Private company

Donetsian Railway

Logo: Donetsk Railways, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

State-owned railway company in Ukraine

The Donets Railway (Ukrainian: Донецька залізниця, romanized: Donetska zaliznytsia) is a railway in Donbas, Eastern Ukraine. It is one of six rail systems owned and operated by Ukrainian Railways. It is part-owned by the Ukrainian government; Russia has claimed it since the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1872Founded1
Mariupol IC train
Photo: MOs810, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Donets Railway (Ukrainian: Донецька залізниця, romanized: Donetska zaliznytsia) is a railway in Donbas, Eastern Ukraine. It is one of six rail systems owned and operated by Ukrainian Railways. It is part-owned by the Ukrainian government; Russia has claimed it since the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Because of that, only part of the Donetsk Railway is operational. In December 2014, a regional branch of Ukrzaliznytsia Donetsk Railway was created and the headquarters was moved from Donetsk to Lyman.2

Corporate structure

Donetsian Railway is part of a group headed by Ukrainian Railways. 33 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Donetsian Railway reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • 21 km

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

The railway was formed in 1953 by merging the Bakhmut Northern Railway and the Yasynuvata Southern Railway.

From Wikipedia’s article on Donets Railway, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

Also owns

  • 21 km

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1872Founded Founded1

Sources

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