Kovel railway station
Kovel Ковель | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kovel station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Ukraine, Kovel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°13′18″N 24°42′43″E / 51.22167°N 24.71194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Lviv Railway terminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owner | Ukrainian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator | Lviv Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 (main platform), 2 (island platform) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 354003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Official name | Залізничний вокзал (Railway station building) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Architecture | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reference no. | 2290-Вл | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель) is a railway hub of the Rivne directory of Lviv Railways.[2] The Chełm–Kovel railway (both 1435 mm and 1520 mm gauge) links Kovel to Chełm in Poland, and represents the longest standard-gauge railway connecting Ukraine to the rest of Europe.
Along with Zabolottia railway station also serves as a rail border checkpoint at Belarus-Ukraine border.[3]
Kovel Station also has rail yard and locomotive depot.
Gallery
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Rail station in 1914
Rail station during World War I
Kaiser Karl I in Kovel in 1917
Monument of steam locomotive near the terminal (Su locomotive)
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References
[edit]- ↑ Service from Ukraine to Belarus was suspended in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later, due to sanctions resulting from Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- ↑ Information Archived June 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ List of border checkpoints on the border with Belarus (НА КОРДОНІ З РЕСПУБЛІКОЮ БІЛОРУСЬ) Archived May 23, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. State Border Service of Ukraine.
External links
[edit]- Kovel station at railwayz.info (photos) (in Russian)
- Rumyantseva, N. Kovel station. Tokatema.ru (in Russian)
