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Headquarters | Kharkiv |
Locale | Ukraine |
Dates of operation | 1869 – present– |
Technical | |
Length | 3,000 km (1,900 mi) |
Other | |
Website |
uz |
The Southern Railways (SR) ( Ukrainian: Південна залізниця, Russian: Южная железная дорога) is a composing part of Ukraine's Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company and is headquartered in Kharkiv. Southern Railways's route map covers all railroads of the Kharkiv, Poltava and some railroads in other oblasts ( regions) as well.
As of 2008, the Southern Railways operate 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi) of track. The Southern Railways company contributes a large role as a transit railway in the routes of Russia- Crimea and Russia- Caucasus.
This regional railways was formed in 1907 soon after a merge of the Kursk- Kharkiv- Sevastopol railways and the Kharkiv-Mykolaiv railways. The company traces its history to the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railways that was established in 1869.
In March 2024 railway stations of Southern Railways were being renamed to comply with derussification and decommunization laws. [1]
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Kharkiv |
Locale | Ukraine |
Dates of operation | 1869 – present– |
Technical | |
Length | 3,000 km (1,900 mi) |
Other | |
Website |
uz |
The Southern Railways (SR) ( Ukrainian: Південна залізниця, Russian: Южная железная дорога) is a composing part of Ukraine's Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company and is headquartered in Kharkiv. Southern Railways's route map covers all railroads of the Kharkiv, Poltava and some railroads in other oblasts ( regions) as well.
As of 2008, the Southern Railways operate 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi) of track. The Southern Railways company contributes a large role as a transit railway in the routes of Russia- Crimea and Russia- Caucasus.
This regional railways was formed in 1907 soon after a merge of the Kursk- Kharkiv- Sevastopol railways and the Kharkiv-Mykolaiv railways. The company traces its history to the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railways that was established in 1869.
In March 2024 railway stations of Southern Railways were being renamed to comply with derussification and decommunization laws. [1]