Sochi railway station

Sochi
North Caucasus Railway terminal
File:E-train Lastochka on station Sochi.jpg View to Sochi station building from platform 2.
Location	Russia, Sochi, Gorky Str. 56
Line(s)	Krasnodar—Sukhumi
Distance	135 km (to Sukhumi)
Platforms	3
Tracks	9
Construction
Parking	yes
Bicycle facilities	yes
Other information
Station code	532909
History
Opened	1916
Rebuilt	1923, 1952
Electrified	1956

Krivenkovskaya — Vesioloye

Legend ( To Armavir ) 254 ( To Enem ) Tuapse river 1859,5 1860 km Skakukha river 1862,1 PMS-142 1863,3 Krivenkovskaya 254 1867,3 Kirpichny 1870,2 Tsypka 1872,0 Grechesky 1879,4 Dachny 1881,5 Tuapse-Sortirovochnaya 97, 27 1883,3 Tuapse-Passazhirskaya Tuapse river 1886,2 Vesna 1887,4 1887 km 1888,0 Gizel-Dere 1889,0 Yuzhny Daderkoy river 1890,0 Daderkoy Shepsy river 1892,5 Shepsy 1895,0 Magry Tunnels 1 and 1-bis (589 м) Shuyuk river x20px 1897,5 Sputnik Tunnel 2 (95 м) Vishnevka river 1899,1 Makopse Makopse river 1900,0 Druzhba 1902,0 Smena 1903,0 Golubaya Dacha 1904,4 Vodopadny Ashe river x20px 1907,0 Ashe x20px 1909,0 Mamedova Shchel' Kuapse river 1912,4 Lazarevskaya Pseuapse river 1917,9 Soloniki Tsukhvadzh 1918,0 1919 km 1921,6 Volkonka 1922,6 VVS Chukhukt 1923,7 Chemitokvadzhe Chemitokvadzhe river Tunnel 3 (90 м) x20px 1930,0 Golovinka Shakhe x20px 1931,8 Lazurny Bereg Osokhoy river Yakornaya Shchel river 1935,4 Yakornaya Shchel Beranda river 1939,0 Sovkhoz 1940,0 1939 km 1940,2 Vardane Buu river 1942,4 Lesnaya Khobza River Loo river 1945,0 Loo x20px 1948,2 Gorny Vozdukh 1950,8 Uch-Dere 1952,6 Dagomys Dagomys river 1955,0 73 km Tunnel 4 (460 м) x20px 1958,2 Mamayka Mamayka river Voenkom Tunnel 5 (670 м) Sochi river 1963,0 км Sochi Tunnels 6-bis (780 м) and 6 (800 м) Tunnels 7-bis (1014 м) and 7 (1020 м) 1968,0 Stadion Bzugu river 1970,7 Matsesta x20px Old Matsesta Matsesta river Agura river 1975,6 Akhun Tunnel 8-bis (90 м) and 8 (120 м) 1978,1 Khosta Khosta river Kudepsta 1979,3 Kudepsta 1982,8 Izvestiya 1986,6 км Adler One track 144 m tunnel 344 m tunnel Sochi Airport 1991,0 Olimpic Village Line to Krasnaya Polyana Mzymta river One track ( To Roza Khutor ) 1993,0 Imeretinsky Kurort 1995,4 Vesioloye 1997,0 Russia, Krasnodar Krai, SKZD Abkhazia, Gagra District, AbZD x20px ( To Sukhumi )

Sochi railway station (Russian: Сочи) is the largest of the four railway stations in Sochi, and one of the largest railway stations in Krasnodar Krai. It is part of North Caucasus Railway and located in the Tsentralny City District of Sochi.

It was renovated for the 2014 Winter Olympics, alongside Sochi's three other railway stations: Dagomys, Matsesta and Khosta.

History

The place for the construction of the railway terminal was defined in 1913, at the fairgrounds (now the Railway Station Square) in front of the city cemetery (now Zavokzalny memorial complex).

The present, much larger building of the railway station was designed by Alexey Dushkin. Its construction was started on 13 September 1950 and completed on 10 September 1952, and the luggage section was added in 1956. In the 1950s Sochi played an important role in the Soviet Unions, being a major transit point from Russia to Georgia and the most popular health resort for a large number of ordinary citizens and Communist Party leaders, including Joseph Stalin. Consequently, the station construction was curated by an unusually large number of ministries, and by Stalin himself. While Dushkin's design was considered elegant by many curators, including Stalin, it was criticised by others for excessive costs. Dushkin built a twin version of the Sochi station in Simferopol in 1951. In 1975, the Sochi station was included to the Russian list of architectural monuments of federal importance.

• SochiTrainstation1916.JPG

  1916

• Railway station Sochi 1939.jpg

  1939

• Железнодорожный вокзал (Сочи) 4.jpg

  2012

Interesting facts

• There is a twin-station in Simferopol, built by Duskin in 1951.

Layout

The building is 145 m long, 30–50 m wide and 55 m tall from the earth level to the star on the clock tower. The tower is separated from the main building and features a clock of 5 m diameter. The clock's dial is encircled by the zodiac signs; their sequence is unusual, and Dushkin did not leave a clue to his arrangement.

The building has three inner yards with a sculpture and fountains. The sculpture Girl with a jug is one of the city symbols. It is a copy of the original preserved at the city museum.

• Sochi Train Station statue.JPG

  Girl with a jug in an inner yard of the station

• Sochi train station clocktower.jpg

  Clock tower