Dostyk railway station
Dostyk Достық бекеті | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Dostyk, Jetisu Region Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°15′14″N 82°29′08″E / 45.253978°N 82.485480°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Turkestan–Siberia Railway spur line | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Druzhba（1954-2007） | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dostyk Railway station (Kazakh: Достық бекеті, romanized: Dostyq beketi) is located in Dostyk, Kazakhstan, the border of China and Kazakhstan, a spur line railway station of Kazakhstan Temir Zholy. The old name of the station in the Soviet Union era was Druzhba, meaning "friendship" in Russian; in 2007 it was renamed to Dostyk, a Kazakh word with the same meaning.
The Chinese standard gauge (1,435 mm) is different from the Kazak broad gauge (1,520 mm) which means that a break-of-gauge is required in this station.