Kerch_railway_station

Kerch railway station

Kerch railway station

Railway station in Kerch, Crimea


Kerch Railway station (Russian: Керчь, Ukrainian: Керч, Crimean Tatar: 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.

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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


References

  1. ""Ukrzaliznytsya" will submit a claim against the Russian Federation due to the loss of property in Crimea". RESCUE. 13 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  2. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981

45.3631°N 36.4275°E / 45.3631; 36.4275



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