Railways of Crimea
The railways of Crimea and Sevastopol are served by the unitary enterprise Crimea Railways (Crimean Railways). Thanks to the communication routes, communication is maintained between such cities as Simferopol, Sevastopol, Saki, Evpatoria, Kerch, Feodosia, Dzhankoy, etc..
Development of the Crimean Railway
State enterprise «Crimean railway» was formed on the basis of the Crimean branch of the Pridneprovskaya railway in March 2014. The railway network does not cover Tarkhankut and the South Coast of Crimea. Passenger traffic takes place between Crimea and Voronezh, Moscow and Rostov-on-Don. The transportation scheme is intermodal: train - ferry - train. The Crimean Railways has 3 locomotive depots: Kerch, Dzhankoy and Simferopol.
Spring 2014 GK «Avtodor» and JSC «Russian Railways» founded LLC «Kerch bridge crossing», the main task of which is the construction of a road-rail bridge across the Kerch Strait. The bridge will be about 19 km long. It was also planned to build a new railway line Simferopol - Kerch, reconstruction of the Kerch - Armyansk line and the creation of new stations..
The railway bridge across the strait is an opportunity to reduce to a minimum the time of crossing the water area and to increase passenger traffic and cargo turnover. Previously, the Crimean Railways supported the transportation of passengers between the Russian capital and Kharkov, Donetsk, Simferopol and Krivoy Rog. Currently, communication between Ukraine and Russia has been terminated. You can buy a train ticket online by visiting the train.crimea.pro website. Railway tickets go on sale no earlier than 45 days before the departure date.
How to get to Crimea by rail
The Crimean Railway offers a route Moscow - Simferopol, which runs through Russian territory. Passengers spend 44 hours on the way. The train goes to the station «Caucasus», then passengers change to a bus and get to the port «Caucasus». There they cross the Kerch Strait and arrive in Kerch, where they again take their places on the train and follow to Simferopol.
To get to the peninsula, it is not necessary to use the Crimean railways. It is enough to turn to the services of JSC «FPK» (subdivision «Russian Railways»). The route involves traveling along the Moscow - Anapa or Moscow - Krasnodar line. Then passengers change to buses and follow to the port «Caucasus», where they cross the strait. After arriving in Kerch, they go by bus to Yalta or Feodosia.
