Skopje train station

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Скопје / Skopje
Skopje train station from the west (2006)
Skopje train station from the west (2006)
Data
Design Through station
Platform tracks 5
abbreviation ZAS
IBNR 6500001
location
City / municipality Opština Aerodrom
Borough Aerodrome
Country North Macedonia
Coordinates 41 ° 59 '28 "  N , 21 ° 26' 45"  E Coordinates: 41 ° 59 '28 "  N , 21 ° 26' 45"  E
Railway lines
i16 i16 i18

The Skopje station ( Macedonian : Железничка станица Скопје) is the most important station of the nordmazedonischen capital Skopje . All local and long-distance traffic connections start there. The operator is the state-owned railway infrastructure company Makedonski Železnici Infrastruktura (MŽI).

Geographical location

The station forms the district boundary between the Centar and Aerodrom districts east of the center. The railroad facilities are in an elevated position. The bus station is located on the street level below, from where numerous domestic and international connections are offered every day.

history

old trainstation

Former reception building of the old train station

The old Skopje train station was southwest of the city center. Its station building dates from 1940.

Large parts of the city were destroyed in the earthquake of July 26, 1963, killing over 1,000 people. The reception building was partially preserved and now serves as a museum for the city of Skopje. In the earthquake , a train entering the station derailed , killing 20 people.

New train station

Skopje train station as seen from Vodno mountain

After the earthquake, today's station was designed as a through station by the Japanese architect Kenzō Tange and completed in 1968. It is located east of the city center on an approximately two-kilometer-long bridge that first spans the Vardar when coming from the north and then joins the former ten-track train station. The construction is supported by many concrete pillars and roofed over by a platform hall that was considered futuristic in the 1960s.

Status

Today the station is structurally in poor condition. Much of the lighting in the station is defective, and many platforms are damaged, which leads to a negative appearance. The station is currently being renovated.

Web links

Commons : Skopje Train Station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. List of abbreviations on michaeldittrich.de, accessed on December 29, 2014.
  2. IBNR directory on michaeldittrich.de, accessed December 29, 2014.
  3. ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 168.
  4. Реконструкцијата на скопската железничка станица е во полн ек. In: build.mk. November 2, 2014, accessed December 26, 2014 .