Iași railway station
Iași Grand Railway Station Gara Mare Iași | |||||||||||
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| Căile Ferate Române | |||||||||||
 The main entrance | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Piața Gării, Iaşi, Romania | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 47°09′56″N 27°34′11″E / 47.16556°N 27.56972°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | CFR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Iași-Tecuci Iași-Paşcani Iași-Chişinău Iași-Dorohoi Iași-Hârlău | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 5 (1 side platform, 4 island platforms) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 9 (covered) | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 1 [O.S. May 20] 1870 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Iași railway station is the main railway station in Iaşi, and one of the oldest in Romania. It is part of the Pan-European Corridor IX.
History
Opened in 1870, the Grand Railway Station first connected Iași to Czernowitz in Bukovina, Austria-Hungary and, after two years, to Bucharest.
The original building designed by Julian Zachariewicz[1] and inspired by the Venetian Doge's Palace, is 133.8 metres (439 ft)* long, has 113 rooms and is listed in the National Register of Historic Monuments.[2]
In 1928-1930, two additional wings were symmetrically added to each side of the building. In 1980, a new separate building was constructed on the north side of the complex station and named Iași Nord.
The main buildings of the station have recently been restored with modern additions.[3]
Current operations
Passenger services
As of 2013, Iași railway station serves about 110 trains in a typical day, including domestic trains to and from a majority of Romanian cities. Additionally, international trains run to Chişinău and Ungheni, in the Republic of Moldova.
The main lines in Iaşi are Făurei – Tecuci – Iaşi and Iaşi – Paşcani.
Local transit
The station is served by several tram and bus lines operated by RATP and Unistil, the local transit operators.
Distance from other railway stations
Romania
- Arad (via Oradea): 732 km (455 mi)
- Bacău: 158 km (98 mi)
- Baia Mare: 533 km (331 mi)
- Braşov (via Buzău): 453 km (281 mi)
- București Nord: 406 km (252 mi)
- Constanţa: 430 km (270 mi)
- Craiova: 631 km (392 mi)
- Galaţi: 255 km (158 mi)
- Oradea: 610 km (380 mi)
- Suceava: 136 km (85 mi)
- Timișoara Nord (via Oradea): 788 km (490 mi)
- Timișoara Nord (via Deva): 847 km (526 mi)
Europe
- Belgrad (via Cluj-Napoca): 966 km (600 mi)
- Berlin: 1,718 km (1,068 mi)
- Budapest (via București Nord): 1,279 km (795 mi)
- Budapest (via Cluj-Napoca): 858 km (533 mi)
- Chişinău: 130 km (81 mi)
- Frankfurt am Main: 1,260 km (780 mi)
- Kiev (via Suceava): 916 km (569 mi)
- Kiev (via Bălţi): 619 km (385 mi)
- Sofia: 945 km (587 mi)
- Venice: 1,710 km (1,060 mi)
- Vienna: 1,130 km (700 mi)
References
- ^ Markian Prokopovych. Habsburg Lemberg: Architecture, Public Space, and Politics in the Galician Capital, 1772-1914. Purdue University Press. 2009. p. 131
- ^ The Romanian Register of Historical Monuments
- ^ Rail Stations in Romania
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