Most Passenger Routes in Ukraine Unprofitable, Says Ukrzaliznytsia
Ukrzaliznytsia Chairman Oleksandr Pertsovsky reported that the majority of passenger routes within Ukraine operate at a loss. He explained that, in the past, the losses were balanced by freight income, but this source of funding has significantly declined since 2022 due to the ongoing war.
“We calculate in detail the loss and profitability of each train. It turns out that out of 98 trains running across the country, 56 are deeply unprofitable because of social route obligations, reliance on diesel locomotives, and other factors,” Pertsovsky said.
He added that without resources to compensate for these losses, most of the unprofitable routes would have been shut down. For now, however, the company does not intend to cancel them.
Before the war, freight traffic provided the financial buffer to sustain passenger services, but this revenue stream has also suffered. According to Ukraine’s State Statistics Service, rail freight from January to August 2025 decreased by 8.6 percent to 120.6 million metric tons compared to the same period the previous year, business outlet Open4Business reported.
Author’s Summary
More than half of Ukraine’s domestic passenger train routes run at a loss, with Ukrzaliznytsia struggling to sustain operations after freight revenues dropped amid the war.
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