On the night of October 2, Russia struck Ukraine's railway infrastructure. The Ukrzaliznytsia depot in Odessa and facilities in the north of the country, including Konotop, were damaged. As a result, significant train delays continue, with some flights being delayed by more than 4 hours.
The new strikes were reported by the Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine, Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba. According to UZ, in Odessa, as a result of the attack on the depot, a train driver received a shrapnel wound and is receiving necessary medical care. In Konotop and other communities in the north of the country, trains stopped at a safe distance from the affected areas.
As of the morning of October 2, the contact network has been restored, all trains continue to operate, but delays remain significant. The longest delays are observed on the following routes: No. 141/142 Chernihiv - Ivano-Frankivsk - about 4 hours 3 minutes; No. 143/144 Sumy - Lviv - 4 hours 3 minutes; No. 111/112 Izyum - Lviv - 2 hours 22 minutes; No. 101/102 Kherson - Kramatorsk - 1 hour 10 minutes; No. 113/114 Kharkiv-Pass. - Lviv - 57 minutes; No. 49/50 Kyiv-Pass. - Truskavets - 50 minutes.
Due to the shelling of Sumy region, the route of suburban trains No. 6101/6102 has been changed: they will run according to the scheme Vorozhba - Konotop - Vorozhba instead of Vorozhba - Bakhmach-Pasazhyrsky - Vorozhba. Train No. 6101 Vorozhba - Konotop as of 7:00 on October 2 was delayed by 2 hours.
Ukrzaliznytsia emphasized that flights are not canceled and urged passengers to listen carefully to announcements at stations and train stations. The main reasons for the delays were damage to infrastructure and power outages on the routes. To solve the problems, the company used reserve diesel locomotives, but the consequences of the shelling continue to affect train traffic on October 2.
