Torņakalns Station

Torņakalns Station is a railway station in the neighbourhood of Torņakalns in Riga, Latvia, located on the western bank of the Daugava River.

Torņakalns Station
railway junction
Torņakalns Station in 2010
General information
Location	Vilkaines iela 24 Rīga Latvia
Coordinates	56°55′56″N 24°5′21″E
Line(s)	Riga–Tukums Riga–Jelgava
Platforms	4
Tracks	6
History
Opened	1868
Electrified	Yes
Previous names	Riga-Mitauer Bahnhof Riga III
Services
Preceding station LDz Following station Zasulauks towards Tukums II Torņakalns–Tukums II Railway Riga Terminus Atgāzene towards Jelgava Riga–Jelgava
Location Torņakalns Station Location within Latvia

Torņakalns Station is located on the Riga–Jelgava and Riga–Tukums railway lines. The station opened in 1868 as the northern terminus of the Riga–Jelgava railway line. From 1872, however, all trains were continued from the station via the Iron Bridge across the Daugava to the current Riga Central Station. In 1877, Torņakalns Station also became the eastern terminus of the Torņakalns–Tukums railway line.

History

The terminal of Riga–Jelgava Railway, was opened in 1868 and called Riga-Mitauer Bahnhof back then. This was a very important station, which secured the connection of Riga with Semigallia, but in 1872 one year after construction of the railway bridge across the Daugava, it lost its significance and was renamed Riga III, and later Riga III Commodity Station, which was part of the joint Torņakalns station. The Jelgava station was located north of the present Torņakalns station between Uzvaras Boulevard and Akmeņu Street. Nowadays the old station building is partly preserved at Akmeņu street 19 (the former address - Akmeņu iela 38) as a dwelling house. In 1877, trains running along the new line Riga-Tukums line began to stop in Torņakalns. The present station building was built in the middle of the 1980s. In 1950, after the electrification of the Riga-Dubulti railway section, electric trains began to stop in Tornakalns. In December 1972, the Riga-Jelgava line was electrified and the electric trains in that direction was in service as well. By August 15, 2001, the diesel train Riga–Liepāja was decommissioned. As of February 15, 2010, the diesel train Riga–Reņģe was continued to operate every day.

See also

• Torņakalns Memorial to Victims of Communist Terror

External links

Media related to Torņakalns station at Wikimedia Commons