The railways of Crimea and Sevastopol are serviced by the unitary enterprise KrymZhD (Crimean Railway). Thanks to communication routes, communication is maintained between cities such as Simferopol, Sevastopol, Saki, Evpatoria, Kerch, Feodosia, Dzhankoy, etc.

Development of the Crimean Railway

The state enterprise "Crimean Railway" was formed on the basis of the Crimean branch of the Dnieper railway in March 2014. The railway network does not cover Tarkhankut and South Coast. Passenger service occurs between Crimea and Voronezh, Moscow and Rostov-on-Don. The transportation scheme is intermodal: train – ferry – train. The Crimean Railway has 3 locomotive depots: Kerch, Dzhankoy and Simferopol.

In the spring of 2014, the Avtodor Group of Companies and Russian Railways OJSC founded the Kerch Bridge Crossing LLC, whose main task is the construction of automobile- railway bridge through the Kerch Strait. The bridge will have a length of about 19 km. It was also planned to build a new railway line Simferopol - Kerch, reconstruct the Kerch - Armyansk line and create new stations.

A railway bridge across the strait is an opportunity to reduce travel time across water to a minimum and increase passenger flow and cargo turnover. Previously, Crimean Railways supported passenger transportation between the Russian capital and Kharkov, Donetsk, Simferopol and Krivoy Rog. Currently, communication between Ukraine and Russia has been stopped. You can purchase a train ticket online by visiting train.crimea.pro. Train 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 passes through Russian territory. Passengers spend 44 hours on the way. The train goes to the Kavkaz station, then passengers transfer to a bus and get to the Kavkaz port. There they cross the Kerch Strait and arrive in Kerch, where they again take their seats on the train and proceed 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 FPC (a division of Russian Railways). The route involves traveling along the Moscow – Anapa or Moscow – Krasnodar line. Then passengers transfer to buses and travel to the port of Kavkaz, where they are transported across the strait. After arriving in Kerch, they travel by bus to Yalta or Feodosia.

Get to Crimean peninsula There are basically four ways. The first method, the most expensive and comfortable, is air travel. A couple of hours on the plane - and you are already in Simferopol or Sevastopol. Buses, trolleybuses, minibuses or taxis will take you from these cities to your destination along direct routes - the choice is yours.
The second is railway. After spending a day on the train, solving all the crossword puzzles, your goal - sun, sea and mountains - will be achieved. The main railway stations in Crimea are Simferopol, Feodosia, Evpatoria.
The third way is to visit Crimea - by choosing car trip. When choosing this option, you need to think through everything in advance and check the map, since some routes actually turn out to be long and extreme. For motorists South coast Crimea sometimes prepares adventures: the roads here are not easy, most of them are mountainous and winding.
The latest is the fourth method, the most extreme. Every year, every summer, a large number of young people hitchhike to Crimea. Everyone has their own reasons: some are hungry for adventure, others don’t have enough money. Here you need to have experience communicating with people and be careful.


This year, or rather, a week before the new year, something happened that, in principle, was a logical result of the annexation of Crimea to Russia - the complete cessation of railway communication with Ukraine, both passenger and freight. What meant the beginning of an era of unprecedented stagnation of the Crimean railways until the most important transport artery for the peninsula - a bridge across the Kerch Strait, which will connect Crimea with mainland Russia. Anyone who thought and hoped that the holiday season was disrupted should be disappointed, because... Simferopol Airport handled the task of receiving tourists to the peninsula perfectly, where in the summer planes landed or arrived every 5 minutes + the Caucasus-Crimea ferry crossing worked like clockwork this year and there weren’t any big queues for the ferry, except perhaps on peak days in the end of August, when people poured out of the resorts en masse.
As for the railway, we have a system of essentially inactive lines with the only passenger train No. 561/562 Moscow-Simferopol-Moscow, going through ferry crossing, not so intense freight traffic (about 2-3 pairs to Sevastopol, rare cargo to Evpatoria) and the prevailing traffic of commuter trains:
- Simferopol - Evpatoria only 4 couples
- Simferopol - Sevastopol 5 pairs
- Simferopol - Dzhankoy - Salt Lake about 8 pairs
- and on average 3-4 couples on diesel locomotives

That seems to be all that the Crimean Railway could boast of this year. The main innovation of this season is the introduction of commuter trains with all-metal locomotive-hauled cars on electrified sections. This is explained by the fact that due to the cancellation of trains through Ukraine, a huge staff of conductors and logistics crews of the Simferopol depot were left out of work and, in order for them to have at least some kind of work, they were assigned to suburban routes. + it can be assumed that the fleet of electric trains at the home of the Simferopol multiple unit depot was already in unsatisfactory condition - the promised electric trains from the mainland never arrived, and ER1, which should have been immediately abandoned on the day of joining with Russia, had all heavy repairs, starting with TR -2 were previously carried out at the Nikopol and Dnepropetrovsk depots of the Pridneprovskaya railway - naturally, the road there is now closed. This summer, only 6 trains assembled from more or less serviceable sections operated on the line; of course, such a number of electric trains could not ensure the stable movement of all pairs of commuter trains; here ChS2T and pass cars came to the rescue.

So, about all my trips in order:

July 11, 2015
He made his first foray on the very first evening after arriving in Crimea. According to tradition, it took place on the Evpatoria-Ostryakovo branch, next to which I have been vacationing for 15 years now. As I already wrote, on this line this summer, well, at least during my stay there, there was a minimal number of trains in comparison with at least last season - only 4 suburban trains (as in the winter schedule - earlier in the summer they added 4 more), a very rare freight train to Evpatoria-commodity, and PDS, as you know, are no longer here - in general, the line died... So, the goal of the foray was the last train to Evpatoria:

1. Electric train ER1-117 on the Saki-Pribrezhnaya section

July 12, 2015
The next morning I got out there in the same place, but this time behind a commuter train on a locomotive. Unfortunately, he came across a fucked-up mansion:

2. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1020 s by commuter train Evpatoria-Resort - Simferopol arrives at the op. College, route Pribrezhnaya - Saki.

In it I got to the neighboring Saki station. God, how long has it been since I traveled along this line in a passenger train...

And he removed the departure of this train from the station:

3. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1020 with the commuter train Evpatoria-Kurort - Simferopol departs from Saki station

July 13, 2015
The lack of movement in long-established places served as a motivator for trips to new ones (well, at least new ones for oneself, but well known to many). True, behind the same minimum of movement - the world is on a thread. This time I finally decided to go to Inkerman for the same one a stretch where ferroequinologists and Orthodox believers make pilgrimages - those who are in the know will understand where I ended up - and for those who do not understand, the answer is further =). But before that, it was decided to remove the only PDS in Crimea (if you had said this a year or two ago, they would have taken you for a crazy person) before reaching Simferopol. I had to get up at 4 in the morning and take the first train to Evpatoria, and since it went from Ostryakovo to Simferopol without stops, including the platform I needed, I had to change trains in Ostryakovo to the Elka from the Dzhankoy direction. Morning train at Ostryakovo station, carrying people to work in Simferopol:

Got off at the next stop - op. 1450 kilometer, I’m filming my section at the tail:

4. Electric train ER1-199 departs from the checkpoint. 1450 km, Ostryakovo-Simferopol section

Before ERka had time to hide behind the curve, a commuter under the tower came towards her. And yes, fucked again:

5. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1045 with the suburban train Simferopol - Mamut on the Simferopol-Gruzovoy - Ostryakovo section

In theory, it should be followed by the Moscow train, but for now an electric train has arrived from Ostryakovo:

6. Electric train ER2-425 at the checkpoint. 1450 km, Ostryakovo - Simferopol-Gruzovoy section

At the time of filming it was the most new train in Crimea. ED4M-0415, which was skied here last season, was declared unsuitable for use in Crimea and was returned back to the mainland.

The crew turned out to be quite friendly. However, this is understandable, because Vladimir Ivanyura, a machinist and part-time good railway photographer, sits at the controller.


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I take a shot of the Erka in the tail; PDS is already approaching from the direction of Simferopol:

8. Electric train ER2-425 on the Ostryakovo - Simferopol-Gruzovoy section

Yes, I'm lucky with these red devils. Considering that out of the 6 remaining on the peninsula, only these 2 (1020 and 1045) are fed, then this is, damn it, a “success” ..

9. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1020 with train No. 562 Simferopol - Rostov-on-Don (VBS Simferopol-Moscow) on the section Simferopol-Gruzovoy - Ostryakovo

Simferopol-Moscow, in fact, is said loudly. Upon arrival at the port of Crimea, passengers are disembarked and transported to the port of Kavkaz and put on another train. The carriages were transported only for the first month after the appointment of this train, but then this idea was recognized as never rational (although in the Soviet years trains operated by ferry quite well).
The goal of the morning set has been fulfilled - now it’s time to go to the Sevastopol branch. I boarded the train from Dzhankoy and, having arrived in Simf, changed trains to Sevastopol.
So, the stage that interests me is, yes, the star of all railway photo galleries - Inkerman-II - Mekenzievy Gory, standing on a par with such “monsters” as Revda-Reshety and Khovrino-Moscow-Tov.))
I go out to the op. 1528 km and I take a photo of the departing Elka in the tail - well, it turned out well:

10. Electric train ER1-218 on the Mekenzievy Gory - Inkerman-II section

A shot taken from the platform towards the Mekenzi Mountains. Eh, beauty - a train would come here :(


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And I begin a walk through the battlements of this stage. After walking a little, I come to the top place of this stage)). View of the Kalamitsky fortress and St. Klimentyevsky, as if carved out of it monastery.

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Alas, it was irrelevant to shoot from this place - backlight. So I moved on.
The previous shot was taken from the left rock:

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14. St. Klimentevsky Monastery, Inkerman

Of the planned substations to be removed, there was only a return train. With a view of the caves of the Kalamitic fortress:

15. Electric train ER1-140 on the section Inkerman-II - Mekenzievy Gory

I didn’t really plan to stay any longer. He was just about to return when something seemed to disappear from Inkerman... Chmukha! Once again I was convinced that spontaneous photos come out better:

16. Diesel locomotive ChME3-4247 on the Inkerman-II - Mekenzievy Gory section

That’s actually all that pleased me with the piece of iron that day. Next I spent the day in the hero city of Sevastopol. By the way, unexpected photos, incl. from Sevas you can see - the album is still being replenished as of 11/27/15.

July 17, 2015
On this day I again hunted for the Teremkovsky suburb of Evpatoria-Simferopol. This time I went to Lake Sasyk-Sivash, the shore of which goes around the railway. Here, quite unexpectedly for myself, I crossed paths and met one of the authors of the project railwaysband . Well, I finally got lucky with the right Czech!

17. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1024 with the commuter train Evpatoria - Simferopol on the section Evpatoria-Tovarnaya - Pribrezhnaya

July 21, 2015
This year was marked for me by the discovery of Crimea in a new way. The piece of iron did not escape this fate either - I finally decided to visit the diesel locomotive railways of Crimea and made my way to Feodosia. So, again getting up at 4 am on the first electra to Symph - there’s not much choice here. This time I took a few photos along the way. Electra arriving at my platform (photo taken before sunrise):

18. Electric train ER1-199 arrives at the checkpoint. College, Pribrezhnaya-Saki section

We arrive at Yarkaya station. Here our section is leaving the same Teremkovo suburban. Electric car drivers meet motor cars :) .

19. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1025 with the commuter train Simferopol - Evpatroiya at Yarkaya station

Arriving in Simferopol, I headed towards the bus station. And along the way I take a photo of the Moscow train a few minutes before departure:

20. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1056 with train No. 562 Simferopol - Rostov-on-Don at Simferopol station

I got to Feodosia by bus. In the Feodosia railway research program, 3 commuters were planned, which should take place within 2 hours. The first, the chmukho-suburban Vladislavovka-Feodosiya, was filmed almost immediately upon arrival at the Aivazovskaya station. The popular name of this train is "Wave"

21. Diesel locomotive ChME3-3767 with the Vladislavovka-Feodosia commuter train at Ayvazovskaya station

The following shots were taken on the Aivazovskaya-Feodosia stretch - it runs along streets and parks and, in fact, along the Black Sea coast.
Suburban Armensk-Feodosia under half of the Boeing:

22. Section of diesel locomotive 2TE116-1591 with the Armyansk-Feodosia commuter train on the Aivazovskaya-Feodosia section

And the suburban Feodosia-Kerch is under a slipper. Now I caught an October calf on a diesel locomotive in Crimea:

23. Diesel locomotive TEP70-0195 with the commuter train Feodosia-Kerch on the Aivazovskaya-Feodosia section

As a result, I filmed all types of suburban ones, or rather all possible locomotives underneath them.

On the morning of this day, purely for fun, I decided to take a ride there and back on a commuter under the tower to Evpatoria. I was driven by 1025 Czech, who had taken off on the Bright Trip earlier. Arriving in Evpatoria, the electric locomotive uncoupled and began performing maneuvers:

24. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1025 at the Evpatoria-Kurort station

And he entered the lineup:

25. Electric locomotive ChS2T-1025 with the Evpatoria-Simferopol commuter train at the Evpatoria-Kurort station

And now the way back. After getting off the train, I took a picture with a commuter at the checkpoint. Technical College:

26. The electric locomotive ChS2T-1025 with the commuter train Evpatoria-Simferopol departs from the checkpoint. College, Pribrezhnaya-Saki section

And in the evening I decided to get out again on the same branch and catch that very rare freighter to Yevpatoria-Tovarnaya. Based on EXIF ​​photographs from the lucky people who photographed a freight train here earlier this summer, I knew the approximate time of the train's passage. I drove closer to him. I decided to choose the opp district as the location. The sun is between Pribrezhnaya and Yevpatoriya - I got to it by bus and there I already started waiting for the freight one. Alas, in 1.5 hours nothing passed except the train:

27. Electric train ER1-218 on the stretch Pribrezhnaya - Evpatoria-Tovarnaya

Without losing hope for the cargo, I decided to change the place and take the train to the next checkpoint. - 54 km - a freight truck can be allowed to follow the train. But unfortunately this did not happen either. Nothing passed before the return train and I left with the crowd of vacationers from the beach on this section:

28. Electric train ER1-218 at the checkpoint. 54 km, section Evpatoria-Tovarnaya - Pribrezhnaya

And I got to Saki station:

29. Electric train ER1-218 departs from Saki station

This was the last shot from the railway in Crimea this year and, it seems, the last shot from ER1 in my life. As soon as I left, ER2Ks from Oktyabrskaya and Kuibyshevskaya railways began to arrive in Crimea. Soon they managed to oust all the ERKs inherited by the Crimean Railway from the Dnieper Railway.
On all other days, the heat on the peninsula was simply unbearable for any trips, so part of what was planned remained unrealized and on all other days I didn’t want to do anything other than be at sea all the time. But I’m glad about this too, because this year I looked at Crimea in a new way and not only at the hardware. I hope next year I will be able to be there and continue what I started.

Thank you all for your attention and see you again!

The Crimean Railway, 1325 km long, was formed on March 26, 2014 on the basis of the Transnistrian Railway of Ukraine and now belongs to the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Crimea.

Traces of habitation ancient man on Crimean soil is about 100,000 years old. Having survived the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, as well as the Bronze and Early Iron Ages in Crimea, the peoples of the Dnieper region were replaced. Despite the strife and wars in the era of antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire, the economy of Crimea changed and developed rapidly.

The first railway line on the Melitopol-Simferopol peninsula was put into operation by the Russian Empire on October 14, 1874. Then they were put into operation in turn: Simferopol - Sevastopol (1875), Dzhankoy - Feodosia (1896), Vladislavovka - Kerch (1900), Ostryakovo - Evpatoria (1915), Dzhankoy - Armyansk (1935) , Armyansk - border of the Ukrainian SSR (1944), Kerch - port of Crimea (1951), Inkerman I - Inkerman II (1953) and Inkerman II - Kamyshovaya Bay (1969). These railway lines are served by more than 150 stations, locomotive depots in Simferopol, Dzhankoy, Kerch, a carriage depot in Dzhankoy, passenger depots and other structural units.

In the future, it is planned to build a railway bridge across the Kerch Strait Taman - Kerch, reconstruct the Kerch - Armyansk line, as well as construct the Proletnaya - Kerch road and new stations.