Sukhumi railway station

Sukhumi Станция Сухум Аҟәа
Abkhazian Railway terminal
File:2014 Suchum, dworzec kolejowy (05).jpg View of the station from Privokzalnaya square.
Location	Sukhumi Abkhazia
Owned by	Russian Railways (Abkhazian Railway)
Platforms	2 (1 island platforms)
Tracks	6
Construction
Parking	yes
Other information
Station code	573909
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1940
Services
Preceding station   Abkhazian Railway   Following station

Sukhumi (Russian: Станция Сухум, Abkhaz: Аҟәа) is a railway station in the capital of Abkhazia — Sukhumi.

History

The railway came to Abkhazia in the early 1930s. In 1940 Abkhazian railway opened from Inguri to Sukhumi and then, in 1942, the Sukhumi — Adler line was opened.

In 1949 Abkhazian Railway became part of the Transcaucasian Railway. The current station building was built in the mid-1950s.

In the beginning of 1992 via Sukhumi passed trains:

• Moscow — Tbilisi
• Moscow — Tsqaltubo
• Moscow — Batumi
• Moscow — Sukhumi
• Moscow — Yerevan
• Rostov-on-Don — Yerevan
• Kiev — Tbilisi
• St.Petersburg — Sukhumi
• Sochi — Yerevan

On 5 December 2002 on the bridge over the Psou river was the train Sukhumi — Sochi. In 2004 on the Abkhazian section of the railway (from Psou to Sukhumi) full-scale restoration work began, carried out by Russian construction companies. Train service was suspended during construction.

On 10 September 2004 Abkhazian railway the Sukhumi — Moscow train began operations.

Trains

• Moscow — Sukhumi
• St.Petersburg — Sukhumi
• Belgorod — Sukhumi

Photos

• Vokzal Suxum.jpg

  Tracks on the station

• Station building.jpg

  Station building

• 2014 Suchum, dworzec kolejowy (08).jpg

  Station building

• Moscow-Sukhum train.jpg

  Moscow—Sukhumi train on platform 1

• Vokzal-1.jpg

  Station building

External links

• Abkhazia Railways