Ukrzaliznytsia announced an increase in ticket prices for some international flights. The price of tickets for the popular Kyiv-Warsaw flight will increase by a record 72%, the company’s press service reported on Tuesday, December 5.
Ukrzaliznytsia called this process “reduction of discounts” and “harmonization of prices”. It should allow to continue updating the fleet of cars and reduce the overall losses from passenger transportation.
In previous years, in order to attract passenger traffic, Ukrzaliznytsia used discounts on virtually all international passenger flights. However, the company is currently reviewing this decision, as the losses from passenger transportation amount to more than UAH 12 billion every year.
The company assured that the change in tariffs will make it possible to keep the cost of tickets for travel on domestic routes at the current level, as well as to continue the modernization of the rolling stock.
Thus, according to a joint decision with the railways of neighboring countries, the price of tickets for the Kyiv-Warsaw-Kyiv train will increase by 72%, the demand for which remains high, the UZ explained.
But at the same time, cheaper alternative options in this direction will be available. Depending on the seat class, the fare to Chelm and vice versa, from where you can conveniently transfer to Warsaw, will increase as follows: for trains from Dnipro — within 4-11%, from Kharkiv — 17-48%, from Kyiv — 15-47%. Also, the fare on night trains to Vienna and Przemyśl will increase minimally, within 3%. The price for travel in Intercity+ Kyiv — Przemyśl — Kyiv will increase by 26%, and in the night train Odesa — Przemyśl — Odesa — in the range of 37-49%.
At the same time, the price of train tickets to Chisinau and Budapest will remain unchanged.
The new fares will come into effect with the introduction of the new schedule of passenger trains – from December 10, 2023. Until the specified date, when buying a ticket for any day, passengers will pay the old price.
