Järve railway station ( et, Järve raudteepeatus) is a railway station in the
Kristiine district of
Tallinn,
Estonia. The station serves the
Järve sub-district which has approximately 3000 residents.
The station is located approximately south from the
Baltic station ( et, Balti jaam) which is the
main railway station of Tallinn, near the
Baltic Sea. Järve station is located between the and railway stations of the
Tallinn-Keila railway line.
The station was opened in 1923, and the station building was completed in 1926. There are two platforms along the two-track railway, both 150 meters long.
History
Although the
Tallinn-Paldiski railway opened already in 1870, a station on this site was not opened before 1923. The station building was completed in 1926. Ticket sale was terminated in the station building in 1998.
Operations
Elron's electric trains from Tallinn to
Keila, ,
Turba and
Klooga-Rand stop at Järve station.
[ The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners. In 2022, there were approximately 56 train departures per day at Rahumäe railway station towards Tallinn city center.]
Architecture
The station building in national romantic style was built in 1926 to designs by the Estonian architect and painter Karl Burman
Karl Burman sen. ( – 10 May 1965) was an Estonian architect and painter.
Burman was born in Sumy, Russian empire. His younger brother was artist Paul Burman. In 1900 he attended the Stroganov Art School in Moscow, and then between 1901 and 1902 ...
(1882–1965).
See also
* List of railway stations in Estonia
* Rail transport in Estonia
References
External links
Official website
of Eesti Raudtee
Eesti Raudtee or EVR is the national railway infrastructure company of Estonia. It owns a network of of broad gauge () railway throughout the country, including the used by the Elron commuter trains around Tallinn. Its sole shareholder is the ...
(EVR) – the national railway infrastructure company of Estonia responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Estonian railway network
Official website
of Elron – the national passenger train operating company
A train operating company (TOC) is a business operating Passenger Trains, passenger trains on the Rail transport in Great Britain, railway system of Great Britain under the collective National Rail brand. TOCs have existed since the Privatisation ...
of Estonia responsible for all domestic passenger train
A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. These trains may consist of unpowered passenger railroad cars (also known as coaches or carriages) hauled by one or more locomotives, or may be self-propelled; self pr ...
services in Estonia
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Railway stations in Estonia
Buildings and structures in Tallinn
Transport in Tallinn
Railway stations opened in 1923