Baltic Station ( et, Balti jaam) is the main railway station in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...

. All local commuter, long-distance and international trains depart from the station. The station has seven platforms, of which two are situated apart from the rest and have been serving the international Tallinn–

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and Tallinn–

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

routes performed by GoRail, and Elron's long-distance route to

Viljandi Viljandi (, german: Fellin, sv, Fellin) is a town and municipality in southern Estonia with a population of 17,407 in 2019. It is the capital of Viljandi County and is geographically located between two major Estonian cities, Pärnu and Tartu ...

. Platforms closer to the station building are mostly used by the commuter trains or long-distance routes to

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru county, at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva river which forms the Estonia–Russia international border. With 5 ...

. Balti jaam stands close to a large market called ("Baltic Station Market").

History

Balti jaam is situated northwest of the historic centre (Old town) of Tallinn. The first railway station in Tallinn was built at the end of the 1860s as part of a long Saint Petersburg-Tallinn- Paldiski railway line. The first main building was completed in 1870. It was a two-storey building constructed from limestone with tower-like extrusions. During the 1 December 1924 communist coup d'état attempt in Estonia,

Karl Kark Karl Kark (22 December 1884 – 1 December 1924) was an Estonian civil engineer and politician. In 1924 he was Minister of Transportation. On the morning of 1 December 1924, Kark was assassinated by gunshot by communist insurgents at the Tallinn ...

, the then Minister of Transportation was assassinated by gunshot by pro-Soviet insurgents at the Tallinn Baltic Station. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

in 1941, the station building was set on fire by the Soviet

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

. Shortly after the war, in 1945, the building was partially renovated. During 1960–1966, the station was completely reconstructed. Since the 1990s, the commuter trains 20x20m waiting pavilion has been used as a market. In 2005, the station building was completely renewed and Hotel Shnelli and the headquarters of Estonian Railways () were completed nearby.

Gallery

File:TLA 1465 1 2530 Tallinn-Reval Põhja-õhtu- (Balti) raudtee waksal 1910 postkaart.jpg, Old station (1910) File:Balti jaam 04.jpg, Exterior File:Tallinn-Train-Station.jpg, Exterior File:Balti jaam.JPG, Platforms File:Balti jaam 03.jpg, Interior (2009) File:Solaris Trollino 12 Tallinn 2015.jpg, Trolleybus (2015) File:Locomotive, tallinn.jpg, Locomotive L-2317

References

*Tallinn Encyclopedia (part I), 2004. Page 30. .

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Balti Jaam Railway stations in Estonia Transport in Tallinn Railway stations opened in 1870 1870s establishments in Estonia Buildings and structures in Tallinn __NOTOC__

History

Gallery

See also

References

External links