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The Cabinet of Ministers is intending to finance from the national budget purchase of 254 passenger carriages in 2010.

Ukrainian News learned this from the “State Program of Economic and Social Development of Ukraine for 2010” drafted by the Cabinet of Ministers, which was registered at the Verkhovna Rada under No.5140 on 16 September.

According to the draft program, the Cabinet of Ministers is also intending to finance from the 2010 national budget purchase of 5 carriages for special contingent and 41 carriages for people with limited physical abilities.

The allocation of the funding will be done within implementation of the complex program on renewal of the railway rolling stock for 2008-2020.

As Ukrainian News earlier reported, the Ukrzaliznytsia state railways administration is intending to take 170 passenger carriages in financial leasing by 2010.

Ukrzaliznytsia runs six state railways in Ukraine.