Private company

Ukrainian Railways

Logo: Укрзалізниця, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

State-owned railway company in Ukraine

Ukrainian Railways, or PAT 'Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ)' (Ukrainian: ПАТ "Укрзалізни́ця (УЗ)"), is a state-owned joint-stock company administering railway infrastructure and rail transport in Ukraine; a monopoly that controls the vast majority of the railroad transportation in the country. Ukrainian Railways is the world's sixth largest rail passenger transporter and world's seventh largest freight transporter.2 It is headquartered in Kyiv.1 It employed about 375,900 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • Industryrail transport1
  • HeadquartersKyiv1
  • Founded inKyiv1
  • Websiteuz.gov.ua
  • Legal formpublic company1
DPKr3-001 at Kiev-Passenger station (1)
Photo: Володимир Криницький, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Ukrainian Railways, or PAT 'Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ)' (Ukrainian: ПАТ "Укрзалізни́ця (УЗ)"), is a state-owned joint-stock company administering railway infrastructure and rail transport in Ukraine; a monopoly that controls the vast majority of the railroad transportation in the country. Ukrainian Railways is the world's sixth largest rail passenger transporter and world's seventh largest freight transporter. As of 2020, the total length of the main broad-gauge (1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)) railroad network was 19,787 kilometres (12,295 mi), making it the 13th largest in the world. Ukraine also has many stretches of standard-gauge railway (1,435 mm), and is currently working to expand these in order to improve its connections to the European Union.2

Corporate structure

Ukrainian Railways sits at the top of its group. 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 Ukrainian Railways 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)

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

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ukraine

Subsidiaries

Also owns

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1991Acquired Lviv Railways1

Timeline

  1. 1991Founded Founded in Kyiv1

Sources

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