Vilcha railway station

Vilcha Ukrainian: Вільча, Russian: Вильча
A railway track near the station.
General information
Location	Vilcha  Ukraine
Coordinates	51.361551°N 29.438043°E / 51.361551; 29.438043
Line(s)	Chernihiv–Ovruch
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	347005
History
Opened	1928
Closed	27 April 1986 (emergency)
Rebuilt	2021

v t e Chernihiv-Ovruch line
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 To Chornobyl Plant Bridge of Death To Chornobyl Plant 91.1 Semykhody Pripyat River 97.0 Zimovishche 105.0 Masheve Exclusion Zone Radioecological Reserve 109.0 Posudovo 113.0 Kolyban Brahinka River 118.1 Kaporenka Radioecological Reserve Gomel Oblast Peresadochna[3] 122.7 Yolcha Dnieper River Gomel Oblast Chernihiv Oblast 131.1 Nedanchychi Chernihiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast Slavutych (city) 135.1 Selyshche Lisove P56 139.7 Slavutych Slavutych (city) Kyiv Oblast Kyiv Oblast Chernihiv Oblast 145.6 Demiyka Pakulka River 150.3 Maliiky 0.0 Zhydynychi 13.2 Karkhivka 157.1 20.2 Zhukotky 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". Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
6. "Yanov railway station | The Chernobyl Gallery". November 6, 2014.
7. "Yanov Railway Station". August 17, 2012.

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