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Viljandi | |||||||||||
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Terminal train station | |||||||||||
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Location | Vaksali tänav 44 Viljandi, Viljandi County Estonia | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 58°21′27″N25°34′25″E / 58.35750°N 25.57361°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Edelaraudtee [1] | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Train operators | Elron [2] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1897 | ||||||||||
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Viljandi railway station (Estonian : Viljandi raudteejaam) is a railway station serving the town of Viljandi in southern Estonia.
The station is the southern terminus of the Tallinn–Viljandi railway line. The station opened in 1897 when a narrow-gauge railway line was opened connecting Mõisaküla with Vijandi, which was prolonged to Tallinn in 1901. [3]
The narrow-gauge railway between Mõisaküla and Viljandi was closed in 1973. Currently, the station is owned by the railway infrastructure company Edelaraudtee [1] and served by trains operated by the government-owned passenger train operator Elron. [2]
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