Lilleküla railway station () is a railway station in the Kristiine district of

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

, the capital of

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. The station is situated between the subdistricts

Lilleküla Lilleküla () is a subdistrict of the district of Kristiine in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finl ...

and

Uus Maailm Uus Maailm (Estonian for ''"New World"'') is a subdistrict () in the district of Kesklinn (City Centre), Tallinn, the capital of Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the nor ...

, and close to the Estonian national football home ground A. Le Coq Arena and Kristiine Keskus, one of the biggest and most popular shopping centres in Tallinn. The station is served by all commuter trains heading to

Keila Keila () is a town and an Municipalities of Estonia, urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, southwest of Tallinn. As of 2021, the town has a population of 10,499 inhabitants. Keila is also the location of administrative b ...

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, Turba and

Kloogaranna Kloogaranna is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the B ...

. It consists of two 130 metre platforms. It is located about 2 km south of Baltic Station, it is the second stop on Elron's western route after the terminus at Tallinn's main railway station, Baltic Station. Although the Tallinn–

railway already existed in 1870, a station on the site was opened in 1928. The line from Tallinn to back then a nearby town

Nõmme Nõmme ( Estonian for ' heath') is one of the eight administrative districts () of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-class, suburban ...

(as far as Pääsküla) was electrified already in 1924. At first the station bore the name "Ameerika". There was also a little wooden station building which was demolished in 1998. In 2012 the old platforms were replaced with new lower ones and a pedestrian tunnel was built.

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(EVR) – the national railway infrastructure company of Estonia responsible for

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and traffic control of most of the Estonian railway network
Official website
of Elron – the national passenger

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of Estonia responsible for all domestic

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