Railway Day: As the war, the railway became the main transport of Ukraine

Delegates and conferences of the railway union and transport builders of Ukraine, which took place in Kyiv in February 2004, decided on the first Sunday of the Railway on the first Sunday of August. NV tells how the railway became the main transport of Ukraine after the war, which has evacuated hundreds of thousands of people, and world celebrities and top politicians were able to visit Kyiv.

On February 26, two days after the start of a full -scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that railways between Russia and the Russian Federation were destroyed and all interactions with the Russian railway were stopped. The reason for this was that the Russian railways continued to bring tanks and other combat equipment to Ukraine and its borders.

Ukrainian Truth reported that the Russian railway had asked to reconnect with the Central Headquarters of the UZ, which received a response from the Ukrainian dispatchers: "Russian train, go to x*and!". On March 15, Ukrzaliznytsia began nationalization of Russian freight wagons located in Ukraine. And on March 19, the Chairman of the Board of Downside Oleksandr Kamyshyn reported that there was no railway between Ukraine and Belarus, thanking for it to be honest for the railway workers of Belarus.

On the same day, it became known that all the drivers who were in Russia and Belarus returned to Ukraine at the time of the war. Prior to this, the regime of Alexander Lukashenko allowed to carry Russian equipment and weapons with its railway, but the Belarusian railways opposed such a decision of the Belarusian dictator.

The pro -government Belarusian media reported the detention of dozens of railways for acts of "terrorism and sabotage" on railway infrastructure, which by April 8 was accrued more than 80. On February 25, Moldova suspended a railway connection with Ukraine on its own initiative. On June 23, the Ministry of Infrastructure was declared plans to restore the freight rail with Ukraine in the fall.

Already on the morning of February 24, Ukrzaliznytsia reported the first evacuation flights next to the demarcation line. As of February 25, Ukraine hosted 80% of passenger trains - with delays due to operational changes in routes, reducing speed near bombing stations and expecting a safe passage window. On this day, the evacuation scale increased, and quarantine norms introduced through the coronavirus pandemic were mitigated.

The next day, they announced that landing flights are free in a live queue, but priority is given to women, children and the elderly. Until February 26, Ukrzaliznytsia seems to be predominantly evacuated by Ukrainians. “Ukrzaliznytsia continues to export from where all available parks of wagons and trains can be used. Trains do not run on the schedule, so listen to the ads at the stations, keep peace and respect each other.

Priority for transportation is given to children, the elderly and women, ”it said in her report this day. Travel in Ukrzaliznytsia's escape trains remained free of charge until the 20th of March. “Paid travel for flights that go to the center, east and south. Already this week, we are returning paid travel abroad to neighboring countries, ”the plans to return the paid travel on March 20 at that time reported. at. Chairman of the Board of Ukrzaliznytsia Alexander Kamyshyn.

On March 1, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that not only humans but also their pets were evacuated and has evacuated 11,000 animals since the beginning of the war - mostly cats and dogs. And as of April 21, half a million people left Ukraine. Until May, Ukrzaliznytsia resumed the work of CAS throughout the country. At that time, the occupiers were already retreating from Kiev and most residents of the capital did not leave, but returned.

In May, a project was also launched for payment of funds to internally displaced persons. By June 6, nearly 3. 2 thousand Ukrainians who left on the evacuation trains of Ukrzaliznytsia from Pokrovsk and Zaporizhzhya to the Dnieper and Lviv paid UAH 7. 4 million. And in June, Ukrzaliznytsia opened a temporary town for citizens who lost their homes in Irpin. Part of the trains during the large -scale evacuation came under the fire of the occupiers.

As of March 26, 54 railways were killed, 64 were injured, and three more were captured by the invaders. Thus, on the night of March 13, Russian invaders fired a passenger train that went to evacuate the population to the estuary. As a result, one of the leaders was wounded, another was killed. On April 10, Boris Johnson came to Kiev on April 10.

And on April 13, the presidents of four countries came to the meeting with President Vladimir Zelensky train: Poland Andrzej Duda, Lithuania Gitanas Nauseda, Latvia Egils Levitz and Estonia Alar Caris. Also in April, Ukrzaliznytsya's train went to Eurovision, its future winners - Kalush Orchestra. On the way, they performed their competitive track Stephanie in a seat wagon. On May 8, the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, arrived in Kiev. He thanked the Ukrainian railways for their work.

On June 9, Howard Buffet came to Kiev, the son of one of the richest people in the world of Warren Buffet. On the morning of June 16, Kamyshyn, who at that time became the chairman of Ukrzaliznytsia from his duties, posted a joint photo on the train of Italy Prime Minister Mario Dragi, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Soltz, who head to Kiev.