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Ukrzaliznytsia Ukrainian State Railways Administration on Dec. 14, 2011 announced that it would put on 24 additional trains for the New Year and Orthodox Christmas holidays, the majority of which will service the western regions.

Ukrzaliznytsia is using the maximum amount of rolling stock it can to put on additional trains," the text read.

According to the preliminary findings, on the peak days of Dec. 29-30, about 100,000 passengers will depart from the railway station, which is the maximum carrying capacity of the Kyiv railway junction.

The monitoring of passenger flows and putting on of additional trains is continuing to take into consideration the carrying capacity of the railway infrastructure.

Ukrzaliznytsia said that Odesa Railways scheduled additional trains: No. 558/557 Odesa-Uzhgorod, No. 210/209 Mykolaiv-Kyiv and No. 566/565 Odesa-Kyiv.

Prydniprovska Railways added seven trains: No. 171/172 Dnipropetrovsk-Simferopol, No. 201/202 Dnipropetrovsk-Ivano-Frankivsk, No. 517/518 Dnipropetrovsk-Lviv, No. 535/536 Simferopol-Uzhgorod, No. 579/580 Dnipropetrovsk-Kyiv, No. 586/585-289/290 Simferopol-Kyiv and No. 282/281 Kyiv-Simferopol.

Pivdenno-Zakhidna Railways put on nine extra services: No. 207/208 Kyiv-Uzhgorod, No. 219/220 Kyiv-Ivano-Frankivsk, No. 282/281 Kyiv-Simferopol, No. 217/218 Kyiv-Ivano-Frankivsk, No. 588/587 Kyiv-Luhansk, No. 584/583 Kyiv-Donetsk, No. 537/538 Kyiv-Uzhgorod, No. 23/254 Kyiv-Ivano-Frankivsk and No. 505/506 Kyiv-Uzhgorod.

Donetsk Railways added two trains for the holidays: No. 569/570 Donetsk-Kyiv and No. 588/587 Luhansk-Kyiv.

Pivdenna Railways scheduled four extra trains: No. 553/554 Kyiv-Ternopil, No. 175/176 Kharkiv-Simferopol, No. 225/226 Kharkiv-Mukachevo and No. 564/563 Kharkiv-Kyiv.

Moreover, Lviv Railways added train No. 147/148 Kyiv-Lviv-Kyiv.

Besides, such additional trains No. 137/138 Ivano-Frankivsk-Kyiv, No. 396/395 Odesa-Kyiv, No. 150/149 Zaporizhia-Kyiv and No. 169/170 Kyiv-Lviv have been scheduled.

More details can be found on the Web sites of Ukrzaliznytsia and the other railways mentioned above.