Donets Railway

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Donets Railway
Донецька залізниця

Map of the system (in Russian)
Donetsk railway station
Overview
Headquarters	Lyman since 2014; previously Donetsk
Locale	Ukraine
Dates of operation	15 May 1953[1]–
Predecessor	North Donets Railways South Donets Railways
Technical
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Length	3,275 km (2,030 mi)
Other
Website	Official website

The Donets Railway (Ukrainian: Донецька залізниця, romanized: Donetska zaliznytsia) is a railway in Donbas, Eastern Ukraine. It is one of six rail systems owned and operated by Ukrainian Railways. It is part-owned by the Ukrainian government; Russia has claimed it since the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Because of that, only part of the Donetsk Railway is operational. In December 2014, a regional branch of Ukrzaliznytsia Donetsk Railway was created and the headquarters was moved from Donetsk to Lyman.