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Ashgabat railway station ( tk, Aşgabat demirýol menzili) is the main railway station in
The station was built in 1888, but was completely demolished in 1948 by the
Пассажирские перевозки в Туркменистане
Passenger trains: *601/602 Ashgabat - Serhetabat - Ashgabat *604/603 Ashgabat - Balkanabad - Ashgabat *606/605 Ashgabat - Turkmenbashi - Ashgabat *607/608 Ashgabat - Dashoguz - Ashgabat *615/606 Ashgabat - Sarahs - Ashgabat Transportation of goods: *3/4 Ashgabat - Türkmenabat - Ashgabat *95/96 Ashgabat - Atmurat - Ashgabat
Ashgabat
Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشقآباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
. It was originally built in 1888, but had to be rebuilt after an earthquake in 1948. The station is operated by the Türkmendemirýollary.
History
The station was built in 1888, but was completely demolished in 1948 by the Ashgabat earthquake
The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake (; russian: Ашхабадское землетрясение 1948 года, Ashkhabadskoye zemletryasenie 1948 goda) was on 6 October with a surface wave magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extr ...
. It was rebuilt in 1950 on the foundations of the old railway station.
In 2009 the building was given a new look. The Turkish company "Belda Insaat" designed and radically reconstructed the railway station.
Service
There are 7 train routes, 2 for transporting good and five for passenger service. The train from Ashgabat to Serakhs leaves the station twice a week, the rest are daily departures.Passenger trains: *601/602 Ashgabat - Serhetabat - Ashgabat *604/603 Ashgabat - Balkanabad - Ashgabat *606/605 Ashgabat - Turkmenbashi - Ashgabat *607/608 Ashgabat - Dashoguz - Ashgabat *615/606 Ashgabat - Sarahs - Ashgabat Transportation of goods: *3/4 Ashgabat - Türkmenabat - Ashgabat *95/96 Ashgabat - Atmurat - Ashgabat
See also
*Transport in Turkmenistan
Transport in Turkmenistan includes roadways, railways, airways, seaways, and waterways, as well as oil-, gas-, and water pipelines. Road-, rail-, and waterway transport fall under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and Communications.
Du ...
* Railway stations in Turkmenistan
Railway stations in Turkmenistan include:
Maps
UN MapUNHCR Map Municipalities served by rail Trans-Caspian Railway
* Turkmenbashy
* Balkanabat
* Bereket
* Serdar
* Bamy
* Baherden
* Büzmeýin
* Ashgabat - national capital - junction
...
* Trans-Caspian railway
The Trans-Caspian Railway (also called the Central Asian Railway, russian: Среднеазиатская железная дорога) is a railway that follows the path of the Silk Road through much of western Central Asia. It was built by ...
* Trans-Karakum Railway
The Trans-Karakum Railway is a long railway in the central Asian republic of Turkmenistan. The railway was officially completed on 19 February 2006.
The railway took over 1,500 workers more than five years to build, with 800 contractors working i ...
* North-South Transnational Railway
References
Railway stations in Turkmenistan Railway stations opened in 1888 Buildings and structures in Ashgabat Transport in Ashgabat {{Turkmenistan transit