Ukraine Live Train Tracking
Ukraine's rail network is operated by Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ), the state railway company, running one of the largest networks in Europe at over 19,700 kilometres of track. Trains remain a vital form of transport in Ukraine, and UZ has continued to operate passenger services connecting Kyiv with regional cities and international destinations throughout the war, with the railway widely recognised for maintaining service reliability under difficult conditions. This page tracks Ukrainian trains using timetable-based position interpolation drawn from published UZ schedules.
Intercity+ services, using South Korean-built Hyundai Rotem trainsets introduced in 2012, are Ukraine's fastest domestic trains, running at up to 160 km/h between Kyiv and Kharkiv, Kyiv and Lviv, and Kyiv and Dnipro. Journey time from Kyiv to Lviv is approximately 5 to 6 hours. Overnight sleeper trains (platskart open-plan and kupe closed compartment classes) remain widely used for longer journeys given Ukraine's size, with Kyiv Central serving as the main national hub.
International connections operated by UZ link Kyiv to Warsaw, Przemysl (the main Polish border crossing point), Vienna, and other European cities, with several routes introduced or expanded since 2022 to support cross-border travel. These international trains require a change of wheel bogies or a transfer at the border due to Ukraine's broad-gauge track (1,520 mm) differing from the standard European gauge (1,435 mm) used in Poland and further west.
Tickets are booked through the official booking.uz.gov.ua website or the UZ mobile app, both of which support English-language interfaces and international payment cards. Seat reservations are mandatory on all intercity and long-distance UZ trains. Because of the importance of rail travel for both domestic and international passengers, UZ publishes real-time information on train status and any schedule changes directly through its official channels.
Kyiv Passazhyrskyi (Kyiv Central Station) is Ukraine's principal rail hub, connecting to Lviv in the west, Odesa on the Black Sea coast, Kharkiv in the east, and Dnipro. Lviv serves as the main gateway station for international services toward Poland and the rest of the EU, making it a key transfer point for both domestic and cross-border passengers.