Ivano-Frankivsk railway station

Ivano-Frankivsk
Lviv Railway terminal

Terminal of Ivano-Frankivsk station
Location Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk
Coordinates 48°55′31″N 24°43′24″E / 48.92528°N 24.72333°E / 48.92528; 24.72333Coordinates: 48°55′31″N 24°43′24″E / 48.92528°N 24.72333°E / 48.92528; 24.72333
Owned by Ukrainian Railways
Operated by Lviv Railways
Platforms 1 (main platform), 2 (island platform)
Tracks 6
Connections Bus terminal
City bus
City trolleybus
Construction
Structure type at-grade
Parking yes
Other information
Station code 388404
History
Opened 1866
Rebuilt 1906
Electrified 1897
Services
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Ivano-Frankivsk (Ukrainian: Івано-Франківськ) is the main station of the Ivano-Frankivsk directory of Lviv Railways.[1]

History

The railway station in Ivano-Frankivsk was established in 1866 when the city of Stanislau was part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria within the Austro-Hungary. It became one of the oldest train stations in Ukraine. The station was built as part of the expansion of the Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis from Lemberg (Lviv) towards Czernowitz (Chernivtsi). Along with the station right next to it was found a machine maintenance shop that later was transformed into a steam locomotive maintenance shop.

The terminal of the station was built using elements of the Mauritanian style. The first train that traveled from Lemberg to Czernowitz stopped at Stanislau on September 1, 1866. In 1894 Stanislau became the district center of the Austrian State Railways. The railways terminal became the first city's structure in Ivano-Frankivsk that was electrified on January 13, 1897. The electricity was installed by the German company out of Berlin Siemens & Halske.[2]

From 1903 through 1906 under the leadership of the Vienna architect E.Baudisch, the terminal was expanded. A railway post office was built nearby.

Trains

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