Sukhumi | |
Native Name: | Abkhazian: Аҟәа Georgian: სოხუმის რ/ს Russian: Станция Сухум |
Type: | Abkhazian Railway terminal |
Address: | Sukhumi |
Country: | Abkhazia, Georgia |
Platform: | 2 (1 island platforms) |
Tracks: | 6 |
Parking: | yes |
Opened: | 1940[1] |
Code: | 573909 |
Owned: | Russian Railways (Abkhazian Railway) |
Zone: | 0 |
Sukhumi (ab|Аҟәа, Georgian: სოხუმის რკინიგზის სადგური, ru|Станция Сухум) is a railway station in the capital of Abkhazia — Sukhumi.
The railway came to Abkhazia in the early 1930s. In 1940, Abkhazian railway opened from Enguri to Sukhumi and then, in 1942, the Sukhumi — Adler line was opened.
In 1949, Abkhazian Railway became part of the Transcaucasian Railway. The current station building was built in the mid-1950s.
In the beginning of 1992 the following trains were passing Sukhumi:
On 5 December 2002, on the bridge over the Psou river was the train Sukhumi — Sochi. In 2004, on the Abkhazian section of the railway (from Psou to Sukhumi) full-scale restoration work began, carried out by Russian construction companies. Train service was suspended during construction.[2]
On 10 September 2004, Abkhazian railway the Sukhumi — Moscow train began operations.