Tiraspol Railway station
Tiraspol | ||||||
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| Transnistrian Railway terminal | ||||||
.jpg) View of the station from Privokzalnaya Square. | ||||||
| Location | Transnistria, Tiraspol | |||||
| Owned by | Transnistrian Railway | |||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||
| Tracks | 12 | |||||
| Construction | ||||||
| Parking | yes | |||||
| Other information | ||||||
| Station code | 45100 | |||||
| History | ||||||
| Opened | 1867[1] | |||||
| Electrified | yes | |||||
| Services | ||||||
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Tiraspol Railway station is a railway station in the capital of Transnistria – Tiraspol.[2]
History
In 1846, a Belgian engineer Zuber began developing the initial draft of the railway between Odessa and Tiraspol. The construction of the railway to the Tiraspol began in the second half of the 1860s. In 1867, the railway line was built from Razdelnaya to Tiraspol. By the end of 1867 in Tiraspol was built a railway station.[3]
At the beginning of the 20th century, passenger traffic occupied an increasingly important position in rail transport in the region; in Odessa and Chisinau in Tiraspol for trains of different classes of mail, goods and passenger, courier.
In April 1944 the station was burned down by the German-Romanian troops.
Until 1992 more than 30 trains passed through the station.[4]
In 2014 there was a reconstruction of the station building.[5]
Trains
In 2015 only three trains pass the station:
Gallery
The station
Summer in Tiraspol
Station master building
A train on the station
Station building in 2008
The tracks
References
- ↑ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. – М.: Транспорт, 1981
- ↑ The reconstruction of the station building
- ↑ History of the station
- ↑ In 2015 only 2–3 trains a day pass the station
- ↑ The reconstruction of the station building
External links
Coordinates: 46°50′51″N 29°37′46″E / 46.8476°N 29.6294°E