Kyiv’s single car, self-propelled electric train to the plane has proved so popular that the state railroad plans to replace it with a conventional diesel locomotive pulling passenger cars

Friday, March 15, 2019
Kyiv’s single car, self-propelled electric train to the plane has proved so popular that the state railroad plans to replace it with a conventional diesel locomotive pulling passenger cars

Kyiv’s single car, self-propelled electric train to the plane has proved so popular that the state railroad plans to replace it with a conventional diesel locomotive pulling passenger cars, Yevhen Kravtsov, chairman of Ukrzaliznytsya, tells Segodnya news site. Marketed as the Boryspil Express, the 80 UAH ($3) ride between the airport and Kyiv Central Station is often so full that some passengers have to stand during the 35-minute trip.

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