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Location | Ukraine, Kovel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°13′18″N 24°42′43″E / 51.22167°N 24.71194°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Ukrainian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
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
[edit]- 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)
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)