Viljandi railway station
Viljandi | |||||||||||
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Viljandi railway station in 2019 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Vaksali tänav 44 Viljandi, Viljandi County Estonia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°21′27″N 25°34′25″E / 58.35750°N 25.57361°E | ||||||||||
| System | Terminal train station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Edelaraudtee[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Elron[2] | ||||||||||
| Connections | Buses 2 6 8 9 Regional Buses 18B 28A 28B 49A 80 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | at-grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | None (station-based ticket price) | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | no | ||||||||||
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Viljandi railway station (Estonian: Viljandi raudteejaam) is a railway station serving the town of Viljandi in southern Estonia.
The station is the southern terminus of the Tallinn–Viljandi railway line. The station opened in 1897 when a narrow-gauge railway line was opened connecting Mõisaküla with Viljandi, which was prolonged to Tallinn in 1901.[3] During 1926 and 1927, the station building was rebuilt completely, adding a second floor and a canopy. In the Second World War, the building was destroyed. After the war, a new building was built in stalinist style, which was opened on the 4th of november 1953.[4]
The narrow-gauge railway between Mõisaküla and Viljandi was closed in 1973. Currently, the station is owned by the railway infrastructure company Edelaraudtee[1] and served by trains operated by the government-owned passenger train operator Elron.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "About the company". Edelaraudtee. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Network and Stations". Elron. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ "About Estonian Railways - History". Eesti Raudtee. Archived from the original on 8 January 2007.
- ^ "Tee Kommunismile : EKP Viljandi Rajoonikomitee ja Viljandi Rajooni RSN häälekandja 7 november 1953 — DIGAR Eesti artiklid" (in Estonian).
External links
- (in Estonian, English, and Russian) Official website of Edelaraudtee – a railway infrastructure company which owns the railway lines from Tallinn to Rapla, Pärnu & Viljandi
- (in Estonian, English, and Russian) Official website of Elron – the national passenger train operating company of Estonia operating all domestic passenger train services