Koidula | |||||||||||
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| Location | Setomaa Parish, Võru County Estonia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°50′13.31″N 27°34′19.48″E / 57.8370306°N 27.5720778°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Eesti Raudtee | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 10 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Elron[1] | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 September 2011 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||
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Koidula railway station (Estonian: Koidula raudteejaam) is a railway station in Koidula, Estonia, on the Russian border. It merges the Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways just before the Russian border (Pechory is located straight after the border). The station opened in September 2011, and is a few metres from the border with Russia.[2][3] The main purpose of the station is making the crossing of Russian border easier for both goods and passengers. It also enabled the traffic on "Southeast Estonian Triangle" (Tartu–Valga–Piusa–Tartu) without crossing the Russian border. Currently[when?] however there are no cross-border passenger trains, and services from Pskov to Pechory do not connect with the Elron services in Estonia.[4]
The station has up to two passenger trains a day to Tartu and Piusa, operated by Elron.[1][5]
Freight volumes were reduced by up to 80 per cent due to international sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[6]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ElronStopswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Koidula piiriraudteejaam avab reisivõimaluse kolme suurlinna". 25 September 2009.
- ^ "Railway terminal "Pechory Pskovskie" - Pechory".
- ^ "New schedule of Pechory-Pskov train — Pechory: Town and district".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ ERR News. Sanctions turn Estonia's Koidula freight station into ghost station. Retrieved 28 June 2022