Kovel railway station
Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель) is a railway hub of the Rivne directory of Lviv Railways.[1]
Kovel | ||||||
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| Lviv Railway terminal | ||||||
 Terminal of Kovel station | ||||||
| Location | Ukraine, Kovel | |||||
| Coordinates | 51°13′18″N 24°42′43″E | |||||
| Owned by | Ukrainian Railways | |||||
| Operated by | Lviv Railways | |||||
| Platforms | 1 (main platform), 2 (island platform) | |||||
| Tracks | 20 | |||||
| Connections | Bus terminal | |||||
| Construction | ||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | |||||
| Parking | yes | |||||
| Other information | ||||||
| Station code | 354003 | |||||
| History | ||||||
| Opened | 1873 | |||||
| Services | ||||||
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Along with Zabolottia railway station also serves as a rail border checkpoint at Belarus-Ukraine border.[2]
Kovel Station also has rail yard and locomotive depot.
Gallery
Rail station in 1914.jpg.webp)
Rail station during World War I
Kaiser Karl I in Kovel in 1917
Rail station in 2005
Monument of steam locomotive near the terminal (Su locomotive)
References
- 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
- Kovel station at railwayz.info (photos) (in Russian)
- Rumyantseva, N. Kovel station. Tokatema.ru (in Russian)
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