Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A senior man and woman wave miniature flags of Ukraine and Poland at the Rava-Ruska station as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - Border guards are seen at a railway border checkpoint as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

LVIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A woman hunkers down by a girl as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A sign is pictured at the railway border-crossing checkpoint as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - Head of the Border Control Organisation Department of the Western Regional Department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Ihor Matviichuk, Rava-Ruska city head Ivan Ivanusa, Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi and chairman of the Management Board of Ukrainian Railways JSC Yevhen Liashchenko (R to L) are pictured at the Rava-Ruska station as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers wil

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A Ukrainian border guard faces an Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) diesel train (R) and a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on a maiden trip along the route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - The Rava-Ruska station is seen as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A border guard and a detection dog examine a train at the Rava-Ruska railway border-crossing checkpoint where passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

LVIV REGION, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - Passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - Chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Yurii Kisiel, Rava-Ruska city head Ivan Ivanusa, Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi and chairman of the Management Board of Ukrainian Railways JSC Yevhen Liashchenko (L to R, middle) are pictured at the Rava-Ruska station as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - An Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) diesel train (R) and a train of the Polish SKPL transport company are pictured on a maiden trip along the route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - An Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) diesel train (R) and a train of the Polish SKPL transport company are pictured on a maiden trip along the route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A border guard arranges Ukrainian passports at the railway border-crossing checkpoint as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - A border guard carries passports at the Rava-Ruska railway border-crossing checkpoint where passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - The doors of a train belonging to the Polish SKPL transport company are pictured A border guard and a detection dog examine a train at the Rava-Ruska railway border-crossing checkpoint where passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - Head of the Border Control Organisation Department of the Western Regional Department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Ihor Matviichuk is pictured at the Rava-Ruska railway station as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Poland, passengers will have to switch to a Polish train due to differences in track gauges, from where travellers will continue their trip to Warsaw.

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

Launch of train route connecting Lviv and Warsaw

RAVA-RUSKA, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 15, 2023 - Head of the Border Control Organisation Department of the Western Regional Department of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Ihor Matviichuk, Rava-Ruska city head Ivan Ivanusa, MP Rostyslav Tistyk, chairman of the Management Board of Ukrainian Railways JSC Yevhen Liashchenko, chair of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Yurii Kisiel and Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi (L to R, middle) are pictured at the Rava-Ruska station as passengers transfer from a modern diesel train of the Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) to a train of the Polish SKPL transport company on the maiden trip along the international route connecting Lviv and Warsaw, Rava-Ruska, Lviv Region, western Ukraine. The inaugural journey marks the first railway route between the western Ukrainian city and the Polish capital in 18 years. They train ride starts in Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. In Rava-Ruska, a border town between Ukraine and Polan