Sigulda train station
| Sigulda train station | |
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 Street side with Laima clock
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Intermediate station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 3 |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Sigulda |
| district | Siguldas novads |
| Country | Latvia |
| Coordinates | 57 ° 9 '11 " N , 24 ° 51' 15" E |
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The Sigulda station was built with the commissioning of the Rīga – Valka railway in 1889 and was named Zēgevolde ( German Segewold ). When the Latvian railway company Latvijas Valsts Dzelzsceļi was founded in 1919, the station was renamed Sigulda . This first station building was replaced by three more buildings over time, so that there were a total of four station buildings.
Location description
Sigulda is a city in Latvia , 53 km northeast of Riga ( Latvian Rīga ) on the east bank of the Gauja . The region is known as Latvian Switzerland because of its charming landscape . The city has an eventful history, was the seat of a princely family and, with Segewold Castle, it was a base of the Order of the Brothers of the Sword . From 1878 to 1881, Prince Dimitry Kropotkin had a castle built in the neo-Gothic style.
Sigulda is known as a winter sports area in which toboggan and bobsleigh world championship runs were held. The bobsleigh run, ski jumping hills and biathlon stadium are only a few meters from the train station on the western outskirts of the city.
Train stations
Sigulda began to flourish in 1886 when the construction of the Rīga – Pleskava railway across Valka began. This project was also promoted by Prince Kropotkin.
The first building existed until World War II and was destroyed in the course of the war. The second building was demolished to build the third. Like many others in Latvia, this third station building was designed by the Latvian architect Pētera Federa (1868–1936) in a classicist style. It was built from travertine and after its commissioning in December 1925 it was considered the most beautiful station building of its time in Latvia. This building was destroyed in the course of the Second World War in 1944.
Today's fourth train station and the water tower were built in 1951. This water tower was in operation until the steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives . After the tower had not been used for over thirty years, it was converted into a modern art and cultural center called "Siguldas tornis" (Sigulda Tower), which has since been used for a large number of exhibitions, mainly by artists from Sigulda.
In 2010 the Latvian chocolate factory Laima , founded by the German entrepreneur Theodor Riegert, was looking for a city for its 140th anniversary that would best fit the title “City of Love”. According to a television poll of the Latvian population, the people of Latvia chose Sigulda. Laima provided a clock created by the designer Arvis Sproģis for the Sigulda station forecourt , similar to the one that was installed by Laima in Riga in 1924 and is still a popular meeting place there today.
Further improvements were made in 2011 through the renovation of the train station, which housed the local police station, a municipal administration office and the tourist information office.
At the same time, the platforms were raised to 55 centimeters and renewed, new connecting paths were built, information boards and seating were set up, all lighting in the station area was replaced, so that the newly designed bus station and the renovated Sigulda station could be returned to their intended use on September 1, 2012.
traffic
All diesel railcars on the route from the Latvian capital Riga to Valga in Estonia stop in Sigulda . In the 2016 timetable, five trains drove daily beyond Sigulda, three of which crossed the Latvian-Estonian border to Valga. One train ended in Valmiera and one only went to Cēsis . Sigulda was the turning station for four other trains, from where there is an extensive range of connecting buses to the region.
2017 is Sigulda terminus for seven trains, two each to Valmiera and Valga.
Three -part diesel railcars from the DR1AM series are in use . These trains were built from 1973 by Rīgas Vagonbūves Rūpnīca (Rigaer Waggonbaufabrik) as DR1A and are in the meantime in a modernized form.
The station is located in the system of distances from Riga, which has been in effect since April 1, 2016, in Zone C.
Individual evidence
- ↑ cultural and art space "Siguldas tornis". tourism.sigulda.lv, accessed April 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Timetable Riga – Sigulda. April 18, 2016, accessed April 17, 2016 (Latvian).
- ↑ Timetable Riga – Sigulda. October 31, 2017, accessed October 31, 2017 (Latvian).
- ↑ No 2016.gada 1.aprīļa maršrutos Rīga-Skulte, Rīga-Jelgava, Rīga-Tukums, Rīga-Sigulda and Rīga-Aizkraukle ieviesīsim zonu tarifus. (PDF) pv.lv, accessed on April 17, 2016 (Latvian).
