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
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
Preceding station   Abkhazian Railway   Following station

History

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

• Moscow — Sukhumi^[3]
• St.Petersburg — Sukhumi
• Belgorod — Sukhumi

Photos

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  Tracks on the station
• 
  Station building
• 
  Station building
• 
  Moscow—Sukhumi train on platform 1
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  Station building

References

1. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. Moscow: Транспорт. 1981.
2. Website Archived 2014-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
3. "Moscow-Sukhumi train". RZD.^{[dead link]}

External links

• Abkhazia Railways

43.0072°N 40.9959°E / 43.0072; 40.9959