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All rail routes between this pair of countries are 1520mm gauge.
All rail routes between this pair of countries are 1520mm gauge.


==(Lipcani -) Criva CFM - Mamalyga UZ (- Chernivtsi)==
==(Chernivtsi -) Mamalyha UZ - Criva CFM - Lipcani CFM - border - border - Medveja CFM - Larha UZ==
[D] CFM operates one daily passenger train pair (609/610 Chernivtsi - Ocniţa) to Mamalyga.
[D] This route crosses the Moldova/Ukraine border four times, and is operated by Ukrainian Railways. Local and long distance passenger services run between Chernivtsi and Larha. One daily local passenger train pair continues beyond Larha to Sokyriany; since summer 2014 the long distance services have reversed direction at Larha and run via Khmel'nyts'kyi rather than passing through Moldova at Ocniţa.


==(Chernivtsi -) Lipcani CFM - border - border - Medvezha CFM (- Larga)==
==Ocniţa CFM - Sokyriany UZ (- Larha)==
[D] CFM operates all trains.
[D] Freight only. One daily Ukrainian local passenger train pair to/from Chernivtsi continues beyond Larha to Sokyriany. Since the passenger service over this route ceased in 2014, the method of operation across the border is not known.


==Medvezha CFM - Larga UZ==
==(Ocniţa -) Vălcineţ CFM - Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyi UZ (- Zhmerynka)==
[D] CFM operates to Larga.
[D] UZ operates to Ocniţa, although Moldovan border formalities are performed at Vălcineţ.


==Ocniţa CFM - Sokyrjany (Ukraine) - Larga UZ==
==(Rîbnița -) Cobasna CFM - Tymkove UZ (- Slobidka)==
[D] CFM operates to Larga.
[D] Freight only. The method of operation is not known. Note that this line passes through Transnistria between Rîbnița and Cobasna/Tymkove.


==(Ocniţa -) Valchinec CFM - Mogilyv Podiľskyj UZ (- Zhmerinka)==
==<div id="NOV_KUC"></div>(Tiraspol -) Novosavitskaia CFM - Kuchurhan UZ (- Rozdina)==
[D] UZ operates to Ocniţa.
[D] CFM operates to Kuchurhan.
Note that Tiraspol is the "capital" of Transnistria; passport checks and the police registration are carried out here at the station, and not in the train.


==(Rybnitsa -) Kolbasnaja CFM - Slobidka UZ==
The CFM lines from (Chişinău -) Revaca and from (Căinari –) Căuşeni cross into Transnistria at Tighina/Bender-2 and Tighina/Bender-1 respectively. Moldova does not recognise Tighina/Bender as a border. Border checks on trains running through Transnistria from Moldova to Ukraine are carried out on the train.
[D] CFM operates to Slobidka.


==(Tiraspol -) Novosavitskaya CFM - Kuchurhan UZ (- Razdeľnaya)==
Owing to disagreements between Moldova and Transnistria, local trains between Chişinău and Bender now use the new station of Bender-3, just on the Moldovan side of the de-facto border. Passengers to and from the town of Bender must travel on foot via the official road crossing.
[E] CFM operates to Kuchurhan. As of 1 October 2010, the 2006 transport blockade has been lifted and trains 51/52, 65/66, 595 and 641/642 (Odessa - Chisinau) run again via Transdnistria.


Many local people use the free Căinari – Căuşeni – Tiraspol – Kučurhan staff train. However, foreigners should not travel by this means to Kučurhan as they will not have the correct documentation to enter Ukraine. They should either leave at Tiraspol and then return to Căinari on the staff train or take a bus from Tiraspol bus station (close to the railway station) to Ukraine.
==(Căinari -) Iserlia CFM - Karabutseny (Ukraine) - 121 km (Ukraine) - Basarabeasca CFM==
The latter will involve paying a small penalty in dollars or euros at the border, as passengers cannot obtain a Transnistrian entry visa on the staff train.
[D] CFM operates throughout between Căinari and Basarabeasca. Two local train pairs run daily between Basarabeasca and Zloți.


==(Câinari -) Isserliya CFM - Karabutseny (Ukraine) - 121 km (Ukraine) - Basarabeasca CFM==
==Basarabeasca CFM - Serpneve I UZ (- Berezyne - Artsyz)==
[D] CFM operates between Câinari and Basarabeasca.
[D] Closed to all traffic in 1997 and lifted in 1999. An agreement to reopen the line between Basarabeasca and Berezyne was signed in October 2015. The work was to be done in 2017 but has been postponed owing to lack of funding. This would have enabled traffic between the two countries to avoid passing through the breakaway territory of Transnistria.


==Basarabeasca CFM - Serpnevo I UZ (- Berezyne - Arcyz)==
==(Basarabeasca - Taraclia -) 208 km CFM - border - Bolhrad (Ukraine) - border - Greceni CFM (- Etulia)==
[D] Closed to all traffic. There are long-term plans for reopening of the section between Basarabeasca and Berezyne, supported by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
[D] Freight only. Operated by CFM.


==(Basarabeasca - Taraclia -) 208 km CFM - border - Bolgrad (Ukraine) - border - Greceni CFM (- Etulia)==
==(Basarabeasca -) Etulia CFM - Frykatsei UZ (- Reni)==
[D] Two CFM local train pairs run daily between Basarabeasca and Etulia. This crossing is officially permitted only to local citizens, but normally other European nationals are tolerated. Succesful journeys from Reni to Basarabeasca have been reported.
[D] Two local train pairs run daily between Etulia and Reni, operated by UZ. This crossing is officially permitted only to local citizens, but normally other European nationals are tolerated.
 
==(Basarabeasca -) Etulia CFM - Frykecej UZ (- Reni)==
[D] Four CFM local train pairs run daily between Etulia and Reni. This crossing is officially permitted only to local citizens, but normally other European nationals are tolerated. Succesful journeys from Reni to Basarabeasca have been reported.
 
==(Galaţi (Romania) -) Giurgiulesty CFM - Reni UZ==
[D] A 1520mm gauge track for freight only runs from the Danube port at Galaţi (Romania) to the transhipment area of Giurgiulesty (Moldova) and continues to Reni (Ukraine).


==Giurgiuleşti CFM - Reni UZ==
[D] Freight only.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Moldova]]
* [[Ukraine]]
* [[Border Crossings - General Information]]
* [[Border Crossings - General Information]]
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{{Navbox Ukraine}}


[[Category:Border Crossings|Moldova - Ukraine]]
[[Category:Border Crossings|Moldova - Ukraine]]

Revision as of 14:40, 1 October 2019

All rail routes between this pair of countries are 1520mm gauge.

(Chernivtsi -) Mamalyha UZ - Criva CFM - Lipcani CFM - border - border - Medveja CFM - Larha UZ

[D] This route crosses the Moldova/Ukraine border four times, and is operated by Ukrainian Railways. Local and long distance passenger services run between Chernivtsi and Larha. One daily local passenger train pair continues beyond Larha to Sokyriany; since summer 2014 the long distance services have reversed direction at Larha and run via Khmel'nyts'kyi rather than passing through Moldova at Ocniţa.

Ocniţa CFM - Sokyriany UZ (- Larha)

[D] Freight only. One daily Ukrainian local passenger train pair to/from Chernivtsi continues beyond Larha to Sokyriany. Since the passenger service over this route ceased in 2014, the method of operation across the border is not known.

(Ocniţa -) Vălcineţ CFM - Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyi UZ (- Zhmerynka)

[D] UZ operates to Ocniţa, although Moldovan border formalities are performed at Vălcineţ.

(Rîbnița -) Cobasna CFM - Tymkove UZ (- Slobidka)

[D] Freight only. The method of operation is not known. Note that this line passes through Transnistria between Rîbnița and Cobasna/Tymkove.

(Tiraspol -) Novosavitskaia CFM - Kuchurhan UZ (- Rozdina)

[D] CFM operates to Kuchurhan.

Note that Tiraspol is the "capital" of Transnistria; passport checks and the police registration are carried out here at the station, and not in the train.

The CFM lines from (Chişinău -) Revaca and from (Căinari –) Căuşeni cross into Transnistria at Tighina/Bender-2 and Tighina/Bender-1 respectively. Moldova does not recognise Tighina/Bender as a border. Border checks on trains running through Transnistria from Moldova to Ukraine are carried out on the train.

Owing to disagreements between Moldova and Transnistria, local trains between Chişinău and Bender now use the new station of Bender-3, just on the Moldovan side of the de-facto border. Passengers to and from the town of Bender must travel on foot via the official road crossing.

(Căinari -) Iserlia CFM - Karabutseny (Ukraine) - 121 km (Ukraine) - Basarabeasca CFM

[D] CFM operates throughout between Căinari and Basarabeasca. Two local train pairs run daily between Basarabeasca and Zloți.

Basarabeasca CFM - Serpneve I UZ (- Berezyne - Artsyz)

[D] Closed to all traffic in 1997 and lifted in 1999. An agreement to reopen the line between Basarabeasca and Berezyne was signed in October 2015. The work was to be done in 2017 but has been postponed owing to lack of funding. This would have enabled traffic between the two countries to avoid passing through the breakaway territory of Transnistria.

(Basarabeasca - Taraclia -) 208 km CFM - border - Bolhrad (Ukraine) - border - Greceni CFM (- Etulia)

[D] Freight only. Operated by CFM.

(Basarabeasca -) Etulia CFM - Frykatsei UZ (- Reni)

[D] Two local train pairs run daily between Etulia and Reni, operated by UZ. This crossing is officially permitted only to local citizens, but normally other European nationals are tolerated.

Giurgiuleşti CFM - Reni UZ

[D] Freight only.

See also