Kovel | |||||||
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Lviv Railway terminal | |||||||
![]() Kovel station | |||||||
General information | |||||||
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 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Structure type | at-grade | ||||||
Parking | yes | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Station code | 354003 | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1873 | ||||||
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Kovel (Ukrainian: Ковель) is a railway hub of the Rivne directory of Lviv Railways.[1]
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
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Rail station in 1914
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Rail station during World War I
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Kaiser Karl I in Kovel in 1917
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Monument of steam locomotive near the terminal (Su locomotive)
References
[edit]- ^ 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)