From the world, little by little: Ukraine is begging Germany for 100 million euros to launch commuter trains
The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine is negotiating with the German government about the Germans allocating 100 million euros for the renewal of Ukrainian commuter trains.
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This was stated by Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Omelyan, the press center of the ministry reports.
“It is planned that these funds will be used to purchase 10-15 new commuter trains for the needs of Ukrzaliznytsia,” the Minister of Infrastructure emphasized.
According to him, the ministry intends to organize a competition between cities to propose the best break-even concept for using electric trains.
“Ukrzaliznytsia” complains that commuter trains are unprofitable, but in fact no more than 20% of passengers pay for travel, so we need to introduce a normal payment system, control, remove abuses - and unprofitability will turn into at least break-even, and with a normal approach we will be able to see profit,” Omelyan said.
From Everywhere on a String: Ukraine Begs Germany for €100 Million to Launch Commuter Trains