Imeretinsky Kurort railway station explained

Imeretinsky Kurort
Native Name:	Имеретинский курорт
Native Name Lang:	ru
Style:	RZD
Coordinates:	43.412°N 39.9743°W
Structure:	At-grade
Platform:	2
Tracks:	2
Parking:	Yes
Bicycle:	Yes
Opened:	2013
Electrified:	Yes
Former:	Olympic Park

Imeretinsky Kurort railway station^{[1] [2]} (Russian: Имеретинский курорт) is a railway station of the North Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, located in Adler District of Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

History

The station was built for the 2014 Winter Olympics as Olympic Park and was the main transport hub of Olympic Park, the coastal cluster.^[3] During the Olympics, 26 pairs of trains departed daily from the station to Krasnaya Polyana railway station where the remainder of the Olympic events occurred.

On 15 March 2016 the station was renamed Imeretinsky Kurort.^[4]

Trains

• Tuapse — Olympic Park
• Sochi — Olympic Park
• Roza Khutor — Olympic Park

Notes and References

1. http://arch-sochi.ru/2015/12/neobosnovannoe-pereimenovanie-stantsii-olimpiyskiy-park/ Olympic Park station renamed
2. http://www.sochi-express.ru/sochi/news/sochi/127632 Станция Олимпийский парк переименована
3. Web site: Фонтанный комплекс украсил «олимпийский» вокзал в Сочи . 2014-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202222209/http://news.mail.ru/inregions/south/23/society/15323296/?frommail=1 . 2014-02-02 . dead .
4. Web site: Станция переименована . 2016-03-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160324072037/http://www.sochiru.ru/news/item/4794-zh-d-stantsiya-olimpiyskogo-parka-poluchila-nazvanie-imeretinskiy-kurort . 2016-03-24 . dead .