Private locomotives should be allowed to pull private freight trains down public tracks,

Private locomotives should be allowed to pull private freight trains down public tracks, argues Vladislav Krikliy, the leading candidate for head of the Rada’s transport committee. “We have no competition, Ukrzaliznytsia is a monopolist,” Krikliy, a 33-year-old economist, tells Gordonua. “Private companies should be given the opportunity to operate the railway, pay rent and provide services.” Last December, the old Rada narrowly rejected a bill to allow private cargo trains. Ukraine’s four EU neighbors – Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland – have private cargo rail companies.