Sukhumi railway station
Sukhumi (Abkhaz: Аҟәа, Georgian: სოხუმის რკინიგზის სადგური, Russian: Станция Сухум) is a railway station in the capital of Abkhazia — Sukhumi.
Sukhumi Аҟәа სოხუმის რ/ს Станция Сухум | ||||||
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| Abkhazian Railway terminal | ||||||
View of the station from Privokzalnaya square. | ||||||
| General information | ||||||
| Location | Sukhumi Abkhazia, Georgia | |||||
| Owned by | Russian Railways (Abkhazian Railway) | |||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platforms) | |||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||
| Construction | ||||||
| Parking | yes | |||||
| Other information | ||||||
| Station code | 573909 | |||||
| Fare zone | 0 | |||||
| History | ||||||
| Opened | 1940[1] | |||||
| Services | ||||||
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History Edit
The railway came to Abkhazia in the early 1930s. In 1940, Abkhazian railway opened from Enguri to Sukhumi and then, in 1942, the Sukhumi — Adler line was opened.
In 1949, Abkhazian Railway became part of the Transcaucasian Railway. The current station building was built in the mid-1950s.
In the beginning of 1992 the following trains were passing Sukhumi:
- Moscow — Tbilisi
- Moscow — Tsqaltubo
- Moscow — Batumi
- Moscow — Sukhumi
- Moscow — Yerevan
- Rostov-on-Don — Yerevan
- Kyiv — Tbilisi
- St.Petersburg — Sukhumi
- Sochi — Yerevan
On 5 December 2002, on the bridge over the Psou river was the train Sukhumi — Sochi.[clarification needed] In 2004, on the Abkhazian section of the railway (from Psou to Sukhumi) full-scale restoration work began, carried out by Russian construction companies. Train service was suspended during construction.[2]
On 10 September 2004, Abkhazian railway the Sukhumi — Moscow train began operations.
Trains Edit
Photos Edit
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Tracks on the station
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Station building
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Station building
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Moscow—Sukhumi train on platform 1
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Station building
References Edit
- ^ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. Moscow: Транспорт. 1981.
- ^ Website 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Moscow-Sukhumi train". RZD.[dead link]