Ukraine will stop railway message Crimea

State administration of railway transport of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsya) from 27 may temporarily stop the advance sale of tickets for trains in all directions.

As reported by the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia, ticket sales is not carried out both at national and international trains, operating on the territory of the country.

According to Ukrzaliznytsia, adjusting the schedule of passenger trains 2014-2015 caused by the inconsistency of the schedule of trains between Crimea and continental Ukraine. In addition, there is a need to revise the timetable due to the significant decrease of passenger turnover, introduction of additional stops for control operations.

Telegram of the relevant decision is aimed at the railway companies, including JSC "Russian Railways" and the Belarusian Railways.

In addition, with the request for termination of the sale of tickets and adjusting the schedule of passenger trains have turned to "Ukrzaliznytsya" and the head of the state enterprise "Crimean railway" Andrey Karakulin.

"I beg to temporarily limit the advance sale of tickets for passenger trains, trailers and through-cars departure from the initial stations from June 1, 2014 appointment to the station of the state enterprise "Crimean railway", - quotes "Ukrzaliznytsya" the text of the telegram.

Next week on the initiative of "Ukrzaliznytsya" is scheduled trilateral meeting of its representatives, Russian Railways and Belarusian Railways on the issue of running trains and approval of the schedule 2014-2015

As reported, the other day the President of open society "RZHD" Vladimir Yakunin has suggested that the railway transportation between Ukraine and the Crimea can be terminated.

"Now there are some signals that due to certain inconsistencies schedules of movement between Ukraine and Crimea these transportations can, at least for a while generally be stopped", - he said in an interview to the TV channel "Russia 24".

"Here railway prepared for the fact that the passenger will be delivered at the ports (mainly now on Anapa is), and then transported by sea. Plus air transport. Where there is no railway lines and where blocked the road, of course, the railroad neither passengers nor to transport cargoes will not be able to," he added.

On the eve Minister of health resort complex and tourism of the Crimea Elena Yurchenko said that before joining the Crimea to Russia about 65% of the tourists came to the Peninsula by rail, by air in Crimea reached about 10% of tourists.

According to the newspaper "Kommersant", now between Russia and Ukraine operates 46 passenger trains, including 14 Russian formation, 25 trains - Ukrainian, three more trains are formed in Belarus, two in Moldova and one in Azerbaijan. From Russia to Crimea are six trains from St. Petersburg and Moscow in Sevastopol, from Moscow, Yekaterinburg and Perm in Simferopol, and also from Moscow in the Kerch - Feodosiya. In 2013, the passenger traffic between Russia and Crimea amounted to 3.7 million people, while Ukraine - 10.7 million people.
/Interfax - Tourism/

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