Kivimäe railway station
Kivimäe | |||||||||||
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Kivimäe railway station in 2014 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Kivimäe, Nõmme, Tallinn, Harju County Estonia | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°22′37″N 24°39′23″E / 59.3770°N 24.6563°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Eesti Raudtee (EVR) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Train operators | Elron[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 3 November 1924 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 1924 | ||||||||||
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Kivimäe railway station (Estonian: Kivimäe raudteepeatus) is a railway station in the Nõmme district of Tallinn, Estonia.[2] The station serves the Kivimäe sub-district which has approximately 4800 residents.
It is located approximately 10 kilometers (6,2 mi) southwest from the Baltic station (Estonian: Balti jaam) which is the main railway station of Tallinn, near the Baltic Sea. The Kivimäe railway station is located between Hiiu and Pääsküla railway stations of Tallinn-Keila railway. The station was opened on November 3, 1924.
There are two platforms along the two-track railway, 133 and 146 meters long. Elron's electric trains from Tallinn to Keila, Paldiski, Turba and Klooga-Rand stop at Kivimäe station.[1] The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners.
There is a possibility to transfer to bus line 27 northwest of the railway station on Pärnu maantee.
In 1937 a station building was completed from silicate bricks according to the project of Hendrik Otlood, which in 1997 was declared a cultural monument.
Ticket sales in the station building ended in 1998.[3]et:Kivimäe raudteepeatus
In 2020, there were approximately 58 train departures per day at Kivimäe railway station towards Tallinn city center.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Network and Stations". Elron. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ^ Lõhmus, Leho (2001). Nõmme läbi aegade. Nõmme Linnaosa Valitsus. p. 133.
- ^ "Nõmme Tee Selts".
- ^ "Elron: Kivimäe-Tallinn".
External links
- (in Estonian, English, and Russian) Official website of Eesti Raudtee (EVR) – the national railway infrastructure company of Estonia responsible for maintenance and traffic control of most of the Estonian railway network
- (in Estonian, English, and Russian) Official website of Elron – the national passenger train operating company of Estonia operating all domestic passenger train services