The joint-stock company Ukrzaliznytsia and one of the largest railway operators in Europe, the German company Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consulting, have signed an agreement on consulting in the field of passenger transportation.
Kyiv. Ukraine. Ukraine Gate – August 25, 2021 – Transportation
According to the press service of UZ, the agreement provides for the planning and development of passenger rail transport, optimization of procurement and renewal of rolling stock, and the German company will help Ukrzaliznytsia to separate passenger transport from freight and ensure effective management.
“Consulting is the first stage of cooperation, which will be implemented by the end of 2021. With its successful implementation in the second stage, Ukrzaliznytsia will attract a team of managers from Deutsche Bahn to directly manage passenger traffic in 2022,” the statement said.
According to the acting Oleksandr Kamyshin, Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia, will develop a roadmap for the implementation of long-distance and suburban passenger traffic for the next five years and a model for financing passenger traffic as part of the operational management of passenger traffic in Ukraine.
In addition, Deutsche Bahn experts should determine the volume of traffic and the estimated need of Ukrzaliznytsia for capital investment in the renewal of rolling stock for use in the model of socially important transportation (PSO), as well as assess the prospects for the purchase and production of passenger rolling stock – regional electric trains, diesel trains, carriages for night trains – and the possibility of producing such rolling stock in the framework of international cooperation with the participation of Ukrainian producers.
As previously reported, in August 2021, Ukrzaliznytsia and DB Engineering & Consulting began cooperation to develop a new energy efficiency strategy for the company.
Source: Ukrgate