Tskhinvali railway station explained

Tskhinval
Type:Georgian Railway terminal (de jure)
Address:, Tskhinval
Coordinates:42.2286°N 43.9612°W
Platform:3 (2 island platforms)
Tracks:5
Parking:yes
Opened:1940[1]
Closed:1991 (as a rail terminal)
Code:579407
Owned:South Ossetian Government
Former:Stalinir

Tskhinvali Railway station was a railway terminal in the capital of South OssetiaTskhinvali.[2] [3]

History

Until 1991 the station was to end the 33-kilometer line of the Transcaucasian Railway from the station in Gori. Currently, rail service is not available, the building is used as a bus station.

The railway Gori, GeorgiaTskhinvali was opened on 8 June 1940. At that moment Tskhinvali was called Stalinir.

In 1991 the railway was stopped because of the Georgian–Ossetian conflict.

In 1992 the station building was destroyed by the Georgian army and rebuilt only in 2002.

In 2004 Georgian Government wanted to reopen the railway for passengers and goods, but after Saakashvili became president, the plans were forgotten.[4]

Now the station is used as the main bus station of the town.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. M.. Транспорт. 1981. ru.
  2. Web site: Пути сообщения и средства передвижения. Новости Осетии. Means of communication and means of transport. Б. А.. Калоев. 15 October 2007. ru. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222104456/http://osetins.info/2007/10/15/puti-soobshhenija-i-sredstva.html. 22 December 2015.
  3. Web site: В Цхинвали начали восстанавливать дороги. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20090526065813/http://www.intermost.ru/news/115347/. 26 May 2009.
  4. Web site: На поезд Тбилиси–Цхинвали билетов пока нет. Независимая газета. ru. 4 June 2004. Юрий. Симонян.