New Russian attacks on Ukrainian Railways may cause delays to some trains
Train services on the Sumy-Kyiv and Sumy-Kharkiv routes are running behind schedule due to new Russian attacks on railway infrastructure.
Source: Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways)
Quote: "We have had new strikes on railway infrastructure. A locomotive and the overhead contact line have been damaged. Railway workers and passengers in Sumy Oblast are staying in shelters."
Details: Trains on the Sumy-Kyiv and Sumy-Kharkiv routes may run with delays. Operational changes are also possible on regional and suburban routes.
Meanwhile, the Lozova-Barvinkove-Kramatorsk section in Kharkiv Oblast remains a high-risk area, and travel along this section is being provided via a replacement bus service.
In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, enhanced monitoring of the security situation continues – depending on the situation, Ukrzaliznytsia may either allow trains to pass or use replacement bus services. Ukrzaliznytsia urges passengers to listen carefully to instructions from train crews and station staff.
Background:
- On the night of 8-9 February, nine people, including a teenager, were injured in a Russian drone attack on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
- Russian forces attacked railway infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast on the night of 7-8 February.
- On 2 February, the Russians targeted a diesel locomotive with a UAV at a station in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The locomotive was damaged, but no one was injured.
- On 30 January, Ukrzaliznytsia's monitoring team and dispatchers restricted train traffic between Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia due to attacks on railway infrastructure and the detection of Russian UAVs near train routes.
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