Chop ( uk, Чоп, hu, Csap) is a
railway station that is located in a small city of
Chop, Zakarpattia Oblast in
Ukraine. It is part of the Uzhhorod administration (
Lviv Railways).
General description
The station is an important transportation hub and gateway to Ukraine. There are two border checkpoints: Strazh for
Slovakia and Druzhba for
Hungary. The station serves passengers and freight trains. Among the services provided at the station is only embarkment and disembarkment of passengers for commuter and regional lines.
Locomotive depot
The station also contains a locomotive depot that services locomotives. Currently there are no locomotive units assigned to the depot and all
M62,
ChME3
The ČKD ČME3 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by ČKD. The class was used primarily for shunting and mainline duties. With over 8,000 produced during a production run of 31 years, it is one of the most produced locomotives in th ...
, and
D1 multiple units were transferred either to Mukacheve or Koroleve locomotive depots.
Gallery
File:Railway station cop ukraine.JPG, Railway station building
File:Bogie change station at Chop station Ukraine.jpg, Bogie exchange station for track gauge transition
File:Electric locomotive VL10 in Chop.jpg, Electric locomotive ( VL10) at the station
External links
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Chop railway station
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Railway stations in Zakarpattia Oblast
Lviv Railways stations
1872 establishments in Austria-Hungary
Slovakia–Ukraine border crossings
Hungary–Ukraine border crossings
Ferenc Pfaff railway stations