Ukrzaliznytsia

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UZ - Ukrzaliznytsia
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UZ logo
Name: Ukrzaliznytsia - Ukrainian Railways
Country: Flag of Ukraine Ukraine
Composing parts: Southwestern Railways, Transdnieper Railways, Donetsk Railways, Lviv Railways, Odesa Railways, Southern Railways
Main hubs Kiev Passenger Railway Station, Dnipropetrovsk Railway Station, Donetsk Railway Station, Lviv Rail Terminal, Odesa Railway Station, Kharkiv Railway station.
Ukrzaliznytsia
Type Government-owned company
Founded 1991
Headquarters Kiev, Ukraine
Area served Ukraine
Key people Volodymyr Kozak, Chief Director; Heorhiy Kirpa, most notable ex-Chief Director
Industry Rail transport
Owner State of Ukraine
Employees 375,900
Website http://www.uz.gov.ua/

Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian: Укрзалізниця) is the national state-owned railway company of Ukraine. It controls all railways in the country except:

  • intra-company industrial railways
  • local military railways
  • several Metro systems in large cities.
Scheme of Ukrainian railways
Scheme of Ukrainian railways
"Ukrzaliznytsia" train on Kremenchuk railway station
"Ukrzaliznytsia" train on Kremenchuk railway station

[edit] External links

  • uz.gov.ua - Official site (Ukrainian)/(Russian)