Kerch railway station explained

Kerch
Address:Disputed: Kerch
Line:Port KrymDzhankoy main line
Platform:4 (3 island platforms)
Tracks:8
Parking:Yes
Opened:1900[1]
Electrified:No
Code:47110[2]
Owned:Disputed:[3]
Zone:0
Former:Kerch-2 (1900—1970)

Kerch Railway station (Russian: Керчь, Ukrainian: Керч, Crimean Tatar; Crimean Turkish: Keriç) is the main railway station of Kerch in Crimea, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of Ukraine, but de facto under control and administration of Russia.

Main information

The station can receive container shipments weighing up to 20 tons, and cargo, originating from ports of Kerch.The station is the destination of passenger and commuter trains on the line VladislavovkaPort Krym. On other lines (Kerch — Kerch-South and Kerch — Port Krym) passenger traffic was from 2010 to 2014.

History

The station opened in 1900 as Kerch-2.

In 1970 renamed Kerch.

From 1 August 2014 Russian Railways restored passenger traffic on the line KerchPort Krym (passenger train SimferopolRostov-on-DonMoscow).[4]

Trains

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
  2. Web site: История электрификации железных дорог СССР .
  3. News: "Ukrzaliznytsya" will submit a claim against the Russian Federation due to the loss of property in Crimea . 13 January 2016 . RESCUE . 24 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160130231004/http://en.rescue.org.ru/1036_ukrzaliznytsya-will-submit-a-claim-against-the-russian-federation-due-to-the-loss-of-property-in-crimea.html . 30 January 2016 .
  4. http://crimeagd.ru/index.php/glavnaya-2/novosti/245-poezd-simferopol-moskva-cherez-kerchenskuyu-perepravu Train Moscow—Simferopol will now go via Kerch