Tskhinvali railway station
Tskhinval | ||||||
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| Georgian Railway terminal (de jure) | ||||||
| General information | ||||||
| Location |  South Ossetia, Tskhinval | |||||
| Coordinates | 42°13′43″N 43°57′40″E / 42.2286°N 43.9612°E | |||||
| Owned by | South Ossetian Government | |||||
| Platforms | 3 (2 island platforms) | |||||
| Tracks | 5 | |||||
| Construction | ||||||
| Parking | yes | |||||
| Other information | ||||||
| Station code | 579407 | |||||
| History | ||||||
| Opened | 1940[1] | |||||
| Closed | 1991 (as a rail terminal) | |||||
| Previous names | Stalinir | |||||
| Services | ||||||
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Tskhinvali Railway station was a railway terminal in the capital of South Ossetia — Tskhinvali.[2][3]
History
[edit]Until 1991 the station was to end the 33-kilometer line of the Transcaucasian Railway from the station in Gori. Currently, rail service is not available, the building is used as a bus station.
The railway Gori, Georgia—Tskhinvali was opened on 8 June 1940. At that moment Tskhinvali was called Stalinir.
In 1991 the railway was stopped because of the Georgian–Ossetian conflict.
In 1992 the station building was destroyed by the Georgian army and rebuilt only in 2002.
In 2004 Georgian Government wanted to reopen the railway for passengers and goods, but after Saakashvili became president, the plans were forgotten.[4]
Now the station is used as the main bus station of the town.
References
[edit]- ^ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник (in Russian). M.: Транспорт. 1981.
- ^ Калоев, Б. А. (15 October 2007). "Пути сообщения и средства передвижения" [Means of communication and means of transport]. Новости Осетии (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015.
- ^ "В Цхинвали начали восстанавливать дороги" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 May 2009.
- ^ Симонян, Юрий (4 June 2004). "На поезд Тбилиси–Цхинвали билетов пока нет". Независимая газета (in Russian).