Kovel railway station
Kovel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lviv Railway terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Kovel station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 -
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Rail station during World War I -
Kaiser Karl I in Kovel in 1917 -
Monument of steam locomotive near the terminal (Su locomotive)
References
- ^ 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
- Kovel station at railwayz.info (photos) (in Russian)
- Rumyantseva, N. Kovel station. Tokatema.ru (in Russian)