Kerch railway station
Railway station in Kerch, Crimea
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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.
- Ukrainian Railways (Near-Dnipro Railways) (Ukraine, de jure)
- Crimea Railway (Russia, de facto)
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| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Disputed: Kerch | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Disputed:[1]
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| Line | Port Krym—Dzhankoy main line | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 (3 island platforms) | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | |||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 47110[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 0 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1900[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Kerch-2 (1900—1970) | |||||||||||||||
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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 Vladislavovka—Port 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 Kerch — Port Krym (passenger train Simferopol — Rostov-on-Don — Moscow).[4]
Trains
- Djankoy — Kerch
- Simferopol — Moscow (via Rostov-on-Don)
- Sevastopol — Kerch (only in summer)
Gallery
View of the station building from platform 1.
Suburban train Dzhankoy — Kerch.
A train on platform 1.
See also
- Crimean Bridge - rail link across Kerch Strait
