain credit terms.
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure of Romania is planning to invest 1.8 billion lei in the modernization of the Dermenest – Vikshan – Kordon railway line near the border with Moldova.
The leasing company Railpool started construction of an environmentally friendly locomotive workshop near Hamburg, which will provide a wide range of services – from maintenance to major repairs in the shortest possible time. The main construction works will start in early 2023 and will be completed in Dec 2023.
LTG Cargo Ukraine (subsidiary of Lietuvos geležinkeliai – LTG Cargo transportation company) and Polish PKP Cargo concluded an agreement authorizing LTG Cargo Ukraine to become the operator conducting rail transportation of goods between Lithuania and Ukraine through the territory of Poland.
The total number of wagons waiting for unloading amounted to 20,600 units as of Dec 14 (down 1,463 wagons compared with early Dec).
As of December 14, as many as 19,900 wagons addressed to foreign operators were waiting in the Ukrzaliznytsia’s network.
LTG Cargo Polska (Lietuvos geležinkeliai’s subsidiary) is launching a new route of its own, which will connect the Kaunas Intermodal Terminal (KIT) with Slavkuvo, where there is a PKP LHS broad-gauge railway station (the westernmost station from the Ukrainian border).
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide a €10 million loan to Ukrainian grain producer Grain Alliance Group that is planning to improve and increase its land export facilities.
Almost 18,500 wagons to be transferred to foreign operators were waiting in the Ukrzaliznytsia network on December 8, of which 51 had been loaded before October 1 (up 58 wagons in a week), while 361 units were loaded in October (down 629 wagons), etc.
The total number of wagons waiting for a discharge amounted to 19,600 t on December 7 (down 2,511 units compared with the beginning of December).