Kivimäe railway station

Kivimäe railway station (Estonian: Kivimäe raudteepeatus) is a station in Kivimäe, Nõmme district, Tallinn, Estonia,[1] 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 3rd 1924.

Kivimäe railway station in 2014 (towards the city center)

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. The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners.

Kivimäe railway station serves the Kivimäe sub-district which has approximately 4800 residents.

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.[2]et:Kivimäe raudteepeatus

In 2020, there were approximately 58 train departures per day at Kivimäe railway station towards Tallinn city center.[3]

References
  1. Lõhmus, Leho (2001). Nõmme läbi aegade. Nõmme Linnaosa Valitsus. p. 133.
  2. "Nõmme Tee Selts".
  3. "Elron: Kivimäe-Tallinn".

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