Cisdnieper Railways
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Subdivisions of Ukrainian Railways
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| Locale | Central Ukraine, East Ukraine |
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| Dates of operation | 1873–present |
| Predecessor | Cisdnieper 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/ |
Cisdnieper Railway (PZ), (Ukrainian: Придніпровська залiзниця, Prydniprovska zaliznytsia) headquartered in Dnipropetrovsk, is a regional operator of the Ukrzaliznytsia.
PZ's route map includes all the railroads in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kharkiv and Kherson oblasts (provinces) of Ukraine. Access to railroads on territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is suspended since 2014 due to annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
As of 2008, PZ's rail system included 3,275 km (2,035 mi) of track, of which 93,3% were electrified. The PZ consists of five directories, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhya, Kryvyi Rih, and Crimea directory. There are 244 railway stations in the PZ system.
Cisdnieper railways territory located mostly at Southern Ukraine. Administration 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 and was commissioned in 1884 as Yekaterinine Railways. In 1890s it expanded by adding already existing neighboring railway companies i.e. Donets–Black-coal Railways and parts of Kursk–Kharkiv–Azov Railways. In 1936–1961 it carried name Stalin Railways.
The railway connects Donbass with Krivyi Rih iron pool two latitudinal lines Chaplyne — Synelnykove to Dnipropetrovsk — Verkhivtseve — Piatykhatky and Kamysh-Zorya — Canopies — Zaporozhia — Apostolove — Krivyi Rih — Dymkove. The road serves a major industrial centers: Zaporozhia, Dnipropetrivsk, Krivyi Rih, Pavlohrad, Nikopol, Novomoskovsk and other, as well as agricultural areas.
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