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Rail Partners with Ukraine at Rail Live
20 June
11.30-12.30
Engineering Theatre, Rail Live

Rail Partners with Ukraine at Rail Live

This event welcomed senior members of the Ukrainian Railways management board to discuss the challenges Ukrainian rail workers are facing due to the ongoing conflict with Russia.

 

Rail Partners' event at Rail Live 2024 hosted senior members of the Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) management board for a discussion about their experience of running the railway during wartime, the challenges Ukrainian rail workers are facing as a result of the ongoing conflict, and what the international railway community can do to help.

The panel discussion also included commentary from the British rail industry involved in supporting the Ukrainian Railway. Watch it back below.

Watch it back: Rail Partners with Ukraine at Rail Live

Download a digital copy of the event guide here:

Speakers at Rail Partners with Ukraine

Viacheslav Yeromin

Viacheslav Yeromin

Member of the management board

JSC Ukrainian Railways

Oleg Yakovenko

Oleg Yakovenko

Director, strategy and transformation

JSC Ukrainian Railways

Andy Bagnall

Andy Bagnall

Chief Executive

Rail Partners

Minister of State for Rail

David Brown

Managing Director, UK trains

Arriva

 

Chaired by

Sky News

Hannah Moxon

Director of External Affairs

Rail Partners

Rail Partners with Ukraine

The first Rail Partners with Ukraine event took place on 12 September 2023. The event welcomed senior representatives of the railway industry for a unique reception in aid of the Global Ukraine Railway Task Force, raising funds to deliver food parcels to Ukrainian rail workers and their families.

With the support of the UK rail industry, Rail Partners raised £106,485 for the Global Ukraine Rail Task Force, equivalent to 7099 food packages.