The State Rail Transport Administration, Ukrzaliznytsia, has announced that from Dec. 27, 2014 services to Crimea will terminate at stations in Novooleksiyivka and Kherson.
The measure is designed to ensure the safety of railway traffic, Ukrzaliznytsia said on Dec. 26.
Kyiv-Simferopol train No. 11-12, Kyiv-Sevastopol train No. 28-27, Kovel-Simferopol train No. 88/87, Lviv-Simferopol train No. 86/85, Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvy Rih-Simferopol trains No. 90/144-143/89, and Kremenchuk (Poltava), Kharkiv-Simferopol train No. 92/81-82/92 will terminate at Novooleksiyivka station
The following trains will terminate at Kherson station: Odesa-Simferopol No. 310/209 and Khmelnytsky-Simferopol No. 132/131.
Moreover, Ukrzaliznytsia is to cancel three international trains: No. 40/98-97/39 linking Simferopol, Kerch and Moscow (from Dec. 28), No. 68/618/668-667/6617/67 linking Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yevpatoria and Moscow (from Dec. 29 from Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yevpatoria and from Dec. 27 from Moscow); and No. 100/99 linking Minsk and Simferopol, specifically carriages No. 56/55 between Sumy and Simferopol (from Dec. 27 from Minsk and Sumy and from Dec. 28 from Simferopol).
Conventions banning the transportation of cargo by rail between mainland Ukraine and Crimea came into effect on Dec. 26, 2014.
