PJSC Ukrzaliznytsia intends in 2017 to purchase 9,000 new freight wagons, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said.

"We are approving a serious program of Ukrzaliznytsia modernization. Next year we will purchase 9,000 new cars, I mean cargo wagons, plus there will be passenger carriages," he told reporters during a visit to Kriukiv Car Building Works (Poltava region).

Groysman added that due to the increased investment in production the enterprises will be able to get orders.

As reported, Ukrzaliznytsia plans in the next five years to finance the modernization and purchase of rolling stock for more than UAH 108 billion.