Chop railway station
Chop (Ukrainian: Чоп, Hungarian: Csap) is a railway station that is located in a small city of Chop, Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine. It is part of the Uzhhorod administration (Lviv Railways).
Chop Чоп | |
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| Inter-city rail | |
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| Location | Rail Station Square, Chop (Pryvokzalna ploshcha) Zakarpattia Oblast Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°25′58.1″N 22°12′26.7″E |
| Owned by | Ukrzaliznytsia |
| Operated by | Lviv Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 11 |
| History | |
| Opened | 4 December 1872 |
General description
The station is an important transportation hub and gateway to Ukraine. There are two border checkpoints: Strazh for Slovakia and Druzhba for Hungary. The station serves passengers and freight trains. Among the services provided at the station is only embarkment and disembarkment of passengers for commuter and regional lines.
Locomotive depot
The station also contains a locomotive depot that services locomotives. Currently there are no locomotive units assigned to the depot and all M62, ChME3, and D1 multiple units were transferred either to Mukacheve or Koroleve locomotive depots.
Gallery
Railway station building
Bogie exchange station for track gauge transition
Electric locomotive (VL10) at the station
External links
Media related to Chop train station at Wikimedia Commons- Chop railway station
| Previous station | Operator | Next Station | ||
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| Chop Perevalochna Baza | Lviv Railways | Čierna nad Tisou (Slovakia) | ||
| Dachne | Lviv Railways | Záhony (Hungary) |