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Ukraine gets new high-speed trains

A protocol of intention was signed yesterday in the city of Changwon (South Korea) on the Ukrainian government's intention to buy 6 high-speed trains from the South Korean company Hyundai.

Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Borys Kolesnikov signed the protocol on behalf of the Ukrainian side, who heads the delegation on talks about the purchase of trains, a correspondent of the Information centre Ukraine-2012 reports from Changwon. During EURO 2012 this trains will cover the Kyiv-Donetsk, Kyiv-Lviv and Kyiv-Kharkiv routes. They will eventually connect other Ukrainian cities.

The maximum speed is 180 km per hour, which will enable travel time between host cities to be cut by a third. The time to travel from Kyiv to Donetsk will be cut from 12 to 8 hours and from Kyiv to Kharkiv from 6 to 4 and from Kyiv to Lviv from 6.5 hours to 5 hours. As a rule, these trains will consist of 6 coaches: three class I (42—48 passengers) and three class ІІ (64—68 passengers). One train can take up to 368 passengers.

According to preliminary calculations, the price of tickets will be comparable to those which exist today between host cities. Hyundai trains do not require special rails and are completely adapted to Ukrainian rail track.

Information centre “Ukraine-2012”