Classic route
Kyiv–Lviv Intercity+
Kyiv → Lviv · Ukraine
Kyiv–Lviv Intercity+ in pictures
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- Distance
- 575 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 5 h
- Average speed
- 115 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- Ukrzaliznytsia
- Train
- HRCS2 Hyundai Rotem
- Countries
- Ukraine
- In service since
- 2012
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Launched for Euro 2012 and never stopped: the Hyundai-built Intercity+ keeps capital and Galicia linked across the steppe, through blackout and war.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 3 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via Transitous: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of 9
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in UK) ↗
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