Port Kavkaz (russian: link=no, Порт Кавказ) is a railway station in

Krasnodar Krai Krasnodar Krai (russian: Краснода́рский край, r=Krasnodarsky kray, p=krəsnɐˈdarskʲɪj kraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and administratively a part of ...

, Russia.

History

The station was opened in 1944 to serve the new Kerch railway bridge. The complex also included construction of tracks to the bridge: from Port Kavkaz to Sennaya station and from Port Krym to

Kerch Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ...

.История строительства и разрушения моста через Керченский пролив
/ref> In February 1945 the bridge was destroyed by ice. In 1954 the Kerch ferry crossing had opened. In 1989 the railway ferries were stopped for passenger trains, however, the station continued to work, serving freight trains and a passenger diesel train Kavkaz –

Krasnodar Krasnodar (; rus, Краснода́р, p=krəsnɐˈdar; ady, Краснодар), formerly Yekaterinodar (until 1920), is the largest city and the administrative centre of Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The city stands on the Kuban River in southe ...

. In 1995 the railway ferries were stopped and the station became disused. In 2004 new rail ferries arrived to

Port Kavkaz A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...

and resumed the movement of freight trains through the

Kerch Strait ferry line The Kerch Strait ferry line (russian: Керченская паромная переправа (also, переправа «Крым — Кавказ»), uk, Керченська поромна переправа) was a ferry connection across th ...

. In 2007, the station became primary when sending oil cars from Russia to

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, replacing Ukrainian Illichivsk. In 2008 new railway lines were built to the station. Since 2009, the station sends cars to

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, bypassing customs procedures on the borders of

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and

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. Since 2015 all the trains to

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pass the station.Информация на 2015 год
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Railway stations in Krasnodar Krai Railway stations in Russia opened in 1944

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