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Platforms
  
4 (3 island platforms)

Parking
  
yes

Opened
  
1900

Tracks
  
8

Address
  
Kerch, 98300

Kerch railway station

Location
  
Disputed: Ukraine (de jure) Russia (de facto)Kerch

Owned by
  
Disputed:Ukrainian Railways (Near-Dnipro Railways) (Ukraine, de jure)Crimea Railway (Russia, de facto)

Line(s)
  
Port Krym—Dzhankoy main line

Similar
  
Vladislavovka railway station, Dzhankoy railway station, Feodosiya, Sem' Kolodezej, Ostryakovo

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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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 SimferopolRostov-on-DonMoscow).

Trains

  • Djankoy — Kerch
  • SimferopolMoscow (via Rostov-on-Don)
  • Sevastopol — Kerch (only summer)
  • References

    Kerch railway station Wikipedia


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