Among the key updates to routes within Ukraine are the following. Train No. 65/66 Kharkiv – Uman will connect both cities with Dnipro. Train No. 266/265 Kovel – Uzhhorod: for the first time in many years, Volyn and western Polissia are connected with the Slavske ski region, Drohobych, the capital of the "salt makers", and the main towns of Transcarpathia. The train is conveniently scheduled to pass through Lviv at around 06:00 on the way from Transcarpathia to Volyn, and at around 22:00 in the opposite direction. Train No. 769/770 Zhmerynka – Khutir-Mykhailivskyi is a new experimental service linking the de-blockaded north of Sumy region with the capital and Vinnytsia region. Three more new services are being prepared for launch in the near future. Train No. 111/112 Izium – Kyiv will provide a direct long-distance train to the capital for residents of the heroic de-occupied Kharkiv region. Train No. 131/132 Zaporizhzhia – Lviv will run via Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Kovel, giving residents of northern Polissia a convenient connection with Volyn, Lviv region, the capital and Dnipro. Train No. 191/192 Kramatorsk – Odesa will run via Dnipro and allow residents of Donbas to move closer to the southern regions ahead of winter. In addition, a number of routes that ran before the full-scale war are being restored: No. 3/4 Zaporizhzhia – Lviv is extended to Uzhhorod on a daily basis; No. 5/6 Zaporizhzhia – Ivano-Frankivsk is extended to Rakhiv; No. 15/16 Kharkiv – Ivano-Frankivsk is extended to Rakhiv; No. 17/18 Kharkiv – Lviv is extended to Uzhhorod; No. 21 Kharkiv – Lviv is extended to Truskavets; No. 41/42 Dnipro – Lviv is extended to Truskavets; No. 149/150 Kremenchuk – Ivano-Frankivsk is extended to Vorokhta; No. 45/46 Kharkiv – Uzhhorod returns to running via Sumy, giving the north-east a convenient connection with Transcarpathia; No. 7/8 Kyiv – Chernivtsi now has a convenient morning arrival in Chernivtsi at 08:28; No. 49/50 Kyiv – Truskavets is 3 hours faster and arrives at 08:45. Intercity+ high-speed trains also get positive timetable changes: No. 715/716 Kyiv – Przemyśl – Kyiv is 2 hours faster in each direction; No. 705 Kyiv – Przemyśl is more than 3 hours faster; departure times of Kyiv – Kharkiv – Kyiv and Kyiv – Chernihiv – Kyiv trains have become much more convenient for passengers: No. 723 Kharkiv – Kyiv will depart Kharkiv at 17:06 and arrive in Kyiv at 22:07; No. 725 Kharkiv – Kyiv will depart Kharkiv at 07:15 and arrive in Kyiv at 12:19; No. 724 Kyiv – Kharkiv will depart Kyiv at 15:53 and arrive in Kharkiv at 20:53; No. 708/707 Kyiv – Chernihiv departs Kyiv at 07:43 and arrives in Chernihiv at 10:11; No. 710/709 Chernihiv – Kyiv will depart Chernihiv at 17:21 and arrive in Kyiv at 19:48. Importantly, on the sections with the heaviest passenger traffic, the number of carriages in 17 existing trains has been doubled. This makes more efficient use of the locomotive fleet and reduces traction power consumption, saving 25,000 kWh every day.
