Construction starts this year on the first leg of a planned network of high speed, European gauge tracks across Ukraine

Construction starts this year on the first leg of a planned network of high speed, European gauge tracks across Ukraine, Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krikliy told a national infrastructure conference yesterday. At buildout of the 2,000 km network, it will be possible to travel from Lviv to Kharkiv at speeds up to 250 km an hour, completing the trip in “3-4 hours” promised President Zelenskiy. Currently, this 1,000 km trip takes 14 hours by car or by InterCity fast trains.