Polish, Ukrainian Railways Agree to Develop Routes

Ukrainian and Polish railways have agreed to develop intermodal railway routes between Asia and Europe.

This was reported by the Ukrainian railways Ukrzaliznytsia. 

The parties agreed to increase the capacity and efficiency of border crossings in freight traffic, as well as expand the border railway infrastructure. 

According to Ukrzaliznytsia, despite the war, Ukraine remains a promising country for building diversification links between Asia and the EU, in particular through the China-Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Ukraine route to Poland via Polish-Ukrainian railway border crossings.

According to the report, the main task for both parties is to restore and develop the Eurasian intermodal connection and ensure maximum efficiency of rail freight traffic at Polish-Ukrainian border crossings.

‘Ukraine and Poland are strategic partners in this project, so it is important for our countries to coordinate together and work on the development of Ukrainian-Polish railway border crossings and TEN-T 1435 mm gauge corridors in Ukraine,’ said Yevhen Liashchenko, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia.

‘This cooperation will help increase rail freight traffic between Poland and Ukraine and develop a trade corridor from China through Central and East Asia. Poland's geographical location is of strategic importance for Eurasian rail transport. It is here that several railway routes leading from Asia to Europe converge, including the TITR route, the Southern, Central and Northern routes of the New Silk Road and the South-Western Corridor,’ said Alan Berud, CEO of Polish State Railways & PKP Group.