Поезд means train

My Ukrainian friends say that traveling by Polish rail is ужас, that means horror. Mainly because spending 10 hours in overcrowded train sleeping on the floor in a corridor isn't something nice. They're right, I traveled this way to Kraków in August. But apart from the number of people in each car, are there other differences? Whole system is different.

First of all, most of trains here are long-distance, Ukraine is a big country, so it takes more that 10 hours to go through the whole way form starting point to destination point. Donetsk - Lviv is 22 hours, for example. Most of trains are night trains, so it's logically justified why there are only sleeping berths. Both in kupe and platzkart there are only two berths on each side, not 3 like in Poland.

That's how it looks (in kupe):

Sheets are clean, mattresses old, but most of them comfortable. Compartments are dark and small, you can get a claustrophobia there, but in general it's possible to survive. Toilets like in Poland, but so far I've always had water, soap and toilet paper.

What is more, two cups of tea were included in the ticket price. Glasses in 'baskets' like at grandma's house long time ago! We like it very much.

If you have your own mug and tea, you may use free boiling water from water heater next to the provodnik's compartment. Curiosity: it's impossible to open a window, because they're sealed up (but it does't mean they're tight) with a strange foam.

Train from outside:

But the most amazing was a train station in Lviv. I've never seen such a beautiful train station! Berlin Hauptbahnhof is nothing. Admire:

I hope stations in Odessa and Kyiv will be as beautiful as this one.