Ukraine's uz.gov.ua in EURO 2012 *the new look*

Ukrzaliznytsia updated service provides search and purchase tickets online

     Wow! all i can say is wow!!, and one last time; wow!!!, i wish there would be EURO 2012 every year in Ukraine the sky will be her limit. One of the most amazing things this competition has brought to Ukraine is to enable the upgrade of her www.uz.gov.ua. The website now has an English Version, it is more than amazing to finally get to understand everything about Train Schedule, city of departures, Time Table, Station service and facilities, Discounts offered , reservation of tickets and a host of other mouth watering service offered before during and after the EURO 2012 without translation.

     One of the thrilling features of this website which is still in testing stage is the JOURNEY PLANNER on the right top corner  which allows you to automatically 

VOLUNTEERS- Lending Helping hands

For all the football loving fans around Europe who intend to grace the occasion or visit Ukraine  this summer you have nothing to fear or worry about when it comes to communication or moving around with Trains as the Ukrainian railways carried out preliminary tentative calculation of the number of volunteers with foreign language skills needed to overcome language barrier with football fans of the competition Euro-2012 and the guest of the receiving cities on the railway stations and land sides, it makes in general - 142 people, among them on the railways:

• Pivdenno-Zakhidna (Southwestern)  (Kyiv) - 32 volunteers,
• Pivdenna (Southern) (Kharkiv) - 20,  
• Donetsk – 50,  
• Lviv – 40.

Today on the Ukrainian railways the activity concerning coordination of quantity and place of location of the volunteers on the railways, land sides of the host cities with local organs of executive power  is managed and we guess as time goes by there will be numerous improvements.

Purchasing of high-speed electric trains to Euro-2012.

       In 2010, The Southern railway agreed to buy 10 interurban trainsets from Korean companies «Hyundai Corporation» and Hyundai Rotem, with the delivery of the first 6 before Euro-2012 starts, and 4 till the end of 2012.

In January 2011 it was signed a treaty with joint stock company «Shkoda Vagonka» on purchasing of 2 double-deck interurban double-current electric trains. 

      We guess in these trains you can take your bath, or even do number 1, 2, 3 more comfortably, lots of socket to make use of your laptop and other peripherals, what more could you ask for?

UKRZALIZNYTSIA CALLS TENDER TO HIRE CATERING SERVICE PROVIDER ON HYUNDAI TRAINS

Nothing like a train filled with food, plenty to eat from in a nice relaxing mobile environment (obviously a moving train is Mobile or isn't it?) but before you leap for joy know that it is not for free and that is why the company in-charge of Ukraine's Train has called for catering service provider (not internet service provider); this company will cater to passengers during their travel by train, if required replenishing food stocks at railway stations in Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv, and Dnipropetrovsk.
The inter-regional electric train has a buffet car, equipped with a refrigerator, an oven, a sink for washing hands, a food storage facility and two service trolleys.
The buffet has no tables and chairs, as passengers will consume food at their seats, as during a flight by plane.
The company that will serve meals to passengers should be able to cater for 579 people per trip. Passengers of the first and second class will be provided with lunch boxes, economy lunches will be also served to second-class passengers.
A specialized company with technical capabilities and experience of catering should be hired to arrange catering for passengers in order to improve the level of their servicing.
In addition, Ukrzaliznytsia called a tender to select a CLEANING COMPANY that will clean the 10 Hyundai trains, including six at the railway stations in Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Lviv May through September 2012 and four more train sets in Dnipropetrovsk, and possibly in Odesa starting from September, as well as two Skoda trains at the railway stations in Kharkiv and Donetsk.
According to the operating conditions provided by the manufacturer of the high-speed trains, the wagons will be cleaned in various ways – between journeys, and every night there will be a more thorough cleaning. Also, once a month there will be comprehensive cleaning after technical equipment, all surfaces in the cabin, the vestibule, and toilets being washed.
Bids for cleaning services, including consumables (detergents, liquid soap, paper towels, toilet paper, paper plates) and options for the replacement of pillow covers (only replacement or replacement, laundry and storage) are being considered.

  

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Dear Passengers,

Due to our service You have the possibility to quickly find necessary train

In order to do this please fill in the relevant form “Journey planner” in the right upper corner of the page and push the “Search and Order” button. You will receive the list of all trains in your direction (available under your search) and the availability of free places (vacant seats). 

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Several options to purchase tickets:

• Using on-line service “Electronic Ticket”;
• in ticket offices; Train Station
• to pay for the ticket through Post Office (Ukrposhta) Department with further arrangement in the ticket office;
• booking seats by phone with the further arrangement and purchasing in the ticket office;
• To arrange and purchase travel ticket on the phone with delivering within Kiev city: +38(044) 5036050
• Using the MSPK Multi-Service Payment Kiosk

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Ukraine preparing for you (Landing New trains)

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