OREANDA-NEWS. March 27, 2012. At the railway station Darnytsia (Kyiv) it has been held a solemn opening ceremony of the Training Centre for training drivers of electric trains manufactured by the “Hyundai Rotem”. The event was attended by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Infrastructure Borys Kolesnikov, the Ukrzaliznytsia General Director Volodymyr Kozak and the Head of the South-West Railways Oleksiy Kryvopishyn.

The building of the Training Centre – is a reconstructed building, was built in the 70s of last century, which was used as a household building with gym and locker rooms.  The rail train simulator manufacturing “Hyundai Rotem” has been installed in the reconstructed building; there have been equipped with the hardware and training classes for training drivers, the rest rooms for employees of locomotive crews who receive training.

This simulator is a copy of dual-system electric car “Hyundai”: it simulates traffic conditions, as close to reality. The model of a real cabin of an electric train (whose height 3.315 m, length - 3.250 m, width - 3,500 m) has all the controls - controllers, switches and control systems.
In this way, drivers will gain experience in new for Ukraine a rolling stock.