OREANDA-NEWS. May 25, 2012. On May 25 between the cities hosting Euro 2012 football championship is open traffic of modern high-speed trains Hyundai. Hyundai train has departed to the first voyage from Kyiv Central Railway Station to Lviv with the participation of Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Infrastructure Borys Kolesnikov, UZ CEO Volodymyr Kozak.

"Today – a historic moment for Ukraine’s Railways: we launch a high-speed movement," said Borys Kolesnikov, speaking to journalists attending the celebrations. "You can feel the quality of transportation, speed and all other new points themselves."

Choosing for travel new high-speed trains, passengers save time - in the trip according to experimental schedule, Hyundai trains to be: 4 hours. 25 minutes from Kyiv to Kharkiv, 4 h. 55 minutes from Lviv to Kyiv, 6 h. 30 minutes from Kyiv to Donetsk. After completion of the experimental schedule completion the distance between these cities Hyundai to overcome even faster - by 15-30 minutes. In addition, inter-day electric trains production by Hyundai Rotem will ply with the minimum number of stops: to the direction of Kyiv-Kharkiv they will stop in Myrhorod, Poltava, and in combination Kyiv-Donetsk there has been provided a stop in Myrhorod, Poltava and Sloviansk, from Kyiv to Lviv the Hyundai move without stopping. An average speed of plying electric trains Hyundai in a national high-speed corridor Kharkiv-Kyiv-Lviv-Donetsk will be 116 km/h.

Actually, regular movement Hyundai - from Kyiv to Lviv (1 couple of trains) and to Kharkiv (2 pairs of trains) - starts on May 27, and between Kyiv and Donetsk train by Korean production starts to ply in early June.