Doğukapı railway station

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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

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/articles/Janes-Sentinel-Security-Assessment-Russia-And-The-CIS/INFRASTRUCTURE-Armenia.html|title= INFRASTRUCTURE (Armenia)|publisher=Jane's Information Group |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826105102/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Sentinel-Security-Assessment-Russia-And-The-CIS/INFRASTRUCTURE-Armenia.html|archivedate=2012-08-26}}—mentions the existence of "the closed Akhuryan-Dogukapi line"

{{Rail Stations in Kars}}

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Category:Defunct railway stations in Turkey

Category:Railway stations in Turkey closed in 1993

Category:Railway stations in Kars Province

Category:1899 establishments in the Russian Empire

Category:Akyaka District

Category:Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1899

Category:Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1962

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