Baltic Station () is the main railway station in

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, and the largest railway station in Estonia. All trains in Estonia depart and terminate at this station. Balti jaam is located in central Tallinn, and is situated immediately northwest of the city's

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(). It stands close to a large market called the Baltic Station Market (). The first station opened in 1870 when a railway line connecting

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with

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via Tallinn was opened. The station was completely reconstructed between 1960–1966, and in 2005, the station building was completely renewed.

History

The first railway station in Tallinn was built at the end of the 1860s by the Baltic Railway Company as part of a long Saint Petersburg-Tallinn-

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

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

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. 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.

Layout

The station has seven platforms, of which two are situated apart from the rest and have been serving the international Tallinn–

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and Tallinn–

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

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

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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
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