Kėdainiai railway station is a

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station in

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest List of cities in Lithuania, cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. Kėdainiai were first mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle ...

serving passenger trains.

History

The main hall of the station was built in 1871, soon after the first section of

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line was laid between

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and

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. Regular trains started running on 11 September 1871. The newly built railway made a significant impact on city's trade development, as it gave access to Vilnius, Šiauliai,

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, Liepāja,

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, as well as other cities in

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. It is known that a total of 38,035 kg of cucumbers were transported from the station in 1896. The following year 10

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left just to Liepāja. On 1 August 1944, the building was demolished by retreating Nazis.

References

Buildings and structures in Kėdainiai Railway stations in Lithuania opened in 1871 {{Lithuania-transport-stub de:Kėdainiai#Bahnhof Kėdainiai