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Czech Railways, ČD Cargo and Česká pošta (Czech Post) jointly dispatched another humanitarian train with help for the war-torn Ukraine. It arrived at Chop, Ukraine, today. The train transported 84 tonnes of material humanitarian aid which was collected thanks to human solidarity at 63 Czech Railways’ collection points at railway stations throughout the Czech Republic as part of internal humanitarian collection between the employees of the Czech Railways Group and the Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic. The humanitarian aid of Caritas alone has filled in two special parcel wagons which can also be loaded with goods on pallets.

The train had a total of 9 cars of which three belong to Czech Railways and six to Česká pošta and which are designed for the transport of packages or goods on pallets. The train was hauled by a locomotive of ČD Cargo which also provided the transport in Slovakia.