Donetsk Railways

Donetsk Railway
Ukrainian: Донецька залізниця
Russian: Донецкая железная дорога

150px Map of the sistem (Russian)
Donetsk Railway station
Locale	Ukraine (de-jure)
Dates of operation	1872–2015 (in Ukraine); present (on separatist's territories)
Predecessor	Donetsk Railway (Russian Empire)
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in)
Length	3,275 km (2,030 mi)
Headquarters	Donetsk
Website	Click here

Donetsk Railway (Ukrainian: Донецька залізниця) is a railways operator in Eastern Ukraine. Belongs to Ukrainian Railways, but is out of control by Ukrainian government, because of Donbass separatism.

Main information

Serves the most important for the country's industrial heartland of Donbas-Donetsk and Lugansk, as well as partially Zaporizhia, Kharkov and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts (Ukrainian regions), thus combining in a single transport conveyor Donbas and the Dnipro, the Central regions of the Russia and Ukraine, the Volga region and the Caucasus. At the south Donetsk Railways has access to Azov sea through the commercial port of Mariupol, as well as access to the largest industrial center of Ukraine — Mariupol. Donetsk Railway's length is 13% of Ukrainian railway network total length. At the same time its part, account for 47% of loading and 36% of discharge from all Ukrainian railways. The railway is located on the area of 57,000 km2. Donetsk Railway is the main mode of transport, serving passengers and a large amount of different industrial facilities: coal mines, metallurgical, coke-chemical and pipe mills, machine-building and machine-building plants, chemical, light, food and other industries.

In December 2014 the order of Ukraine government stated the territory of Donetsk Railway and its affiliated companies, located in the state-controlled Ukrainian territory, were transferred to the temporary administration of Southern and Near-Dnipro Railways.

Main information

On the Donetsk Railway introduced the structure of Supervisory control with the Traffic centre in Donetsk and areas of management that integrate the station Yasynuvata and former Mariupol branch railroad (from 1988), the station Ilovaisky and Krasnolimanskaya offices (since 1991) and of Popasna in the Luhansk and (since 2000). In the premises of the parts of the control boards are for collective use, jobs train traffic controllers, vagonorazmorazhivateli, locomotive dispatchers, operators. Within the Donetsk railway is 100 coaling stations and the biggest in Ukraine marshalling yards, which are formed coal routes and other trains. The main railway hubs of Donetsk railway: Yasynuvata, Donetsk, Mariupol, Debaltseve, Ilovaysk, Lugansk, Popasna, Kondrashevska-Nova, Krasnoarmiysk, Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, Mykytivka, the Red estuary, Red Grave.

Donbas separatism (2014-2015)

During the War in Donbas, most of the railway is under control by the separatists of so called Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, so Ukraine does not control most of the lines and stations. The lines and stations that Ukraine does control, were given under control to the Near-Dnipro and Southern Railways, so Ukraine does not control Donetsk Railway.

Links

• Website