“We have big plans for Mukachevo,”

“We have big plans for Mukachevo,” Evhen Kravtsov, CEO of Ukrzaliznytsia. writes on Facebook. With rail travel from Ukraine to the EU running at double last year’s levels, Ukrzaliznytsia is negotiating with Czech and Slovak railways for a similar Mukachevo-Prague dedicated train. After the new rail tunnel through the Carpathians was inaugurated last May, Mukachevo now is 3h45 minutes by train from Lviv. Five kilometers from Mukachevo rail station, the Infrastructure Ministry plans to convert an abandoned Soviet air base into the international airport for Zakarpattia.