Balti jaam

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Baltic train station
Tallinn dworzec Balti.jpg
The Baltic train station
Data
Location in the network Terminus
Design Reiterbahnhof , terminus station
Platform tracks 12
IBNR 2800080
opening October 24, 1870
Website URL www.baltijaam.ee
location
City / municipality Tallinn
district Harju
Country Estonia
Coordinates 59 ° 26 '24 "  N , 24 ° 44' 14"  E Coordinates: 59 ° 26 '24 "  N , 24 ° 44' 14"  E
Railway lines

GoRail

  • Tallinn – Saint Petersburg – Moscow

Elron

List of train stations in Estonia
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Balti jaam ( German  Baltic train station ) is the main train station of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is primarily a passenger station.

history

On October 24, 1870, the train service from the Baltic Railway Station in Tallinn began when the railway line from Paldiski via Tallinn, Tapa and Narva to Gatchina was inaugurated. The first station building in Tallinn was designed by the Baltic German architect Rudolf Otto von Knüpffer (1831–1900), but was only completed after the railway line opened. It was located on the site of the current station building in the Põhja-Tallinn district , at the foot of Tallinn Toompea Hill and on the edge of the old town.

In 1872 the railway connection from the Baltic Railway Station in Tallinn to Saint Petersburg was extended. Since 1876 there was a rail link between Tallinn and Tartu . In 1887 the line was extended to Valga and connected to Riga and Pskow .

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in Estonia, as in the rest of the Baltic States, the railroad lost its importance in passenger transport. The previously numerous connections to the CIS countries have been discontinued except for the trains to Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as have the direct connections between the Baltic states. Accordingly, the Baltic Railway Station lost much of its importance in the life of the Estonian capital.

Station building

The Tallinn station building was set on fire by the retreating Soviet troops in 1941 and almost completely destroyed. After the Second World War , the building was partially rebuilt.

Today's unadorned, functionalist station building in the Soviet style was built between 1960 and 1966. It has now been largely renovated. In addition to railway counters, there are numerous shops and service facilities as well as a restaurant on two floors. A spa hotel and casino were built right next to the train station.

The station has seven platforms.

The L-2317, a Soviet steam locomotive, has been erected as a memorial on the station area.

  • Station building around 1880

  • Track systems around 1924–30

  • Station building 2007

  • Track systems 2008

Transport links

Tallinn Baltic Railway Station is served by two railway companies: Elron and GoRail . Elron maintains the electrical local transport connections in Harju County with the endpoints Aegviidu , Riisipere , Keila and Paldiski , as well as the diesel-powered domestic long-distance transport to Tartu, Viljandi , Valga , Türi , Tapa , Orava and Narva . International connections to Russia are operated by GoRail. There is a daily night train connection to Moscow and one or two connections per day to St. Petersburg . There is also a daily transfer service to Riga in the Estonian-Latvian border town of Valga. The journey time, however, at around eight hours, is considerably longer than the direct bus connections between the two cities.

Web links

Commons : Tallinn Balti jaam train station  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ Other, unofficial names are Tallinn-Balti vaksal , Balti peajaam and Balti vaksal
  2. ↑ http://www.baltijaam.ee/?id=1630