Kherson – Kerch railway line
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Dnieper bridge near Antonivka
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Route length: | 401 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gauge : | 1520 mm ( Russian gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Kherson – Kerch railway line is a largely single-track, non-electrified main line in southern Ukraine . It runs from Kherson in the south of Ukraine in a south-easterly direction via Armjansk , Dschankoj and Vladyslaviwka to Kerch in the extreme east of the Crimea . As part of the Ukrainian Railways ( Ukrsalisnyzja ), the route through the Odeska Salisnyzja and the section from Armjansk in the Crimea through the Prydniprowska Salisnyzja until 2014 . The Crimea, annexed by Russia , has had its own railway administration since 2014 . Rail traffic between the mainland and the Crimea has been severely restricted since then, and traffic at times is completely idle.
history
The line was first opened between Dschankoj and Feodosiya in 1892 by the Dschankoj Feodosiya Railway and extended to Kerch in 1900. As part of the Soviet Union, the line from Dschankoj to Armjansk was opened in 1935, and during the Second World War it was finally connected to the western sections of the railway through the extension to Kherson. The following routes have thus been opened:
- 1892 Dschankoj – Vladyslaviwka – Feodosiya
- 1900 Vladyslavivka – Kerch
- 1935 Dschankoj – Armjansk
- 1940/44 Armjansk – Kherson
In 1896, the Dschankoj-Feodosiya Railway was merged with other railways to form the Kursk-Charkow-Sevastopol Railway , and in 1907 another merger with the Kharkov-Nikolayev Railway, creating the Russian Southern Railways .
The construction of a railway bridge over the Dnieper near Kherson (Antoniwka Railway Bridge) began in 1939, but the construction work was interrupted by the Second World War. Under German rule, a provisional ferry connection for rail traffic was established, and the construction of the actual bridge could not be completed until 1954.
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The line connects the western parts of Ukraine with the Crimea as the 2nd railway connection (next to the main line Sevastopol – Kharkiv ). Since the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014, it has had its own railway administration. Rail traffic over the demarcation line has been severely restricted since then.
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Web links
- Information on the development of the Russian Southern Railways
- Photos of the railway line between Kherson and Armjansk
- Photos of the railway line between Armjansk and Dzhankoy
- Photos of the railway line between Dzhankoy and Vladyslavivka
- Photos of the railway line between Vladyslavivka and Kerch / Krym