Vilcha railway station

Railway station in Vilcha, Ukraine

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km
Korosten
Bilokorovychi
212.6
Ostriv[1]
Noryn River
T0619
0.0
Ovruch
North to Mazyr
6.1
Selyshche[2]
12.0
Hrezlia
13.8
Husarivka
Hrezlia River
22.8
Nyvky
30.5
Tychkiv
33.3
Racha
Radcha River
40.5
Vilkhova
Zhytomyr Oblast
Exclusion Zone
T1035
44.4
Vilcha
52.0
Pavlovichi
57.0
Klivini
63.0
Tovstyi Lys
71.0
Krasnytsa
76.0
Buriakivka
79.0
Shepelychi
87.0
Yaniv
Bridge of Death
91.1
Semykhody
Pripyat River
97.0
Zimovishche
105.0
Masheve
Exclusion Zone Ukraine
Radioecological Reserve Belarus
109.0
Posudovo
113.0
Kolyban
Brahinka River
118.1
Kaporenka
Peresadochna[3]
122.7
Iolcha
Dnieper River
Gomel Oblast Belarus
Chernihiv Oblast Ukraine
131.1
Nedanchychi
Chernihiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast
Slavutych (city)
135.1
Selyshche Lisove
P56
139.7
Slavutych
145.6
Demiyka
Pakulka River
150.3
Maliyky
0.0
Zhidinichi
13.2
Karkhivka
157.1
20.2
Zhukotki
160.9
Levkovichi
168.1
Bilous
M01
Bilous River
173.9
Chernihiv-Pidusivka
174.6
175 km
Hornostaivka
175.5
Chernihiv
Nizhyn

Vilcha railway station[4] (Ukrainian: Вільча, Russian: Вильча, previously Oleksiivka), is a station in Vilcha, Kyiv Oblast, not too far from Pripyat. It is part of the Chernihiv–Ovruch railway, and is included in the transport sector state-owned enterprise Chernobylservis. As of 2022, it is officially active, but there is no passenger service.[5]

History

The station was commissioned in 1928 as part of the Chernihiv-Ovruch railway, with the name Oleksiivka.[6]

In 2017, the Ukrainian government decided to extend the Vilcha-Semykhody section of the Chernihiv-Ovruch railway from the previously dismantled Semykhody railway station to Vilcha for easier access to the Chornobyl New Safe Confinement of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The job was given to Energoatom. One of the rail tracks passing through Yaniv was reconstructed, and construction began with two teams beginning at Vilcha and Yaniv station. On July 9, 2021, the two teams met and placed the "golden spike".[7]

Structure

There is one platform in the middle of the station and two tracks. The station building is currently inactive but still exists.

References

  1. ^ in english: Island
  2. ^ in english: Town
  3. ^ in english: Transfer Point
  4. ^ "Radioactive Railroad - A journey through the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone". www.radioactiverailroad.com.
  5. ^ Залізничні колії до ЧАЕС готові до експлуатації, сьогодні ділянкою проїхав перший тестовий поїзд, — Іван Юрик
  6. ^ "Yanov railway station | The Chernobyl Gallery". November 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Yanov Railway Station". August 17, 2012.

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