Ukraine and Hungary to work on boosting transport volumes into the EU

Ukraine foresees a growth in EU-bound rail freight traffic in the coming years. In order to streamline a part of its organisation, Ukrainian Railways’ (UZ) subsidiary UZ Cargo Poland and Rail Cargo Hungaria have now signed a memorandum of cooperation.

The two parties have outlined a number of priority tasks to facilitate the growth of intermodal and regular rail freight transportation from Ukraine into the EU. They will focus on developing transportation through the Batyovo – Eperjeske and Zahony – Chop border crossings, says UZ.

Moreover, UZ Cargo Poland and Rail Cargo Hungaria will be working on cross-border transportation technology, as well as optimisating of the use of assets in international transportation for standard and broad gauge wagons. Lastly, the two signatories will cooperate in calculating tariffs and other transport costs, rolling stock provision and transport organisation, according to UZ.