Dmytro Petrovskyi23:54, 01.03.23
The carriages are made taking into account the principles of inclusiveness and barrier-freeness.
“Ukrzaliznytsia” received the last 15 passenger cars out of 100, which were ordered in 2021 with the funds of the state budget.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure, all 100 wagons were manufactured by the Kryukiv Wagon Building Plant. Also this year, the state budget provides funds for the renewal of rolling stock for passenger transportation
“Despite the ongoing hostilities, the company continues to successfully fulfill its humanitarian function. For example, a significant part of these 100 wagons was used to evacuate the population from the front line and to transport diplomatic delegations of allied countries. The wagons were made taking into account the principles of inclusiveness and barrier-freeness,” – said the Vice-Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine – Minister of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov.
It is noted that each of the transferred 15 carriages has an inclusive restroom and one barrier-free compartment, which has special sleeping sofas with a change in the angle of inclination and body fixation, a place for a wheelchair and straps for securing it, a remote control with lighting control, a button to call the conductor , a speakerphone device with a conductor.
Also, in all inclusive carriages, relief plates with Braille are installed, contrast markings for people with visual impairments are applied, and the entrance group is equipped with extended handrails and folding ramps.
In addition, other new passenger cars received as part of the order are equipped with air conditioning, a cooler with drinking water, an alarm system in each compartment, an indicator of the occupancy of the toilets and a button to call the conductor. The carriages have increased luggage space and are equipped with video surveillance systems in common areas, vacuum toilets, changing tables, as well as sockets and USB ports near each seat.
The received 15 cars will run in train depots from the capital to Chisinau, Chelm, Przemyśl, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih, Kherson, Odesa, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, as well as in trains on the routes Odesa – Lviv, Dnipro – Truskavets, Kharkiv – Truskavets, Kharkiv – Odesa, Kharkiv – Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv – Khelm and Zaporizhzhia – Przemyśl.
© photo by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
© photo by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
© photo by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
© photo by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
© photo by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
© photo by the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine
I highly doubt there are new.
They look like refurbished Soviet carriages to me.
Have you been on an old Soviet carriage before?
I have, and these are definitely not the old cattle cars from the Soviet era.
I did.
The windows are a giveaway: modern trains do never have these rounded windows. Since the 90’s for some reason they weren’t made anymore.
I saw video’s of this carriage being combined with an unrefurbished carriage, which is painted in lighter blue.
Still they look nice, but they aren’t new but from the 1970’s or 1980’s.
Probably 99% of the upgrades are on the inside. If you’ve been on one of the old cars you wouldn’t be worried about the outside at all, lol…
Like Foccusser said, they were for cattle. I will still hold a little affection for them since I used them for traveling in Ukraine so many years ago. My first trip to L’viv, first to Kyiv, etc.
i am not saying that they suck, they look really cool and modern.
but it is not correct to call them new when they are about 40 years old, even though it is a significant upgrade.
When you’re 40 and get a refurbish you will feel like new 😉
Nice.