Odesa-Holovna railway station ( uk, Одеса-Головна) is the main train station in

Odesa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrative ...

in southern

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. It was built in the second half of the 19th century. It was damaged in 1944 during

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and was rebuilt in 1952. It is situated in the city center of Odesa.

History

The first building of Odesa Railway Station was "П"-shaped. It's shorter part faced the station square, continuing the axis of Pushkinska Street. Trains entered the station between the longer side buildings. Between the buildings, platforms were placed and they ended in front of the shorter building. Such a

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was formed because Odesa was, at that time, the end of the line next to the

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. Station building collapsed during

in 1944. It was restored in 1952 according to A.M. Chuprin's project (instead of the destroyed one during the fascist occupation of Odesa). The new station building was remodeled in 2006.

External links

Official Website

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

Buildings and structures in Odesa

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Neoclassical architecture in Ukraine {{Ukraine-railstation-stub