Repair of the Romanian railway still restrains agroexports of Ukraine

09.10.2026, 12:25◉ 02 min readEditorial team “SHCHO STALOSIA”

The transportation of Ukrainian goods through the territory of Romania is currently limited to repairs on two sections of the railway, but after the completion of the projects, the capacity should increase. We are talking, in particular, about limiting the volume of transportation of agricultural goods bound for the port of Constanta.

Repair of the Romanian railway still restrains agroexports of Ukraine

Work is carried out daily from 8:00 to 19:00, which is why the transfer of goods occurs irregularly.

"Today, these repairs, these infrastructure projects prevent us from increasing transportation, but in the future they will greatly enhance the transportation of goods to Constanta," he said.

In August, it was reported that trains with Ukrainian cargo going to the Romanian port of Constanta are idle, while Ukrainian grain is reloaded at the port on a residual basis.

On July 23, traffic to the entrance of ships to the Black Sea ports of Ukraine was suspended due to threats of Russian attacks. This was preceded by weeks of air attacks on Ukrainian Black Sea ports.

Context

Earlier, the Ministry of Recovery reported that Romania would accelerate the repair of port and railway infrastructure in order to increase traffic to the port of Constanta from the current six to 10 pairs of trains per day.

Earlier it was reported that in Sulin and in Tulch, separate procedures for the registration of ships in the directions up and down the Danube were changed.

What's next

According to Valeriy Tkachev, Deputy Director of the Commercial Work Department of Ukrzaliznytsia, electrification is underway at the Suceava-Dornesti section, which is planned to be completed by the end of November.

According to Tkachev, after electrification, it will be possible to increase the weight standards of trains and the speed of transportation in the direction of Constanta at this section.