Vicșani (Ukrainian: Вікшань) is a railway station near the town of Siret in

Suceava County Suceava County () is a county ('' ro, județ'') of Romania. Most of its territory lies in the southern part of the historical region of Bukovina, while the remainder forms part of Western Moldavia proper. The county seat is the historical town ...

of northern Romania, 7km south of the Ukrainian border, on the line north from Bucharest. The station functions as the

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point for crossings between Romania and the border transit station at Vadul-Siret railway station (Ukrainian: Вадул-Сірет) in Ukraine with immigration and customs controls. After crossing the border, trains can use gauge change equipment at Vadul-Siret to change from standard gauge to Ukrainian wide gauge of 1520mm. Vicșani railway station serves the Căile Ferate Române Line 500. In November 2022 as part of a joint Romania–Ukraine programme to provide extra rail capacity following the

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, six standard gauge and seven broad gauge tracks were reopened for traffic.

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