Electrification:

Electrification: The European Investment Bank has promised to finance the electrification of tracks to Lysychansk and Severnodonetsk, Kava said. This would almost cut in half – to eight hours — the travel time between Kyiv and Severnodonetsk, capital of Ukraine-controlled Luhansk. As part of the same Restoration of Donbas program, UZ seeks international financing to build a 30 km section of track that would shorten by 200 km the train ride between Mariupol, the Donetsk sea port, and Kramatorsk, the capital of Ukraine-controlled Donetsk.