Novooleksiivka railway station explained

Novooleksiivka
Native Name:Новоолексіївка
Native Name Lang:uk
Type:Near-Dnipro Railway terminal
Address:Novooleksiivka
Country:Ukraine
Platform:4
Tracks:8
Parking:yes
Opened:1874[1]
Electrified:yes
Code:47540
Owned:Ukrainian Railways (Near-Dnipro Railway)

Novooleksiivka railway station (Ukrainian: Новоолексіївка) is a major junction railway station in Novooleksiivka, Ukraine.[2]

History

The station was opened on October 14, 1874 on the MelitopolDzhankoi line.[3]

In 2014, the line to Crimea was closed due to the Russian occupation of Crimea. Consequently, all lines that previously were linked to Crimea now end at this station.[4]

On March 8, 2022, in the first stage of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, an armored Russian train was recorded by locals using the lines near the station.[5] The train was widely believed to be the "Baikal Train," which had previously participated in Russian military drills in Crimea in 2016.[6]

Trains

External links

46.2306°N 34.6503°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник.. Railway stations of the USSR. Directory.. Ministry of Transport. 1981.
  2. Web site: History . https://web.archive.org/web/20140318031821/http://novoalekseevka.com/istoriya/index.php . 18 March 2014 . dead.
  3. Web site: Железнодорожная станция Новоалексеевка. Railway station Novoalekseevka. GdeVagon.ru.
  4. Web site: НОВОАЛЕКСЕЕВКА. Novoalekseevka. TransLogist. 21 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150925171303/http://www.translogist.ru/railway_stations.asp?st_id=9854. 25 September 2015. dead.
  5. Web site: Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt, Meg Wagner, Jessie Yeung, Steve George, Sana Noor Haq, George Ramsay, Ed Upright, Amir Vera and Maureen Chowdhury . 2022-03-08 . Russia has moved an armored military train into Ukraine from Crimea, video shows . 2023-03-10 . CNN . en.
  6. Web site: McGregor . Russia's Counter-Insurgency Armored Trains Enter the Electronics Age Aberfoyle International Security . 28 February 2017 . 2023-03-10 . en-US.