Melitopol railway station

Melitopol Railway station (Ukrainian: Мелітополь) is a railway station in Melitopol, Ukraine.[2]

Melitopol
Near-Dnipro Railway terminal
View of the station from platform 1.
Location Ukraine, Melitopol
Owned byUkrainian Railways (Near-Dnipro Railway)
Platforms3
Tracks6
Construction
Parkingyes
Other information
Station code47600
History
Opened1874[1]
Electrifiedyes
Services
Preceding station   Near-Dnipro Railway   Following station

History

The station opened in 1874, simultaneously with the opening of the railway. The Aleksandrovsk – Melitopol line came into operation on 28 June and the Melitopol – Simferopol line in October 1874.

During the Russian civil war one of the buildings of the station was used as the headquarters of the commander of the Southern front Mikhail Frunze.

During the Eastern Front (World War II) in October 1943 the building was destroyed, and for the next 10 years, the duties of the station was performed by small kiosks, located on the site of the current trunk.

In 1955 a new building was constructed. The opening of the station was planned on 7 November to commemorate the October coup, however, the builders failed to meet the deadline, and the station was commissioned on 4 December.[3]

The station platforms held monuments of Stalin and Lenin, the first was quickly removed however the second remained on the platform until the 1990s, and then was moved to Pryvokzalna Square and finally taken down 2015.

Trains
  • statue of Lenin on Pryvokzalna Square, since removed in 2015

References
  1. Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. – М.: Транспорт, 1981
  2. Melitopol station information
  3. History of Melitopol station

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