Freight service is suspended on almost 10% of Ukrzaliznytsia’s 20,000 km rail network due to lack of maintenance

Freight service is suspended on almost 10% of Ukrzaliznytsia’s 20,000 km rail network due to lack of maintenance, calculates the Center for Transportation Technologies. Fearing derailments, state railroad officials increased speed warnings by one-third last year – from 251 track sections in 2017 to 339 track sections today. Track reconstruction is overdue on 2,432 km, including the 1,857 km where train traffic is suspended. Two weeks ago, the state railroad posted a blacklist of 301 freight stations that are a candidate for closure due to low cargo volumes – 2.4 wagons or less a day during the fall harvest season.