Baltic States: passenger train route between Vilnius and Tallinn to depend in Latvian-Estonian agreement

The extension of passenger train connectivity between Vilnius and Riga to include Tallinn will depend on decisions of Latvian and Estonian officials, Lithuanian Minister of Transport Marius Skuodis has said. On December 27, at the opening of passenger train service connectivity between Vilnius and Riga, Skuodis told journalists that Latvia and Estonia were in the…

Ukraine: first train carrying international parcels arrives

JSC Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s national postal operator, completed a test delivery of parcels from global marketplaces by rail. “Ukrposhta and the National Post of Estonia, Omniva, in cooperation with Slovakia’s Interport and Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukraine’s national railway operator), are implementing a new logistics solution for the delivery of international mail to Ukraine,” the company said on Facebook.…

Poland: carriers not suspending Ukraine border blockade for Christmas holidays

Polish carriers blocking three checkpoints on the Polish-Ukrainian border refused to suspend the blockade for the holidays. The organizer of the carriers’ strike in Dorohusk, Edita Ozygala, announced this after a meeting with the Minister of Infrastructure, Darius Klimczak. According to the activist, protesters will continue the blockade through the holidays and have already drawn…