Slovakian and Ukrainian officials want to speed east-west freight and passenger rail traffic by developing logistics terminals in Košice and Mukachevo and a joint customs and border control point in Chop reports Railwaypro news site. At a bilateral meeting, Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan cited Ukraine’s new double-track tunnel through the Carpathians mountains, saying: “After the opening of the Beskidy rail tunnel, the transit through the territory of Ukraine and Slovakia can increase by several times.” Dana Meager, from Slovakia’s Finance Ministry, said: “The development of a logistics complex in Košice can turn Ukraine and Slovakia into a gate between Asia and Europe and into a one big logistics hub.”
Slovakian and Ukrainian officials want to speed east-west freight and passenger rail traffic by developing logistics terminals in Košice and Mukachevo
