Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to integrate Kyiv-Boryspil airport express train's platform in Vydubychi with subway - Dec. 04, 2018

Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to integrate Kyiv-Boryspil airport express train’s platform in Vydubychi with subway

Published Dec. 4, 2018 at 11:34 am

Former Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Yevgen Kravtsov speaks in the railway monopoly’s Kyiv headquarters on Feb. 14, 2018. Kravtsov officially resigned from his post on Jan. 29, after two and a half years at the job, amid bad press over mismanagement and corruption at Ukrzalisnytsia. Ukrzaliznytsia is regularly criticized for its obsolete and non-transparent organization that has allowed corruption to flourish. The dilapidated railway system is in dire need of modernization, experts say, and the government has often said that its modernization is a priority.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

JSC Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to build a new platform for the Kyiv Pasazhyrsky-Darnytsia-Boryspil airport express train in Vydubychi and integrate the line with subway.

“There we will build a new platform and it will be directly integrated with the subway. The stop will be,” acting Ukrzaliznytsia Board Chairman Yevhen Kravtsov wrote on his Facebook page in response to a question about a possible stop for the express train at Vydubychi.

He also said that the shuttle service does not depend on weather conditions and urged passengers traveling to the Boryspil airport to use the railway express and not road transport.

As reported, Ukrzaliznytsia launched an express train to the Boryspil airport on November 30 with a ticket price of Hr 80 with 30 trips per day in each direction.

Ukrzaliznytsia seeks to transport about 3.8 million passengers on the route Kyiv-Boryspil International Airport as early as 2019 and is negotiating the electrification of the track section from Kyiv to the Boryspil international airport.