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Doğukapı railway station

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.

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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.

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  • "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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