Russian proxy authorities suspend nighttime train travel in temporarily occupied Crimea
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Queues at a gas station in Crimea, June 3, 2026 (Photo: REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak)
A ban on nighttime train passenger services is in effect in temporarily occupied Crimea, Russian proxy governor Sergey Aksyonov announced on June 9.
Starting from midnight on June 10, all rail transport into Simferopol will be restricted to daytime hours between 5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., Russian occupational authorities stated.
The restrictions will apply to long-distance trains, limiting daytime trips to eight a day. Another six en-route trains will terminate early at the Kerch-Yuzhnaya railway station, where passengers will be transferred to buses, according to Crimea’s proxy "leader".
Aksyonov did not give a reason for this decision.
The Kremlin-installed governor reported a UAV “strike” on a Moscow-Simferopol train on June 8, which allegedly killed the assistant locomotive driver. Crimean “authorities” suspended passenger train travel on the peninsula due to a severe fuel shortage.
The Moscow Times reported that Russians have begun canceling their “tourist trips” to Crimea in 2026: the number of hotel bookings at resorts dropped by 31% year-over-year.
Fuel crisis in occupied Crimea deepened in May following Ukrainian strikes on the “land corridor” connecting Russia and its oil refineries. A restriction on gasoline sales has been imposed, trapping some tourists on the peninsula.
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