A new bill to allow private locomotives on state owned tracks will be submitted to the Rada in the current session

A new bill to allow private locomotives on state owned tracks will be submitted to the Rada in the current session, President Poroshenko promises business leaders. Two weeks ago, in a narrow vote, the rejected such legislation. On Wednesday, speaking before foreign business groups, Poroshenko said: “I have the political will to introduce private locomotives.” A few minutes earlier, Yevhen Kravtsov, acting CEO of Ukrzalinytsia, the state railroad, had warned: “If we introduce private locomotives for cargo, we would simply die, because passenger traffic is not profitable.”