Turmantas railway station
Turmantas | |||||||||||
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| Location | Stoties str. 8 Turmantas Lithuania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 55°41′59″N 26°27′57″E / 55.69972°N 26.46583°E | ||||||||||
| Owner | Lithuanian Railways | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||
Train operators | Lithuanian Railways | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Available | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1862 | ||||||||||
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Turmantas railway station (Lithuanian: Turmanto geležinkelio stotis) is a railway passenger and cargo[1] station serving the town of Turmantas in Zarasai district, Lithuania. The station is located on the Lithuanian-Latvian border, at the end of railway line Vilnius - Turmantas. Closest railway stations are situated in Visaginas to the south and Daugavpils (Lithuanian: Daugpilis) to the north.
Turmantas's coat of arms features two steel horses, which are the symbols of railways.
History
Turmantas railway station was built as a fourth-class railway station and opened in 1862 while building Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway. It was built between Dūkštas and Kalkuny (Russian: Калкуны, currently named Daugavpils) stations, approximately half-way on the railway line. During the tsarist era the station was called Novoaleksandrovsk (Russian: Новоалександровск, currently named Zarasai), then Turmont. During World War II retaliating Nazi army, among other stations on this railway line, destroyed the passenger hall.[2] It was rebuilt between 1945 and 1960.
Services
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Currently it is a terminus for a train passenger service Vilnius - Ignalina - Turmantas.[3] In 2015, service through Turmantas on the route Vilnius - Daugavpils - St. Petersburg was canceled,[4] which was the oldest train service in Lithuania since the opening of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway, also passing through this station. Until 2018, a route Vilnius - Turmantas - Daugavpils was also stopping at this station, when all services along Turmantas - Daugavpils were cancelled. LTG Link is considering reopening this link once Latvia completes repairs[5].
See also
References
Citations
- ↑ "Turmantas railway station". LTG Cargo. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- ↑ Valiulis, Algirdas Vaclovas. "Iš geležinkelio Lietuvoje istorinės raidos (English: From the history of Lithuanian railway development)" (PDF). lma.lt.
- ↑ "LTG Link routes' map (archived)". traukiniobilietas.lt. Archived from the original on 2021-10-06. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
- ↑ "Seniausias traukinio maršrutas Lietuvoje iškeliavo į paskutinį reisą (English: The oldest passenger train in Lithuania departed for the last time)". 15min.lt.
- ↑ "Lithuanian railway co considers relaunching service to Latvia's Daugavpils". lrt.lt. Retrieved 2026-03-30.
Bibliography
- Kosakovskis, Gerasimas (1975). Железные дороги Литвы [Railways of Lithuania] (in Russian). Vilnius: Mokslas.
- Žeimantas, Liubomiras Viktoras (2001). "Peterburgo-Varšuvos geležinkelio tiesimas" [The construction of the Petersburg-Warsaw railway]. Lietuvos istorijos metraštis (in Lithuanian). 2000. Vilnius. ISSN 0202-3342.
External links
- (in Lithuanian and English) Lietuvos geležinkeliai (LTG) – the national state-owned railway company of Lithuania
