Southern Railways (Ukraine)

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Southern Railways
Overview
HeadquartersKharkiv
LocaleUkraine
Dates of operation1869 (155 years ago) (1869)
– present–
Technical
Length3,000 km (1,900 mi)
Other
Websiteuz.gov.ua

The Southern Railways (SR) (

Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company and is headquartered in Kharkiv. Southern Railways's route map covers all railroads of the Kharkiv, Poltava and some railroads in other oblasts (regions
) as well.

As of 2008, the Southern Railways operate 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi) of track. The Southern Railways company contributes a large role as a transit railway in the routes of Russia-Crimea and Russia-Caucasus.

History

This regional railways was formed in 1907 soon after a merge of the Kursk-Kharkiv-Sevastopol railways and the Kharkiv-Mykolaiv railways. The company traces its history to the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railways that was established in 1869.

In March 2024 railway stations of Southern Railways were being renamed to comply with derussification and decommunization laws.[1]

Structure

Subdivisions of Ukrainian Railways
Subdivisions
  • Sumy
  • Kharkiv
  • Poltava
  • Kupiansk
Others
  • Central House of Science and Technology (Kharkiv subdivision)
  • Mykola Hohol Sanatorium

Directors

Southern Railways

  • 1907–1907 Johann-Theodore "Fyodor" Schmidt
  • 1907–1908 Viktor Rozanov
  • 1909–1910 Ippolit Ivanovskiy
  • 1910–1913 Vladislav Stulginskiy
  • 1913–1916 Boris Voskresenskiy
  • 1916–1917 Boris Yazykov
  • 1920–1920 Aleksei Ivanov (commissar)
  • 1920–1921 A.Hlavatskyi
  • 1921–1922 V.Nauman
  • 1923–1926 A.Ivanov
  • 1920s I.Myronov
  • 1927–1928 Viktor Paniashvili
  • 1928–1930 P.Bandura
  • 1931–1933 Yakiv Livshyts
  • 1933–1934 Mykola Levchenko
  • 1934–1934 Oleksiy Zorin

Southern Railway

  • 1934–1937 Petro Shushkov
  • 1937–1938 Ilarion Maliy
  • 1938–1944 Semen Kutafin
  • 1944–1945 Kostiantyn Danylenko
  • 1945–1954 Petro Dmytryuk
  • 1954–1959 Kostiantyn Kozhukhar
  • 1959–1972 Hryhoriy Holovchenko
  • 1972–1976 Mykola Konaryev
  • 1976–1983 Oleksiy Shutov
  • 1983–1995 Oleksandr Puchko
  • 1995–1997 Oleh Kryuchkov
  • 1997–2000 Vasyl Nesvit
  • 2000–2005 Viktor Ostapchuk
  • 2005–2005 Hryhoriy Boiko
  • 2005–2012 Viktor Ostapchuk
  • 2012–2014 Oleksandr Filatov
  • 2014– Mykola Umanets

References

  1. ^ "Railway stations were renamed in Poltava Oblast". Istorychna Pravda (in Ukrainian). March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.

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