Doğukapı railway station

40°43′48″N 43°44′15″E / 40.7299°N 43.7374°E / 40.7299; 43.7374Owned byTCDDPlatforms2Tracks7ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeOther informationStatusClosedHistoryOpened1899Closed1993Rebuilt1962

Doğukapı station is a freight station near the Turkey/Armenia border, on the former Kars–Gyumri railway line. The station name, "Doğukapı" means "the Eastern Gate" in Turkish, referring to the station's being the Turkey's entry point from the USSR.

The station building is abandoned and the tracks are rarely used. Since the closing of the border in 1993, no trains have operated east of the station.

References

  • "INFRASTRUCTURE (Armenia)". Jane's Information Group. Archived from the original on 2012-08-26.—mentions the existence of "the closed Akhuryan-Dogukapi line"
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  • Doğukapı


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