Sukhumi railway station
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Sukhumi
Станция Сухум Аҟәа |
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| Abkhazian Railway terminal | ||||||
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View of the station from Privokzalnaya square.
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Sukhumi Abkhazia
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| Owned by | Russian Railways (Abkhazian Railway) | |||||
| Platforms | 2 (1 island platforms) | |||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||
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| Parking | yes | |||||
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| Station code | 573909 | |||||
| Fare zone | 0 | |||||
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| Opened | 1940 | |||||
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Sukhumi (Russian: Станция Сухум, Abkhaz: Аҟәа) is a railway station in the capital of Abkhazia — Sukhumi.
The railway came to Abkhazia in the early 1930s. In 1940, Abkhazian railway opened from Inguri 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:
On 5 December 2002, on the bridge over the Psou river was the train Sukhumi — Sochi. 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.
On 10 September 2004, Abkhazian railway the Sukhumi — Moscow train began operations.
Tracks on the station
Station building
Station building
Moscow—Sukhumi train on platform 1
Station building
Coordinates: 43°00′26″N 40°59′45″E / 43.0072°N 40.9959°E
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