OREANDA-NEWS. October 29, 2012. The Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ukrzaliznytsia plan in the long term to introduce accelerated traffic between Kyiv and regional centers, which are located within 300-km area from the capital.

This was announced by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Infrastructure Borys Kolesnikov during the opening Technical passenger station "Darnitsia".

According to Borys Kolesnikov, in the near future fast trains which will be produced in Ukraine and rated at nearly 200 passengers, will run from the capital to Kirovohrad, Chernihiv, Cherkasy and other cities. "The new route to Lviv will run through Vinnytsia and Khmelnytsky that make our selling tickets towards Lviv even more efficient," said Borys Kolesnikov.