Ukrainian Railway Company uz.gov.ua has recently introduced a new service, called E-Kvynok, allowing passengers to book tickets online 45 days in advance for a nonrefundable fee of UAH 20. The system allows viewing availability of tickets for train destinations, choosing trains, seats and booking return tickets. Once a reservation is made and the confirmation page printed out by the passenger, the passenger should visit the railway ticket desk to buy the reserved ticket by the deadline indicated on the reservation. At this time the system works only for train destinations between Ukraine and the former USSR countries only, including Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Hopefully the Ukrainian Rail will work further to make E-Kvytok system fully functional to enable actual buying tickets online, not just making reservations. No matter what, E-Kvytok seems to be a good way to make sure you have a seat on the train, especially during the high demand season in the summer when tickets for trains to the Black Sea towns are hard to come by.