Svitiaz

The overnight named train to Volhynia, out of Kyiv at 22:50 and into Kovel at first light, over a junction the Russian Empire built in 1873 and the gateway to the Shatskyi lakes it is named after.

Stations

1. 0 kmKyiv Passenger +9
2. 243 kmZviahel Tsubata
3. 306 kmShepetivka
4. 326 kmSlavuta
5. 340 kmKryvyn
6. 358 kmOstroh
7. 379 kmZdolbuniv
8. 391 kmRivne
9. 414 kmKlevan
10. 455 kmKivertsi
11. 473 kmRozhyshche
12. 500 kmHoloby
13. 525 kmKovel

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from 2 OpenStreetMap relations, their own nodes end to end: relation 2519762 (341 km), relation 2519763 (182 km) — 523 km of the route between them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line passes within 34 m of every station train 119 calls at (the planner's own shape was too coarse to measure a line against)
• Wikipedia has an article for this line
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Svitiaz?

The Svitiaz runs 525 km from Kyiv to Kovel.

How long does the Svitiaz take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 10 h for the 525 km. That is an average of 53 km/h end to end.

Who runs the Svitiaz?

Ukrainian Railways, with UZ sleeping cars.

How old is the Svitiaz?

The line has been in service since 1873. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

How often does the Svitiaz run?

4 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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