Attacks on the railway: dozens of trains delayed by up to 7 hours

Today's shelling of the railway in Ukraine has caused major delays to train services. Some trains are delayed by up to 7 hours, while others have changed their routes. See the full list of delays and temporary changes to services

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As a result of hostile shelling of railway infrastructure in the Kirovohrad region on September 3, more than three dozen passenger trains in Ukraine experienced significant delays. Some trains were forced to detour around the damaged section, causing delays of up to 7 hours. This is reported on the website of Ukrzaliznytsia.

The company emphasized that railway workers are working to minimize delays and restore normal service.

Shelling of the railway: how train service has changed

List of current delays:

(As of September 3, 1:53 p.m.)

No. 749/750 Kyiv — Budapest (+6:01)

No. 115/116 Chernivtsi — Zaporizhzhia (+5:17)

No. 253/254 Odesa — Kryvyi Rih (+5:11)

No. 53/54 Odesa — Dnipro (+5:04)

No. 39/40 Solotvyno — Zaporizhia (+5:02)

No. 5/6 Yasinya — Zaporizhia (+4:57)

No. 119/120 Dnipro — Chelm (+4:07)

No. 79/80 Dnipro — Lviv (+4:06)

No. 41/42 Truskavets — Dnipro (+4:00)

No. 107/108 Yasinya — Kryvyi Rih (+4:00)

No. 3/4 Uzhhorod — Zaporizhia (+3:58)

No. 71/72 Lviv — Pavlohrad (+3:45)

No. 85/86 Zaporizhia — Lviv (+3:37)

No. 91/92 Odesa — Kramatorsk (+3:23)

No. 31/32 Zaporizhia — Peremyshl (+3:01)

No. 31/32 Peremyshl — Zaporizhia (+2:43)

No. 109/110 Lviv — Kherson (+2:15)

No. 127/128 Lviv — Zaporizhia (+2:08)

No. 733/734 Dnipro — Kyiv (+1:41)

No. 705/706 Przemyśl — Kyiv (+1:38)

No. 59/60 Kharkiv — Odesa (+1:30)

No. 89/90 Kyiv — Przemyśl (+1:23)

No. 9/10 Budapest — Kyiv (+1:18)

No. 259/260 Chop — Kremenchuk (+1:09)

No. 773/774 Kyiv — Shostka (+1:03)

No. 257/258 Chernivtsi — Kropyvnytskyi (+0:14)

No. 711/712 Kyiv — Kramatorsk (+0:12)

No. 103/104 Lviv — Kramatorsk (+0:08)

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Trains that have already departed on a detour and are making up for the delay:

No. 75 Kyiv — Kryvyi Rih

No. 791 Kremenchuk — Kyiv

No. 85 Zaporizhzhia — Lviv

No. 79 Dnipro — Lviv

No. 51 Zaporizhzhia — Odesa

No. 119 Dnipro — Chełm

No. 37 Zaporizhia — Kyiv

No. 31 Zaporizhia — Przemyśl

No. 121 Kherson — Kramatorsk

No. 59 Kharkiv — Odesa

No. 65/165 Kharkiv — Cherkasy, Uman

Flights still awaiting infrastructure restoration:

No. 76 Kryvyi Rih — Kyiv

No. 102 Kramatorsk — Kherson

No. 38 Kyiv — Zaporizhia

No. 80 Lviv — Dnipro

No. 120 Chełm — Dnipro

No. 86 Lviv — Zaporizhia

No. 54 Odesa — Dnipro

No. 254 Odesa — Kryvyi Rih

No. 8 Odesa — Kharkiv

Temporary changes to routes

Due to damage to infrastructure, some trains are temporarily running on modified routes:

No. 116/115 Chernivtsi — Zaporizhzhia will only run to Dnipro station. Passengers traveling to/from Zaporizhia will be transported by train No. 6/5 Zaporizhia — Yasinya.

No. 86 Lviv — Zaporizhia will also only run to Dnipro station. Additional trains have been scheduled for passengers on the Dnipro — Zaporizhia section, in particular train No. 228 Zaporizhia — Dnipro (departing from Zaporizhia at 11:18).

Passengers traveling to Zaporizhia on these trains will be transferred to electric trains in Dnipro.

No. 128 Zaporizhia-Lviv will depart from Dnipro station instead of Zaporizhia.

Passengers with tickets from Zaporizhia can travel to Dnipro by train No. 228.

“We are doing everything possible to get you to your destinations. Thank you for your understanding and support,” Ukrzaliznytsia emphasized.

Ukrzaliznytsia urges passengers to follow the latest updates on official channels and on the company's website, where the current list of delays and route changes is published.

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