Sonkovo (russian: Сонко́во) is central commodity-passenger

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

of the Moscow branch of the

Oktyabrskaya Railway Oktyabrskaya Railway or October Railway (russian: Октябрьская железная дорога) is the subsidiary of RZD, servicing railway lines in the north-west of Russia. It stretches from Moscow's Leningrad Terminal in the south to Mu ...

on a joint with Northern Railway, with movement in four directions. The station is located in the urban-type settlement of

Sonkovo Sonkovo (russian: Сонко́во) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) and the administrative center of Sonkovsky District of Tver Oblast, Russia. Population: History Founded by the Russian Greek Orthodox Inkeriköt (Izhorians) in t ...

Tver Oblast Tver Oblast (russian: Тверска́я о́бласть, ''Tverskaya oblast'', ), from 1935 to 1990 known as Kalinin Oblast (), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Tver. It was named after Mikhai ...

, Russia The railway station and locomotive depot have been defining factors of the settlement's development. File:Sonkovo-train-station.jpg, Sonkovo railway station File:Sonkovo-tower.jpg, Water tower at station Sonkovo File:Soncovo-locomotive.jpg, Steam locomotive Э-766-44 File:Sonkovo-bridge.jpg, Bridge above tracks uniting northern and southern parts of Sonkovo

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Railway stations in Tver Oblast Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1870 {{Russia-railstation-stub