#ukrzaliznytsia

[dontforgetukraine]

Once filled with laughter and excitement for upcoming travels, the train cars are now often filled with crying, silence, or the heavy sighs of people sharing the pain brought by Russia’s war. "We have to be doctors… We have to be psychologists for our passengers now," says Tetiana Kohut, a 37-year-old train attendant.

Source: From strangers to friends: How Ukrainians meet and bond during wartime train travel

[anastasiamaru]

Ukrzaliznytsya launched in Lviv fairytale retro train

[thalia-pages]

[that-is-who-you-are]

Yesterday, the first train left from Kyiv railway station to Kherson❤️

Ukraine will win!

[bcsk01]

Russian Missile Strikes Paralyze Dnepropetrovsk Transport Infrastructure; Ukrzaliznytsia Operations Halted, Bus and Boat Stations Damaged

Russian troops launched a missile attack on enemy targets in Dnepropetrovsk at night. The targets were the city's transport infrastructure: as a result of the arrivals, the bus station was damaged and its work was stopped. Several arrivals took place at the locomotive depot.

Railway operations have been temporarily suspended and trains are currently departing with delays. Ukrzaliznytsia announced damage to infrastructure not only in the city, but also in the region. The boat station was also hit.

In addition, attacks were carried out on Sinelnikovo and infrastructure facilities in Pavlograd and Krivoy Rog , the targets hit are currently unknown.

[drikkes]

Julie Poly’s kitsch photos capture life onboard the Ukrainian Railways | i-D

[will-ruadh]

well in my experience, jonathan, it's the other way around 🙄

[ukrainian-moodboard-enthusiast]

a love letter to Ukrzaliznytsia 💙💛

[kamogryadeshi]

At night, the Russians shelled the civilian railway infrastructure in the Kharkiv region. No people were killed or injured. Tracks, buildings, idle freight cars and an electric train car were damaged, Ukrzaliznytsia reported.

Photo: Telegram/Ukrzaliznytsia

[dontforgetukraine]

Train attendant Tetiana Kohut checks the tickets of passengers before departure to Lviv at a railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 12, 2024. (Danylo Pavlov / The Kyiv Independent)

War changes everything

Tetiana Kohut, a 37-year-old train attendant, often sees strangers find common ground while traveling. It’s not surprising, she notes: in the intimate space of a train compartment during long journeys, shared everyday rituals – like sleeping or sipping tea – create a cozy atmosphere, naturally fostering connections among passengers. Trains have also evolved into unexpected hubs for celebrity encounters and important connections, often paving the way to shared projects and other new opportunities. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war, Ukrainian trains have borne witness to more tears of sorrow, sadness, and grief than ever before. Just a day after Russian troops began heavily bombarding Ukrainian cities in late February 2022, Kohut was working on her regular route from Lviv, her hometown, to Novooleksiivka in Kherson Oblast. But her train never reached the destination. The village, located on the east bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, was swiftly occupied by the Russians. "We reached Zaporizhzhia and were told that we could not go further," Kohut says. "We also were ordered to allow everyone on the train, not only those with tickets. We became an evacuation train." A train attendant of nearly 20 years, Kohut heard the sounds of explosions for the first time that day in Zaporizhzhia. She also saw hundreds of people at the station. Many of them were crying, and others looked lost and heartbroken, leaving suitcases on the platform as they boarded the lifesaving train to escape the war. The first-class sleeping car she worked in was designed to accommodate 20 people but ended up carrying nearly 200, Kohut says. "A woman from Zaporizhzhia helped me count the passengers and wrote a heartwarming letter to thank us." The start of the all-out war changed everything for Kohut and many other train attendants across Ukraine. In the first few months of the invasion, they worked without breaks, despite their exhaustion, to ensure everyone who wanted to escape the war could board their trains. The war also heightened the hazards of their work, as Russian attacks occasionally target train stations. Over 600 Ukrzaliznytsia employees have been killed since Feb. 24, 2022. Kohut says she lost colleagues in the Aug. 24, 2022 Russian attack on Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, when a passenger train and a residential area were hit, killing a total of 25 people. One of her close friends, a fellow train attendant, was seriously injured in the attack. Once filled with laughter and excitement for upcoming travels, the train cars are now often filled with crying, silence, or the heavy sighs of people sharing the pain brought by Russia’s war. "We have to be doctors… We have to be psychologists for our passengers now," says Kohut.

Source: From strangers to friends: How Ukrainians meet and bond during wartime train travel

[alcestas-sloboda]

don’t look outside your windows when you are travelling on Ukrzaliznytsia trains, you risk falling in love with the ukrainian steppes and forests.

[marykk1990]

My next post in support of Ukraine is:

Next site, due to Chernihiv being attacked again today, is the Chernihiv Railway Station. Originally built in 1893, it was destroyed during WWII. It was rebuilt in 1948 and opened again in 1950. It's now one of the most important junctions for the Southwestern Railways, which is headquartered in Kyiv and is part of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways). It's just as pretty on the inside as it is on the outside.

#StandWithUkraine

#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦🌻

[capturedukrainians]

Region: Kherson City: Kherson Full name: Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Kerekesha Date of birth: 15.03.1961 Circumstance: Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Kerekesha, head of the Kherson distance of JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" track, 13.09.2022. was stolen from his own apartment in the city of Kherson.

https://t.me/poshuk_znyklyh/37532

[quotesfrommyreading]

Before the invasion, the railroad was hardly beloved. It was notorious for its corruption and unreliability. But in those first days of war, when nearly every institution collapsed, the trains miraculously kept running. By June, Ukrzaliznytsia had evacuated more than 3.8 million refugees, including 1 million children. Every day, the company hauled an estimated 300,000 tons of cargo, compensating for the Russian blockade of Black Sea ports and a fuel shortage that incapacitated trucking.

  —  Ukraine’s War Through Sergii Leshchenko’s Eyes