Ukrainian Railways (as part of USSR)

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:railway_company
gptkbp:affects gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:country gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:dissolved 1991
gptkbp:electrification began in 1950s
gptkbp:employs hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:founded 1920s
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Kyiv
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ukrainian Railways (as part of USSR)
gptkbp:importantFor military logistics
grain transport
coal transport
industrial goods transport
gptkbp:industry gptkb:rail_transport
gptkbp:integratesWith Soviet Railways network
gptkbp:mainHub gptkb:Kharkiv
gptkb:Kyiv
gptkb:Lviv
gptkb:Odesa
gptkb:Dnipro
Donetsk
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:Russian
Ukrainian
gptkbp:network over 22,000 km (by 1991)
gptkbp:notable_rolling_stock gptkb:ER9_electric_multiple_unit
ChS4 electric locomotive
M62 diesel locomotive
Su steam locomotive
TE3 diesel locomotive
VL80 electric locomotive
gptkbp:notableEvent Chernobyl disaster evacuation (1986)
expansion of Donbas rail network
integration with Trans-Siberian Railway
mass electrification in 1960s-1980s
gptkbp:notableRoute gptkb:Kyiv–Lviv
Dnipro–Donetsk
Kyiv–Moscow
Odesa–Moscow
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:Ukrainian_SSR
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Ministry_of_Railways_of_the_USSR
gptkbp:predecessor Ukrainian State Railways
gptkbp:providesService passenger transport
freight transport
gptkbp:restored gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:successor Ukrainian Railways (post-1991)
gptkbp:trackGauge 1520 mm
gptkbp:usesLocomotive gptkb:steam_locomotive
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Soviet_Railways
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6