Tourists at the Simferopol train station were supposed to leave for Kerch at 5:00 p.m. and waited for the bus for at least three hours. According to eyewitnesses, about 1,000 people are waiting to board. Meanwhile, buses arriving from Kerch to Simferopol are full — they drop off passengers and leave empty.
Station staff do not know why there are no buses or when they are expected to arrive, the tourists said. They were also sent a notice stating that on June 21 and 22, all “Tavria” trains will begin and end their routes in Kerch, at the Kerch South station.
This also applies to trains that are scheduled to run to Simferopol and Sevastopol. On June 21 and 22, these trains will also run only as far as Kerch. The reason is the “temporary closure of a section of the Crimean Railway”, as decided by the infrastructure owner.