Sirius railway station

Sirius

Сириус
The station
General information
LocationSirius federal territory
Krasnodar Krai
Russia
Coordinates43°24′43.24″N 39°58′27.62″E / 43.4120111°N 39.9743389°E / 43.4120111; 39.9743389
Owned byRussian Railways
Operated byNorth Caucasus Railway
LineKrasnodarSukhumi
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
History
Opened2013
ElectrifiedYes
Previous namesOlympic Park, Imeretinsky Kurort
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Olympic Village
towards Krivenkovskaya
Krivenkovskaya–Vesioloye Vesyoloye
Terminus
Location

Sirius railway station (Russian: Сириус) is a railway station of the North Caucasus Railway, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, located in Sirius federal territory, Russia.

History

The station was built for the 2014 Winter Olympics as Olympic Park and was the main transport hub of Olympic Park, the coastal cluster.[1] During the Olympics, 26 pairs of trains departed daily from the station to Krasnaya Polyana where the remainder of the Olympic events occurred.

On 15 March 2016, the station was renamed Imeretinsky Kurort[2] and in 2026 Sirius.

Trains

References

  1. ^ "Фонтанный комплекс украсил «олимпийский» вокзал в Сочи". Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
  2. ^ "Станция переименована". Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-17.