Klaipėdos geležinkelio stotis | |
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| Railway Station | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Priestočio g. 1, Klaipėda |
| Coordinates | 55°43′15″N 21°08′05″E / 55.72083°N 21.13472°E |
| Owned by | Lithuanian Railways |
| Other information | |
| Station code | (IATA: XJK) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1881 1983 (expanded) |
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. The current building was built in 1983. "Railroad station - a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight".[1]
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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.
At that time the total cost used for infrastructure of Klaipėda railway station was 5,800,000 Prussian Thalers.[2] In the beginning, only cargo trains used to carried fish and timber, their routes stations were Klaipėda-Šilutė and Klaipėda-Šilutė-Pagėgiai.
References
- ^ "Mindat.org". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "Klaipėda railway station". www.krastogidas.lt. Retrieved 2023-01-22.
¢ The part of the History section is copied from the http://www.krastogidas.lt/ web page, a public domain resource.
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This page was last edited on 11 November 2023, at 18:05