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The new train consists of 10 cars of different types – SV, compartment and reserved seats, a total of 354 seats.
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30 March 2019 in the first flight went train 1 class “night Express” No. 10/9 Kiev – Mariupol. Future plans include the reconstruction of the railway station in Mariupol and the electrification of the section between Mariupol and Kiev.

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As the press service of “Ukrzaliznytsia”, the new train consists of 10 cars of different types: SV, compartment and reserved seats, a total of 354 seats.

“It’s the fastest train on this route, he covers the distance in 2 hours faster than other trains. We were able to optimize the movement of trains improved rail infrastructure and built his schedule so not to interfere with freight trains, which lead to many enterprises of the region” – said present at the launching ceremony, the Chairman of the Board of JSC “Ukrzaliznytsya” Evgeny Kravtsov.

According to him, in carriages, except the metal casing, everything is completely new. Compartment cars completely repaired in two depots of “Ukrzaliznytsya” and the SV cars and reserved seats – two Ukrainian plants. All components nearly 100% of Ukrainian production. “Upgrade wagon coupe this repair is 9.5 million UAH, which is two to 2.5 times cheaper than buying new,” – said Kravtsov.

In addition, he announced the introduction in April of a new classification of trains with distribution into categories: comfort, standard and economy.

Reference: Train No. 10/9 Kiev – Mariupol out of the station Kiev-Passenger at 19:03 and arrives at the final station at 09:47. He is from Mariupol departs at 16:30 and arrives to Kiev at 07:14. The train stops at the stations of the Dnieper-the Main, Zaporozhye-1, Kamysh-Zarya and Volnovaha. It will cover the route in 14 hours 47 minutes in the direction of Mariupol and in 14 hours 44 minutes in the direction of Kiev. Other trains are in the way on this route for almost 17 hours (№104/103 Kiev – Mariupol) and almost 18 hours (No. 84/83 Kiev – Mariupol).

The passenger traffic in Kiev-Mariupol-Kiev is constantly growing. In 2018, the railway transport carried from Kiev to Mariupol almost 570 thousand passengers, back – over 606 thousand, while in 2017 was transported 422 and 487 thousand thousand and respectively. In 2019 from Kiev to Mariupol traveled 120 thousand, back -140 thousand passengers. Now direct passenger trains to Mariupol ply not only from Kiev, but also Kharkiv, Lviv and Bakhmut.