Krym ( uk, Крим, russian: Крым) is a
railway station
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that is located in the city of
Kerch in
Crimea
Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
, a territory recognized by a majority of countries as part of
Ukraine
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, but ''de facto'' under control and administration of
Russia
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.
The station is an important transportation hub. 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. In a close vicinity is located
Port Krym where trains are being transported by
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
.
See also
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Port Kavkaz railway station
Port Kavkaz (russian: link=no, Порт Кавказ) is a railway station in Krasnodar Krai, 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: f ...
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Krym railway station
Buildings and structures in Kerch
Railway stations in Crimea