The Southern Railways (SR) (
Ukrainian: Південна залізниця,
Russian: Южная железная дорога) is a composing part of
Ukraine's
Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company and is headquartered in
Kharkiv. Southern Railways's route map covers all railroads of the
Kharkiv,
Poltava and some railroads in other
oblasts (
regions) as well.
As of 2008, the Southern Railways operate 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi) of track. The Southern Railways company contributes a large role as a transit railway in the routes of
Russia-
Crimea and
Russia-
Caucasus.
History
This regional railways was formed in 1907 soon after a merge of the
Kursk-
Kharkiv-
Sevastopol railways and the Kharkiv-Mykolaiv railways. The company traces its history to the Kursk-Kharkiv-Azov railways that was established in 1869.