Ukrzaliznytsia launched new trains to Poland

Ukrzaliznytsia launched two new trains to Przemysl, Poland. Trains will run from Kyiv and Zaporozhye. This was reported by the press service of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia".

They explained that they reacted to the increased demand for tickets in this direction.

We are responding to the increased demand of passengers for trains from abroad to Ukraine, because in the last month alone, about 50,000 of our citizens returned to Ukraine by rail, and we are seeing an increase in the return trend, the agency said.

What is the train schedule.

Train No. 53/54 Kiev - Przemysl - Kiev departs at 19:48 and arrives in Przemysl the next day at 07:21. In the opposite direction, the train departs at 18:39 and arrives in Kyiv at 09:21.

Train No. 31/32 Zaporozhye - Przemysl - Zaporozhye leaves Zaporozhye at 15:30, will stop in Dnipro at 17:33, and arrives in Przemysl at 12:50. From Przemysl, the train leaves at 16:00, stops in the Dnieper at 13:26, and arrives in Zaporozhye at 15:51.

It is known that a large number of Ukrainians leave Poland for their homeland, who, due to the full-scale Russian invasion, were forced to leave their homes and found refuge in this country.

According to border guards, a total of 3.8 million citizens of Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since February 24.

It should be noted that 185,000 Ukrainian refugees have already started working in Poland since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine. According to the European Commission, half of the refugees found work in four of Poland's 16 voivodships: Mazovia, Lower Silesia, Wielkopolska and Lodz. Women make up the majority of new hires, around 135,000.