A train service from Kyiv to Varna will be launched in early June
This was announced by Oleksii Kuleba, Minister for Community and Territorial Development.
The Kyiv–Varna train will pass through Lviv, Chernivtsi, Suceava and Bucharest. According to the Ministry of Development, the launch of this service is important “for the development of transport links with EU countries”, as well as for children “who traditionally go on holiday in the summer”.
According to the plan, the train will be on the move for around 30 hours. However, the final journey time will be determined following a test run.
Furthermore, according to Kuleba, negotiations regarding ticket prices are ongoing. He stated that “the Romanian and Bulgarian sides have provisionally agreed on the possibility of including the route in the PSO mechanism — the public service obligation scheme”. This, in turn, will make it possible to reduce ticket prices.
In the near future, the Ministry of Development and its partners are set to finalise the fares and launch a test train to Varna.
