Kerch Railway station (russian: Керчь, uk, Керч, crh, 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.

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 Simferopol —

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— Moscow).Train Moscow—Simferopol will now go via Kerch

Trains

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— Kerch * Simferopol — Moscow (via

) * Sevastopol — Kerch (only in summer)

Gallery

Залізничний_вокзал_в_Керчі.jpg, View of the station building from platform 1. 2ТЭ116-1574, пригородный поезд Джанкой - Керчь, станция Керчь.jpg, Suburban train

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— Kerch. ЧМЭ3-2478, станция Керчь.jpg, A train on platform 1.

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