Glubokaya railway station ( rus, станция Глубокая) is a railway station located in Glubokiy, Kamensky District,

Rostov oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblast, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast has an area of and a populati ...

, Russia. It is 23 km down-line from Kamenskaya and is situated between Tarasovka and Pogorelovo on the Moscow —

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

line. It is approximately 3.5 km from the Federal Automobile Road M-4 "Don".

History

The wooden station building was originally built in 1870s for the Moscow — Rostov-on-Don Railway, completed in 1876. In the early 1900s the station had a locomotive depot for 4

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...

s and

water crane A water crane is a device used for delivering a large volume of water into the tank or tender of a steam locomotive. The device is also called a water column in the United States and Australia. As a steam locomotive consumes large quantities of ...

. Village of Glubokiy was founded due to construction of this railway. Warehouses, mills and a market begun to work near the station. Suburban train to Kamenskaya was initiated in 1913. Glubokaya was an important railway terminal for Southern Russia in the early 20th century. The fighting between the white Movement and Bolsheviks took place around the station during the Russian Civil War. It was occupied in 1942 during the Great Patriotic War. Village of Glubokiy and the self-named station were liberated by the Red Army on 15 January 1943. 57 steam locomotives, more than 100 carriages, grain elevator, five warehouses were taken by the Soviet Union at Glubokaya station.

Services

Glubokaya is the terminal for suburban trains operated by North Caucasian Suburban Passenger Company. The station host suburban trains from Rostov-on-Don, Likhaya and Chertkovo. Long-distance trains proceed in state through the station without stop.

Gallery

File:Глубокий-ЖД станция(1).jpg, File:Глубокий-ЖД станция(2).jpg, File:Глубокий-ЖД станция(6).jpg, Nameplate

References

{{Reflist Railway stations in Rostov Oblast Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1876