Pivdenno-Zakhidna railways (Kyiv) has said that municipal enterprise Kyivpastrans is avoiding signing an agreement on repairs of the city trains used in the City Train project that have to be carried out every five days, and is delaying the process of signing documents linked to the forwarding of city trains to the balance sheet of the municipal company.
The press service of Pivdenno-Zakhidna railways reported that in early 2012, trains used in the City Train project were transferred from the Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry to the management of Kyiv city administration and Kyivpastrans obtained ten electric trains for it to manage.
"Daily over 35,000 passengers use the city train, and in January 2012 alone it carried over 803,000 passengers. However, unfortunately, the burden of expenses on the improvement of transport servicing of Kyiv residents and guests was put on Pivdenno-Zakhidna railways," reads the report.
Pivdenno-Zakhidna railways said that since the launch of the city train, Kyivpastrans has not sent it a kopeck, but fares from passengers of the city train are collected by Kyivpastrans.
In 2011, the municipal enterprise owed Hr 28.8 million to the railways, and in January 2012 Kyivpastrans owed around Hr 5 million for the exploitation and repair of the trains.
Kyivpastrans retains payments for city train tickets on its account, while Pivdenno-Zakhidna railways said that it continues spending money on running costs and repairs to rolling stock.
Pivdenno-Zakhidna Railways has an administrative center in Kyiv. The total length of its track is 4,668 kilometers. Some 93.3% of all of its cargo and passenger transportation is performed using electric locomotives. It operates 315 stations.
Five departments of railway transportation – in Kyiv, Kazatyn, Zhmerynka, Korosten and Konotop – manage the railway network.
