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Uzhhorod railway station () is the main railway station in
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. It also is used as a port on the Slovakia–Ukraine border for freight transport. The rail border checkpoint is part of the Chop customs. The station was opened to the public in October 2004. It is located on
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Square, 300 meters away from the city's main bus station.


History

The station was opened on 28 August 1872, as a part of . The former building of the Ungvar (Uzhhorod) Railway Station was built in the early 20th century and renovated in 2004, becoming the suburban railway station. In 1968, the station was electrified. In the late 1970s, the Soviet Government decided to build a new station building for the 1980 Olympic Games, but the project was never completed. In 2002, the Ukrainian
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decided to build a new modern bigger railway station complex. The works began in 2003. In October 2004 Ukrainian
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and Uzhhorod city mayor opened the new station complex to the public.


The complex today

The suburban station serves trains to stations in the Zakarapattia Oblast. The central railway station serves departures and arrivals to and from: *
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Gallery

Image:Ukraine-Uzhhorod-Railway Station-4.jpg, The Grand Hall with the fountain. File:Heorhiy Kirpa statue inside Uzhhorod Uzhhorod railway station.jpg,
Heorhiy Kirpa Heorhiy Mykolayovych Kirpa () (20 July 1946 in Klubivka, Khmelnytskyi Oblast – 27 December 2004 in Bortnychi, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian railway manager, statesman and politician, best known as the head of the Ukrzaliznytsia national railway ...
statue inside the Grand Hall. Image:Bahnhof uzhhorod 2004.jpg, The illumination of the Uzhhorod Central Station. Image:Ukraine-Uzhhorod-Railway Station-1.jpg,
Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
-Uzhhorod train at Uzhhorod Railway Station. Image:Вокзал Ужгород,будівлю вокзалу.jpg


See also

* Chop railway station, still on the Ukrainian side of the border * Čierna nad Tisou railway station, on the Slovakian side * Uzhhorod – Košice broad gauge track * Slovakia–Ukraine border * Uzhhorod (border checkpoint)


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Border checkpoints with Slovakia

Uzhhorod railway station
at Railwayz.info Central Rail Terminal Railway stations in Zakarpattia Oblast Slovakia–Ukraine border crossings
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