Tartu railway station

Tartu
General information
Location	Vaksali 6, 50409 Tartu Estonia
Coordinates	58°22′25.76″N26°42′24.61″E / 58.3738222°N 26.7068361°E / 58.3738222; 26.7068361
System	railway station
Owned by	Eesti Raudtee
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Train operators	Elron [1]
Connections	Buses  3  10  21  22  25
Construction
Structure type	at-grade
Bicycle facilities	Outside the station
Accessible	yes
Other information
Fare zone	Tartu Zone
History
Opened	1877
Electrified	no
Services
Preceding station Elron Following station Kärkna towards Tallinn Tallinn–Tartu–Valga Aardla towards Valga Tallinn–Tartu–Koidula Kirsi towards Koidula
Location Tartu Location within Estonia

Tartu railway station (Estonian : Tartu raudteejaam) is a railway station in Tartu, Estonia.

Tartu railway station is situated west of the centre Tartu. It was established in 1876 when Tapa–Tartu route was built. ^[2] The station building was opened in 1877.

Passenger trains are operated by Elron. There are services towards Tallinn ^{[1] [3] [4]} , Valga ^[5] , Koidula and during summertimes to Piusa. ^{[1] [6]}

There are two platforms with the length of 260m and 330m.

Gallery

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  The station building from the city side
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  Station in 2005
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  The platforms of Tartu railway station during winter.
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  A water tower in the station from 1950s
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  Passengers' lounge in the station building after renovation in 2012
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See also

• List of railway stations in Estonia
• Rail transport in Estonia

References

1. "Network and Stations". Elron . Retrieved 2 February 2023.
2. "A short overview of the history of Tartu". Visittartu.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-06. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-01-04. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-12. Retrieved 2013-06-13.

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