Vinnytsia railway station (Ukrainian: Станція Вінниця) is the main railway station in the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia. It first opened in 1870, and is a part of Southwestern Railways.
Vinnytsia Вінниця | |
|---|---|
| Railway station of Southwestern Railways | |
 Front view of the railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location |  1 Privokzalna Square, Vinnytsia, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 46°24′35″N 28°51′03″E / 46.40972°N 28.85083°E |
| Operated by | Southwestern Railways |
| Distance | 221 kilometres (137 mi) from Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 335801 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1870 |
According to the "Investment Atlas of Ukraine", the station receives around 1.3 million passengers every year.[1]
History
editThe station was built in 1870 as part of a rail line between Kyiv and Podilsk. The station underwent major renovations in 2003 due to its aging infrastructure.[2]
In 2018, Vinnytsia's railway station was the 6th busiest train station in Ukraine, with 5.7 million passengers.[3]
Destinations
editMajor long-distance destinations are: Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhhorod, Chernivtsi, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Kovel, and Odesa.
International destinations include: Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Bucharest, Chisinau, Minsk, and Moscow[a].
Notes
edit- ^ Chsinau, Minsk, and Moscow have been cancelled since 2020
References
edit- ^ "Кабінет міністрів України планує передати сім вокзалів в концесію на 20 років" (in Russian). 368 Media. February 2, 2020. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021.
- ^ "Південно-Західна залізниця. Флагман вітчизняної електрифікації". Southwestern Railways. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021.
- ^ "Топ-10 найбільш завантажених вокзалів України у 2018 році". Economichna Pravda. March 1, 2019. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021.