The whole infrastructure of the Ukrainian Railways remains in state ownership after reforming
The whole infrastructure of our
railways after reforming will remain in the state ownership. This was announced
by the First Deputy Director General of the Ukrzaliznytsia
Serhiy Bolobolin.
According to Serhiy
Bolobolin, under conditions of reforming, the owner
of the newly established joint stock company will be the state, which owns 100%
shares as well for private companies it will be ensured an equal access to a
railway infrastructure on equal, mutually beneficial terms.
The benefit is obvious - the total
fleet of rolling stock, the number and quality of services can be updated at
the expense of a private investor.
Reforming of railway transport will
allow clearly delineating the regulatory and commercial obligations, which in
Ukraine there were combined 20 years.
"The UZ as a body of public
administration has to perform the functions of an entity, including - share
earnings, manage rolling stock. And this is not normal phenomenon," the
First Deputy Director General of the UZ noted.
Serhiy Bolobolin explained that reforming process would allow
switching from the current territorial principle of operation of railroad
transport, when in the management of railways there are several enterprises
(passenger, locomotive, etc.), to a functional structuring by a territorial
basis.
