Area 1520 by Michael Frewston

Author:Michael Frewston [Frewston, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Frewston Books Online
Published: 2012-02-27T05:00:00+00:00

Ukraine’s railways today encompass 22 000 km of route distance, all to 1520 mm gauge, of which 10 000 km are electrified. But that does not mean that Ukraine has no direct connections with its Standard gauge European neighbours to the west.

Trains between Ukraine and Hungary and Slovakia have their bogies changed at the respective borders. The process is time consuming, and adds over two hours to a train journey. The use of the SUW2000 variable gauge bogies (see above) is already being implemented, and eliminates the lost time at the borders with these 1435 mm countries.

Narrow gauge:

As with the Russian Federation, the Ukraine had an immense network of 750 mm gauge railways, also to transport peat to power stations, timber from foresting operations, and so on. Most of these have closed down since the 1960s, but a handful do remain operating. Some still have steam engines running as tourist attractions, while others are still operated as working lines using diesel traction.

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