Korosten railway station

Korosten railway station
Southwestern Railway junction
Location	Korosten', Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine, 11500
Coordinates	50°57′25″N 28°38′05″E / 50.95694°N 28.63472°E / 50.95694; 28.63472Coordinates: 50°57′25″N 28°38′05″E / 50.95694°N 28.63472°E / 50.95694; 28.63472
Owned by	Ukrzaliznytsia
Platforms	7
Tracks	24
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Parking	yes
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	2200110
History
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	1983
Electrified	1983-1985
Services
Preceding station   Ukrzaliznytsia   Following station Terminus   Southwestern Railways   Terminus Terminus     Terminus Preceding station   Kyivpastrans   Following station Terminus   Kyiv Urban Electric Train   Terminus
Location
Korosten Location within Ukraine

Korosten railway station (Ukrainian: Коростенський залізничний вокзал Russian: Железнодорожная станция Коростень) is a railway station in the Ukrainen city of Korosten. An important junction station of the South-Western railway on the and railway lines. The city is served by rail links to the national and regional capitals, as well as cross-border connections to neighboring Belarus. Currently (as of July 2020), the station is served by a single service to/from Kyiv, (one in each direction) on the electrified^[1] section of the mainline,^[1] with no through services to Zhytomyr.

History and architecture[]

In 1902, through the town of Iskorosten of the Ovruch district of the Volyn province of the Russian Empire, the Kiev - Kovel railway was laid and a railway station was built, in 1905 the first railway station was built at the station (architect A. Kobelev).^[2] After the outbreak of the First World War, the importance of the station increased, in 1915–1916. the lines Korosten - Zhitomir and Korosten - Ovruch were built, after which the station turned into a junction station.

On 15 July 1918, the railroad workers of the Korosten railway junction were among the first to start the All-Ukrainian strike of railroad workers.^[2] During the civil war, on 26 April 1920 the station was damaged, during the Soviet-Polish war, it was captured by Polish troops but was later rebuilt. During the Great Patriotic War and the German occupation, the station was damaged but was later restored. In 1983, a new station for 700 passengers was built at the Korosten station (architects V. Shvets and V. Grishchenko, engineer L. Mishchenko).^[3] Between 1983 and 1985 the station was electrified. In 1986, the locomotive driver of the locomotive depot station Korosten BA Zinchuk (among the first drivers of South-Western Railway has mastered driving heavy and dlinnosostavnyh trains and only during the period 1981–1985. Save 62 tons of diesel fuel, which were held 52 trains) became a laureate of the USSR state prize.^[4] In March 1995, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine added the Korosten station, as well as the locomotive depot and the carriage depot located at the station, to the list of objects, the privatization of which is prohibited due to their national significance.^[5]

Trains and destinations[]

International Routes[]

Train number	Destination	Operated by
005Я/006К	Moscow (Kiyevsky)	Ukrainian Railways
023М/024Ш	Moscow (Kiyevsky) Odessa	Ukrainian Railways
031К/031Р	Riga	Belarusian Railways Ukrainian Railways
053А/054К	Saint Petersburg (Vitebsky)	Ukrainian Railways
067К/068Л	Warsaw (Centralna)	Ukrainian Railways
073А/074Л	Moscow (Kiyevsky) Lviv	Ukrainian Railways
081Д/8862	Košice	Ukrainian Railways
086Б/086К	Minsk	Belarusian Railways
094Б/094Ш	Minsk Odessa	Ukrainian Railways
117П/380Л	Bucharest (North)	Ukrainian Railways
705К/705Л 715К/715Л	Przemyśl	Ukrainian Railways
749Д/6302	Wrocław	PKP Ukrainian Railways
40147/40749	Vienna (Hauptbahnhof)	ÖBB

Gallery[]

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  Korosten railway station in the morning. The image shows cars of RIC size, diesel locomotives 2M62u and ChME3, electric locomotive ChS4.

See also[]

• Ukrzaliznytsia - the national railway company of Ukraine

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