Dnipro railway station

Dnipro-Holovnyi
Near-Dnipro Railway terminal
View of the station from the bridge.
Location  Ukraine, Dnipro
Owned by Ukrainian Railways (Near-Dnipro Railway)
Platforms 12
Tracks 24
Construction
Parking yes
Other information
Station code 45100
History
Opened 1884[1]
Electrified yes
Previous names Yekaterinoslav (1884-1926)
Services
Preceding station   Near-Dnipro Railway   Following station

Dnipro-Holovnyi is the main railway station of Dnipro. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

History

The station was opened in 1884, called Ekaterinoslav.

July 20, 1926, the Presidium of the USSR Central Executive Committee of the city and station Ekaterinoslav was renamed to Dnipropetrovsk.[2]

During World War II the building was destroyed and in its place under the project of architect Alexey Dushkin in 1951 and built a new station building.

On 19 May 2016 the official name of Dnipropetrovsk was changed to Dnipro.[3] Hence the official name of the station was changed to Dnipro-Holovnyi.[4]

Trains

References

  1. ↑ Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
  2. ↑ USSR: rename Ekaterinoslav to Dnipropetrovsk and Ekaterinoslav station to Dnipropetrovsk station
  3. ↑ "Dnipropetrovsk renamed Dnipro". UNIAN. Retrieved 19 May 2016. The decision comes into force from the date of its adoption.
    (in Ukrainian) Верховна Рада України (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine), Поіменне голосування про проект Постанови про перейменування міста Дніпропетровська Дніпропетровської області (№3864) (Roll-call vote on the draft resolution on renaming of Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk region №3864), 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ (in Ukrainian) Only after the city - JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" explains when rename stations, Ukrainian Railways (7 June 2016)

Coordinates: 48°28′38″N 35°00′54″E / 48.4772°N 35.0150°E / 48.4772; 35.0150

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