Klaipėda railway station
Klaipėda | |||||||
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| Location | Priestočio g. 1, Klaipėda[1] | ||||||
| Coordinates | 55°43′15″N 21°08′05″E / 55.72083°N 21.13472°E | ||||||
| Owner | Lithuanian Railways | ||||||
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| Station code | (IATA: XJK) | ||||||
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| Opened | 1881 1983 (expanded) | ||||||
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Klaipėda railway station (Lithuanian: Klaipėdos geležinkelio stotis) is a Lithuanian Railways station in Klaipėda. It is located at the northern part of the old town of the city.[1] The current building was built in 1983. "Railroad station - a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight".[2]
History and architecture
The complex of buildings of Klaipėda railway station consists of two buildings. The old building made of yellow bricks and reflecting features of Classicism architecture was built in 1881. Nowadays commercial enterprises and cafeterias are used in this building.
The new building made of red bricks was built in 1983. Currently the main residency of Lithuanian Railways is established in this building.
In the beginning, in 1878, only cargo trains used to carried fish and timber,[3] their routes stations were Klaipėda-Šilutė and Klaipėda-Šilutė-Pagėgiai.
See also
References
Citations
¢ The part of the History section is copied from the http://www.krastogidas.lt/ web page, a public domain resource.
- 1 2 "Lithuanian railway stations". ltglink.lt. Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (LTG). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ↑ "Klaipėda railway station". www.krastogidas.lt. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
Bibliography
- Kosakovskis, Gerasimas (1975). Железные дороги Литвы [Railways of Lithuania] (in Russian). Vilnius: Mokslas.
External links
- (in Lithuanian and English) Lietuvos geležinkeliai (LTG) – the national state-owned railway company of Lithuania
