The state-run rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways) has opened "invincibility carriages" for the primary time within the Polish metropolis of Chełm, the place passengers have been compelled to attend outside for trains to Ukraine as a consequence of ongoing station renovations. [An invincibility carriage is a heated stationary train carriage to help those affected by power cuts – ed.]

Supply: Ukrzaliznytsia

Particulars: Over 100 passengers visited the invincibility carriages in Chełm on the primary day.

Heated carriages have been put in for passengers at Chełm station, which handles 5 pairs of passenger trains from Ukraine. One carriage contains a play space for kids, separate areas for feeding and altering infants, in addition to colouring books and drawing kits. The invincibility carriages additionally present charging factors for gadgets, and guests are supplied sizzling tea.

In a second carriage, passengers can view a part of the photograph assortment by Howard Buffett, beforehand a part of the Artwork Practice, a one-of-a-kind practice with gallery areas, created to deliver artwork to all corners of Ukraine. The carriages are situated on platform three.

Because of ongoing station renovations in Chełm since 2024, passengers have needed to look forward to trains to Ukraine outside, together with in the course of the winter months. Trains to Chełm arrive from Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kyiv. The station additionally serves as a switch hub for connections to Berlin, Warsaw, Łódź, Poznań and different locations. Roughly 3,000 passengers go by the station day by day.

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