Sukhumi (, , ) is a railway station in the capital of Abkhazia — Sukhumi.
History 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: Moscow — Tbilisi Moscow — Tsqaltubo Moscow — Batumi Moscow — Sukhumi Moscow — Yerevan Rostov-on-Don — Yerevan Kyiv — Tbilisi St.Petersburg — Sukhumi Sochi — Yerevan
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.Website
On 10 September 2004, Abkhazian railway the Sukhumi — Moscow train began operations.
Trains Moscow — Sukhumi St.Petersburg — Sukhumi Belgorod — Sukhumi
Photos
References
External links Abkhazia Railways