Kyiv’s Central Passenger Station, a rundown landmark used by 100,000 people a day,

Kyiv’s Central Passenger Station, a rundown landmark used by 100,000 people a day, may join Mykolayiv Station as a candidate to be managed by a private concession, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan writes on Facebook. Noting diplomatically that the station and its surroundings “do not correspond to the honorary title of a Kiev business card,” Omelyan says an interagency meeting will be held next month to discuss proposals “to turn this object into a modern, tidy, comfortable and safe public space.” This year, Ukrzaliznytsya plans to create a station management operator and to offer tenders for transferring rail stations to concessions. With the new Boryspil Express train to Kyiv’s main airport, commercial real estate values in the immediate vicinity are expected to rise.