Near-Dnipro Railways

Southwestern Railways
Південно-Західна залізниця

Subdivisions of Ukrainian Railways
Locale Central Ukraine, East Ukraine
Dates of operation 1873present
Predecessor Near-Dnipro Railway (Soviet Union)
Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in)
Length 3,275 km (2,030 mi)
Headquarters Dnipropetrovsk
Website http://www.dp.uz.gov.ua/

Near-Dnipro Railway (NDZ), (Ukrainian: Придніпровська залiзниця) headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, is a component part of the Ukrzaliznytsia company. NDR's route map includes all the railroads in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kharkiv, Kherson and Crimea oblasts (provinces of Ukraine).

As of 2008, NDR's rail system included 3,275 km (2,035 mi) of track, of which 93,3% were electrified. The PDR consists of five sections (directions), the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kryvyi Rih, and Crimea directions. There are 244 railway stations in the NDR syste