Russia attacks Chernihiv region’s railway infrastructure twice in one day: trains are delayed
30 September 2025 22:17
Over the past day, Russian troops twice struck the railway infrastructure of Chernihiv region, which led to the de-energization of certain sections of the track and significant delays in train traffic. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia.
Damage and consequences
After the first nighttime shelling, Ukrzaliznytsia reported that traffic in the Nizhyn direction is being provided by backup diesel locomotives, which increases travel time for trains from and to Chernihiv, Sumy, and Shostka.
“Traffic in the Nizhyn direction is provided by reserve diesel locomotives throughout the day, which increases travel time for trains from and to Chernihiv, Sumy, and Shostka,” UZ said.
After the repeated shelling of railway facilities, the company clarified that all trains in the Sumy and Chernihiv directions are now running under backup traction, so delays are possible.
The biggest delays are on the Sumy-Lviv route
The biggest deviation from the schedule is currently on train #143 Sumy – Lviv, which is delayed by about 7 hours.
In the opposite direction, train #144 Lviv – Sumy will also depart with a significant delay.
Ukrzaliznytsia: working to reduce delays
Ukrzaliznytsia has assured that all passengers will receive safe transfers and the schedule will be restored as soon as the power supply is stabilized.
“We apologize in advance for any delays caused. We are working to reduce them and will traditionally take care of safe transfers,” the company’s press service said.
The following trains are delayed:
- #113/114 Kharkiv-Pas.-Lviv (3:51)
- no. 785/786 Shostka-Kyiv Pass (5:00)
- no. 780/779 Kyiv-Pasyno-Sumy (2:20)
- 103/104 Kramatorsk-Lviv (1:36)
- no. 705/706 Przemysl Holovnyi-Kyiv-Pas (0:58)
- no. 144/143 Lviv-Sumy (0:52)
- 142/141 Ivano-Frankivsk-Chernihiv (0:52)
- no. 723/724 Kharkiv-Pas.-Kyiv-Pas. ( 0:57)
- no. 115/116 Sumy-Kyiv Pass ( 0:51)
- no. 711/712 Kramatorsk-Kyiv Pass (0:46)
- no. 731/732 Zaporizhzhia-1-Kyiv Pass (0:23)
- no. 147/148 Odesa-Holovna-Kyiv-Pass (0:22)
- no. 749/750 Vienna Main-Kyiv Pass (0:21)
- 119/120 Helm-Dnipro-Holovny (0:18)
- №1/2 Vorokhta-Kharkiv-Pass ( 0:12)
- 129/130 Poltava-Pivdenne-Mukachevo (0:12)
- no. 9/10 Kyiv-Pas.-Budapest-Keleti (0:11)
- no. 5/6 Zaporizhzhia-1-Ivano-Frankivsk (0:11)
- no. 55/56 Vorokhta-Kyiv-Pas (0:11)
- no. 115/116 Zaporizhzhia-1-Chernivtsi (0:11)
- no. 41/42 Truskavets-Dnipro-Holovny (0:10)
- 227/228 Kramatorsk-Ivano-Frankivsk (0:08)
- no. 101/102 Kramatorsk-Kherson (0:06)
- no. 35/36 Odesa-Holovna-Przemysl Holovny (0:05)
- 39/40 Solotvyno-1-Zaporizhzhia-1 (0:05)
- no. 37/38 Odesa-Holovna-Uzhhorod ( 0:05)
Current situation
The damaged track sections are currently being inspected, and there is still a power outage in the Nizhyn direction.
Traffic is running in difficult conditions, but passenger traffic is not suspended.
