Turmantas railway station

Turmantas railway station Turmanto geležinkelio stotis
Train station in 2016
General information
Location	Stoties str. 8 Turmantas Lithuania
Coordinates	55°41′59″N 26°27′57″E
Owned by	Lithuanian Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
Train operators	Lithuanian Railways
Construction
Accessible	Available
History
Opened	1862 (1862)
Services
Waiting hall

Diesel multiple unit DR1A arriving to the station

Turmantas railway station is a railway passenger and cargo[1] station located in Turmantas town, Zarasai district, Lithuania, on the Lithuanian-Latvian border, at the end of railway line Vilnius - Turmantas. Closest railway stations are situated in Visaginas to the south and Daugavpils (Lithuanian: Daugpilis) to the north.

The railway station serves Turmantas town. Currently it is a terminus for a train passenger service Vilnius - Ignalina - Turmantas - Vilnius.[2] In 2015 a train Vilnius - Daugavpils - St. Petersburg was canceled,[3] which was the oldest train service in Lithuania since the opening of the Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railway line, also passing through this station. From 2018 until 2021 a route Vilnius - Turmantas - Daugavpils was also stopping at this station.

Turmantas's coat of arms features two steel horses, which are the symbols of railways.

History

Turmantas railway station was built as a fourth-class railway station and opened in 1862 while building Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railway. It was built between Dūkštas and Kalkuny (Russian: Калкуны, currently named Daugavpils) stations, approximately half-way on the railway line. During the tsarist era the station was called Novoaleksandrovsk (Russian: Новоалександровск, currently named Zarasai), then Turmont. During World War II retaliating Nazi army, among other stations on this railway line, destroyed the passenger hall.[4] It was rebuilt between 1945 and 1960.

References

1. "Turmantas railway station". LTG Cargo. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
2. "LTG Link routes' map". traukiniobilietas.lt. Retrieved 2021-10-06.
3. "Seniausias traukinio maršrutas Lietuvoje iškeliavo į paskutinį reisą (English: The oldest passenger train in Lithuania departed for the last time)". 15min.lt.
4. Valiulis, Algirdas Vaclovas. "Iš geležinkelio Lietuvoje istorinės raidos (English: From the history of Lithuanian railway development)" (PDF). lma.lt.