Warsaw-Lviv rail line to be ready by end of 2023: report

A new European-gauge railway line between Warsaw and the western Ukrainian city of Lviv will be ready for use by the end of 2023, a Polish newspaper has reported.

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In the next few years, the line will be extended further east, toward the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the Rzeczpospolita daily reported on Friday.

🔴TYLKO U NAS: Ukraina chce wybudować europejskie tory. Do końca 2023 r. ma powstać linia kolejowa według europejskiego rozstawu szyn, pozwalająca bezpośrednio dojechać z Warszawy do Lwowa https://t.co/NfR8Ub72Sw #kolej #transport #Ukraina

— Rzeczpospolita Ekonomia (@RPEkonomia) March 3, 2023

Ukraine’s existing wide Russian-gauge rail network has hampered the transport of people and goods to Poland amid the Russian invasion, the paper said on its website. 

Due to a Russian blockade of Black Sea ports, Ukraine has been forced to export its goods, including grain, by other routes, the paper noted.  

Monday is day 376 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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Source: strefabiznesu.pl, rp.pl