Ukrzaliznytsia has approved a framework agreement to allow private locomotives to operate on UZ tracks.

Ukrzaliznytsia has approved a framework agreement to allow private locomotives to operate on UZ tracks. The signing of the first contract with a company, Ukrainian Locomotive Construction Company LLC, should happen “as soon as possible,” Infrastructure Minister Vladyslav Krykliy said yesterday. Based in Lviv, Ukrainian Locomotive plans to haul freight on nine sections of track in Western Ukraine. The Ministry’s press service said: “Interest from the market was significant.” Private freight railroads already operate in all of Ukraine’s EU neighbors – Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania.