Train service restored using undamaged carriages after Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast

Train services on the Barvinkove – Lviv – Chop route have resumed using undamaged carriages not hit in a Russian attack on a train in Kharkiv Oblast that killed five people.

Source: the state-run rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways)

Quote: "Ten undamaged carriages from train No. 47/103 Barvinkove – Lviv – Chop have resumed service, carrying 147 passengers on the return journey to safety. The train has also evacuated a group of civilians from Lozova."

Details: The journey was delayed by approximately five hours, but railway staff plan to make up for the lost time.

Background:

• The Russians struck a passenger train in Kharkiv Oblast on 27 January; passengers were evacuated by replacement buses.
• Five people were killed in the Russian strike on the Chоp – Kharkiv – Barvinkove train.

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