Kerch railway station

Railway station in Kerch, Crimea

Kerch
View of the station
General information
Location	Disputed: Ukraine (de jure) Russia (de facto) Kerch
Owned by	Disputed:^[1] Ukrainian Railways (Near-Dnipro Railways) (Ukraine, de jure) Crimea Railway (Russia, de facto)
Line(s)	Port Krym—Dzhankoy main line
Platforms	4 (3 island platforms)
Tracks	8
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	47110^[2]
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1900^[3]
Electrified	No
Previous names	Kerch-2 (1900—1970)

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.

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.

References

^ ""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.
^ "История электрификации железных дорог СССР".
^ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
^ Train Moscow—Simferopol will now go via Kerch Archived 2015-05-29 at the Wayback Machine