Expanding rail ties with the EU,

Expanding rail ties with the EU, Ukrzaliznytsia plans to restore direct Kyiv-Berlin trains next year, Yevhen Kravtsov, acting CEO, tells reporters. Also next year, the state railroad plans to extend the new Baltic ‘Four Capitals’ train north to Tallinn, Estonia. This would give Ukrainians rail service to 10 EU nations: Austria, Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. By the end of this year, Urkzaliznytsia plans to inaugurate a direct train from Mukachevo, Zakarpattia to Budapest. Cutting two hours off current service, this train will travel through two major Hungarian cities, Nyíregyháza and Debrecen.