Near-Dnipro Railways

Southwestern Railways
Південно-Західна залізниця

Subdivisions of Ukrainian Railways
Locale	Central Ukraine, East Ukraine
Dates of operation	1873–present
Predecessor	Near-Dnipro Railway (Soviet Union)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 ^27⁄32 in)
Length	3,275 km (2,030 mi)
Headquarters	Dnipropetrovsk
Website	http://www.dp.uz.gov.ua/

Near-Dnipro Railway (NDZ), (Ukrainian: Придніпровська залiзниця) headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, is a component part of the Ukrzaliznytsia company. NDR's route map includes all the railroads in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts (provinces) of Ukraine. Before 2014 included Crimea Railway department.

As of 2008, NDR's rail system included 3,275 km (2,035 mi) of track, of which 93,3% were electrified. The PDR consists of five sections (directions), the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kryvyi Rih, and Crimea directions. There are 244 railway stations in the NDR system.

Main information

Near-Dnipro railways run at the South of Ukraine. Management of the road is in Dnipropetrovsk. The operational length of the road in 1990 was 3 255 km. The road is one of the oldest lines in the South Lozova — Alexandrovsk (Zaporozhye) with branch on Nyzhnodniprovsk near Ekaterinoslav, was commissioned in 1873. The railway connects Donbass from Krivoy Rog iron pool two latitudinal lines Chaplino — Sinelnikovo to Dnipropetrovsk — verkhivtseve — piatykhatky and Kamysh-Zarya — Canopies — Zaporozhye — Apostolovo — Krivoy Rog — Dymkovo. The road serves a major industrial centers: Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Krivoy Rog, Pavlograd, Nikopol, Novomoskovsk and other, as well as agricultural areas areas. Work Dnieper railway characterised by a high share of departures and arrivals of goods. However, traffic roads relatively small NC small distance of transportation. In 1990, the turnover of the road amounted to approximately 88 000 000 000 t-km. In freight transportation is dominated by iron and manganese ores, coal, coke, ferrous metals, industrial goods, machinery, equipment, building materials, fluxes, grain. Tight supply transportation 27 000 000 t-km/km Intensive passenger traffic exists from Moscow, Donetsk, Odessa, South-West, North-Caucasus, October, Lviv Railways. The passenger turnover was (1990) 12 000 000 000 passenger-km. On Prydniprovska railway is well developed suburban passenger traffic (over 85% of all passengers), but because of the small range, the proportion of commuter traffic from the total turnover is about 25%. During the great Patriotic war the road was badly damaged. During the battles and the liberation of the territory from invaders railroad workers carried out the supply front, the transport service, the restoration path and rolling stock. Thousands of railway workers participated in combat operations, worked in the underground. In the postwar years in the Pridneprovskaya railway Union was not only restored, but also constructed, reconstructed, new stations, railway stations, artificial structures, including major bridges across the Dnieper. The main meridional direction Lozova — Zaporozhye transferred to electric traction; electrified main latitudinal direction and suburban areas. Electric traction is 77% of the total turnover, the rest is diesel. Up to 85% of the road sections equipped with automatic lock, up to 95% — electric interlocking of switches and signals. Built large marshalling yards, equipped with modern technical means of mechanization and automation. On loading and unloading operations are applied mechanization. High-performance track machines are used for current maintenance and repairs.