South Western Railway to be renamed Central Railway

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13:05, 10.03.2023

The name was chosen by a vote in the Days.



This was announced by Digital Transformation Minister Mykhaylo Fyodorov.

Voting for the new name of the South-Western railway has ended in the Diya app. 38 percent of Ukrainians (or 417,000) supported the name Central Railway.

A total of 1.1 million Ukrainians participated in the poll.

The name "South-Western Railway" remains from the times of the Russian Empire.

The government also wants to rename the Southern Railway. The vote will last until 17 March. Options to choose from: Kharkivskaya, Slobodskaya, or Vostochnaya.

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