Dubulti Station

Dubulti Station
Location Dubulti District,
City of Jūrmala,
Latvia
Coordinates 56°58′7.95″N 23°46′30.47″E / 56.9688750°N 23.7751306°E / 56.9688750; 23.7751306Coordinates: 56°58′7.95″N 23°46′30.47″E / 56.9688750°N 23.7751306°E / 56.9688750; 23.7751306
Owned by Latvian Railways
Platforms 3
Tracks 3
Construction
Architectural style Modernist
History
Opened 1877
Rebuilt 1977
Electrified 1950

Dubulti Station is a railway station on the Torņakalns – Tukums II Railway of the Latvian Railways system.[1]

It is located in the Dubulti District of the city of Jūrmala, in the Riga region of Latvia.

History

The first station was opened here in 1877.

The current Modernist style concrete building was completed in 1977. The sculptural concrete shell structural section resembles a wave. It was designed by the Soviet architect Igors Javeins (1903—1980). [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
  2. ↑ The Guardian.com: "The USSR in 10 buildings: Constructivist communes to Stalinist skyscrapers" − #6. Dubulti Railway Station, Jūrmala – Igors Javeins, 1977

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