{"id":1326080,"date":"2025-11-27T14:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kyiv-lviv-trains-will-run-hourly-ukrzaliznytsia-introduces-hourly-service-from-december-14\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T14:05:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:05:58","slug":"kyiv-lviv-trains-will-run-hourly-ukrzaliznytsia-introduces-hourly-service-from-december-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/kyiv-lviv-trains-will-run-hourly-ukrzaliznytsia-introduces-hourly-service-from-december-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv-Lviv trains will run hourly: Ukrzaliznytsia introduces hourly service from December 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"263\"><strong>Starting December 14, 2025, trains will begin departing every hour on one of the country&#8217;s most popular routes\u2014Kyiv\u2013Lviv.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"99\" data-end=\"263\"> Ukrzaliznytsia reported this.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"265\" data-end=\"498\"> Ukraine is introducing a clock-based system where trains operate on a stable, repeatable schedule that&#8217;s easy to remember. For example, trains depart hourly or at the same time every day, regardless of the date or day of the week.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"869\"> Timing has long been a successful practice in Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and other countries with developed rail systems. In Ukraine, it has already been trialed on the Kyiv City Express, with positive results: passengers appreciated the predictability of the service, and UZ was able to better manage passenger flow.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"914\"> Benefits for passengers: <\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"1036\"><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"915\" data-end=\"944\">\n<p data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"944\"> easier to plan trips;<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"945\" data-end=\"987\">\n<p data-start=\"947\" data-end=\"987\"> no need to constantly check the schedule;<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1036\">\n<p data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1036\"> predictability and convenience during peak periods<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1038\" data-end=\"1056\"> Benefits for the railway: <\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1184\"><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1097\">\n<p data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1097\"> uniform load throughout the day;<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1143\">\n<p data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1143\"> reduction of peak &#8220;explosions&#8221; of passenger traffic;<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li data-start=\"1144\" data-end=\"1184\">\n<p data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1184\"> more efficient logistics of rolling stock.<\/p>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1186\" data-end=\"1294\"> Most Kyiv-Lviv flights will operate year-round, with the exception of a few flights during the off-season.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1470\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> The launch of regular service on this key route will be an important step toward modernizing Ukraine&#8217;s entire passenger transportation system and bringing it closer to European standards.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1296\" data-end=\"1470\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> Also follow <strong>&#8220;Pryamy&#8221;<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting December 14, 2025, trains will begin departing every hour on one of the country&#8217;s most popular routes\u2014Kyiv\u2013Lviv. Ukrzaliznytsia reported this. Ukraine is introducing a clock-based system where trains operate on a stable, repeatable schedule that&#8217;s easy to remember. For example, trains depart hourly or at the same time every day, regardless of the date [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":845740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1326080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/845740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}