The cheapest train tickets from Ukraine to Poland. However, on some routes, faster and more economical to fly. In addition, Railways can not buy a ticket abroad, or to find out its cost online, but only through the ticket office at the station. You can go by train from Ukraine to another country, learned the website Today.
Where to go and how much
Now Ukraine has a direct railway communication with Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania. The ticket price is approximate, since the rate depends on the exchange rate.
In Poland every day I go three trains. Ticket for the route Kiev-Przemysl is 406 USD, and the road will take 6 hours and 25 minutes. The composition of stops in Korosten and Zhytomyr. At the same time, from the city the trip will cost 172 hryvnia. On this route you can save, reaching the city on the reserved seat for 107 UAH from Kiev, and then transfer to a intercity in Poland.
The road from Kiev to Warsaw by train will take 16 hours. He does not stop in Ukraine and in Poland passing chełm and Lublin. The ticket costs 2400 UAH.
From Lviv train in Wroclaw. He stops in Krakow and Przemysl. To the terminal station to go for 13 hours. The cost is 1800 UAH.
*Infographics are the minimum prices
In Bratislava (Slovakia) you can go on non-stop trailer car. From Kiev the ticket will cost 2,200 USD. It goes through Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Lviv and košice. The road from Kiev will take 30 hours. The train goes five days a week, except for Thursday and Friday, and it is not sent on 30 August, 13 September and 15 November.
The ticket price from Kiev to Prague (Czech Republic) – 2900 UAH. The train runs daily via Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Lviv, Chop and Kosice. The entire journey takes 32 hours and 25 minutes.
Cheaper road in Budapest (Hungary), Kiev – UAH 1900, from the city – 1370 UAH. The train runs daily through Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky, Ternopil, Lviv, Chop and hajdúszoboszló. From the Ukrainian capital road will take 23 hours and 20 minutes.
In Bucharest (Romania) from Kiev you can go for 2150 UAH and 27 hours. He goes on Fridays and runs through Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky and Chernivtsi.
The plane is cheaper
President Petro Poroshenko said “Ukrainian Railways” in connection with bezveza reduce the cost of the tickets and will develop areas in the EU. “One of the important tasks is to make a cheaper way to get more of our citizens could travel to EU countries. “Ukrzaliznytsya” establishing railway communication with the countries-members of EU”, – he said at a press conference on may 14.
At the same time to travel to neighbouring countries by train in some areas is not profitable either by price or by time. For example, a ticket Lviv-Wroclaw on low-cost Wizz Air is 799 hryvnia, and the flight takes only 15 minutes. If you wait the start of Ryanair flights, on the same route in November, will cost 588 USD. Wizz Air ticket from Kiev to Budapest will cost the earliest date to 999 UAH 900 UAH cheaper than the train. And the flight takes 40 minutes. Also if you compare with UIA flight Kiev-Prague will cost 2700 UAH (ticket price a week before the date of departure) – it’s cheaper to train on 200 hryvnias and save 20 hours of road. However, the ticket on the train Kiev-Przemysl cheaper than a bus trip or hop a plane in any Polish city.
The advantage of train over plane the ability to carry a lot of Luggage.Photo: wallpaperscraft.com
However, cheap tickets on the same Ryanair come across one or two on the flight and train tickets are the same cost, regardless of the time of purchase.
“One train with a capacity of 500-700 passengers with a single ticket price is nothing compared to 10 the cheapest tickets Ryanair or MAU on the flight. The “Ukrzaliznytsia” has its advantages, for example, a large baggage allowance. In the airline for a Luggage, you need to pay 50 euros”, – said the expert on transport Sergey Khizhnyak.
“One train with a capacity of 500-700 passengers with a single ticket price is nothing compared to 10 the cheapest tickets Ryanair or MAU on the flight. The “Ukrzaliznytsia” has its advantages, for example, a large baggage allowance. In the airline for a Luggage, you need to pay 50 euros”, – said the expert on transport Sergey Khizhnyak.
The possibilities of the Ukrainian railway are limited to the difference in railway gauges in the EU and the former Soviet Union. In Slovakia, all the two segments of syrokomla: between košice and Uzhhorod, Cierna nad Tisou and Chop. In Poland, syrokomlya connects with Ukraine Chelm and Przemysl. A train arrived from Kiev to Warsaw or Prague, he changed wheelsets.
“Duration of carriage in international traffic is bound to the formalities when crossing borders. Can be an hour to fly to Warsaw and then another two hours to stand at passport control and baggage reclaim. And by train we would not want to stand for two hours at the border while passing control, and then another, waiting for replacement trucks at the transition to the European gauge”, – adds Sergey Khizhnyak.
What will happen to the prices of railway tickets
“We plan to launch not only Polish, but also the message with Hungary, Slovakia and Romania because Poland is not the only country of the European Union, which borders Ukraine,” – said the head of “Ukrzaliznytsya” Wojciech Balczun.
From the beginning, the EU countries, the train arrived 34,5 thousand Ukrainians. This is seven times more than last year, according to “Ukrzaliznytsya”. In the plans of the railway companies to open in June, the route Kovel-Chelm. According to the Director of “Lviv zaliznytsi” Ivan Granica, now the company selects the schedule.
Also this summer, from Lviv in the Bulgarian Varna empty car trailer. However, the prices of the tickets, the railroad not yet calculated. The train will depart on 12 and 25 June, 5, 17 and 29 July, 10 and 20 Aug.
Because of the different gauge in Ukraine and Europe our trains on the road, change the wheel Photo: wikimapia.org
Oleksandr Kava, a former Deputy Minister of infrastructure, said that the cost of tickets for international routes is unlikely to significantly reduced.
“I think prices will remain at current levels. Reduction should be expected, since uz needs to cover their expenses. Unlike domestic traffic international traffic – commercial segment and not social. But the route network to Europe will develop. Less than a month will begin to run the train Kovel-Chelm. In addition, it is planned to launch trains from Mukachevo to Budapest, Bratislava, košice and záhony. And then, possibly in Romania – satu Mare” – shared Kava.
“I think prices will remain at current levels. Reduction should be expected, since uz needs to cover their expenses. Unlike domestic traffic international traffic – commercial segment and not social. But the route network to Europe will develop. Less than a month will begin to run the train Kovel-Chelm. In addition, it is planned to launch trains from Mukachevo to Budapest, Bratislava, košice and záhony. And then, possibly in Romania – satu Mare” – shared Kava.
“Ukrzaliznytsya” for the extension of the network must calculate all the risks, said Sergei Ginak. And because international routes should not be subsidized, and to reduce the cost of tickets is not necessary.
“If Ukrzaliznytsia sees that it is competitive compared to other modes of transport: low-cost airlines or bus — then you can go to the routes, if not – then this market should not concentrate”, – says Sergey Khizhnyak.
