Kivimäe railway station
Railway station in Tallinn, Estonia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kivimäe railway station (Estonian: Kivimäe raudteepeatus) is a railway station in the Nõmme district of Tallinn, Estonia.[2] The station serves the Kivimäe sub-district which has approximately 4800 residents.
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Kivimäe | |||||||||||
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Kivimäe railway station in 2014 | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Kivimäe, Nõmme, Tallinn, Harju County![]() | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 59.3770°N 24.6563°E / 59.3770; 24.6563 | ||||||||||
Owned by | Eesti Raudtee (EVR) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Train operators | Elron[1] | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 November 1924; 99 years ago (1924-11-03) | ||||||||||
Electrified | 1924 | ||||||||||
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It is located 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 3, 1924.
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.[1] The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners.
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.[3]et:Kivimäe raudteepeatus
In 2020, there were approximately 58 train departures per day at Kivimäe railway station towards Tallinn city center.[4]