Train Delays Due to Attacks: Update from Ukrainian Railways
As a result of intense Russian attacks on the night of January 9, 42 long-distance and suburban trains are experiencing delays. This was reported by the Ukrainian Railways company on their Facebook page.
«Despite the difficult night and heavy enemy shelling, train services continue. Currently, we are facing delays caused by the icing of the contact network. As a result, 42 trains are delayed – 18 of them long-distance and 24 suburban»,- the statement reads.
The longest delays have been recorded for the following trains:
- №79/80 Lviv – Dnipro (delayed by 6 hours 42 minutes);
- №63/64 Przemyśl – Kharkiv (delayed by 6 hours 17 minutes);
- №111/112 Lviv – Izyum (delayed by 6 hours 17 minutes);
- №5/6 Yasinia – Zaporizhzhia (delayed by 6 hours 7 minutes);
- №45/46 Kharkiv – Uzhhorod (delayed by 5 hours 45 minutes);
- №61/62 Dnipro – Ivano-Frankivsk (delayed by 5 hours 45 minutes);
- №41/42 Dnipro – Truskavets (delayed by 5 hours 41 minutes).
A complete list of delayed trains is available on the uz-vezemo website.
Additionally, train №766 Odesa – Kyiv will depart with a delay of approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes due to the delay of the return train from the capital.
The Ukrainian Railways assured that their operational services are working diligently to find solutions that will restore train services to the schedule as quickly as possible.
On the night of January 9, Russian forces attacked the capital with drones and missiles. The number of injured in Kyiv has risen to 25, with four fatalities.
