Khmelnytskyi railway station
Khmelnytskyi Хмельницький | |
|---|---|
| Railway station of Southwestern Railways | |
 Front view of the railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location |  Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 49°24′59″N 27°00′35″E / 49.41639°N 27.00972°E |
| Operated by | Southwestern Railways |
| Distance | 358 kilometres (222 mi) from Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | 330704 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1871 |
Khmelnytskyi railway station (Ukrainian: Станція Хмельницький) is the main railway station in the Ukrainian city of Khmelnytskyi. It first opened in 1870, and is a part of Southwestern Railways.
According to the "Investment Atlas of Ukraine", the station receives around 1.6 million passengers every year.[1]
Name
[edit]The station was called Proskuriv when it was first built. Later in 1955, the station followed the city and changed its name to Khmelnytskyi.
History
[edit]In 1871, the station was built as part of a rail line between Zhmerynka and Volochysk.
However, the station initially received very little passengers due to its relative obscurity in the network. It improved in 1914 when a new Kamianets-Podilskyi-Shepetivka line made the station a railway hub.
The station was severely damaged during the German-Soviet War, and was rebuilt in the 1950s.
The station was again renovated in the 1980s.[2]
In the 1990s, local residents set up a marketplace near the station to sell various goods. The market eventually closed down after 15 years because of an administrative decision.[3]
In 1994, the station was electrified with alternating current.[4]
On November 7, 2017, a memorial plaque of Ukrainian statesman Mykhailo Hrushevsky, made by sculptor Roman Albul, was unveiled on the facade of the railway station.[5]
In 2018, the railway station was ranked as the 9th busiest railway station in Ukraine.[6]
In 2021, there were plans for a future national high-speed rail line, which passes through this station.[7]
Destinations
[edit]- East: Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kherson, Shostka, and Kryvyi Rih
- West:
- Domestic: Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Uzhhorod
- International: Budapest, Prague, Žilina, Bratislava
- North: Kyiv, Vinnytsia, and Shepetivka
- South: Larga (near the Ukraine-Moldova border)
References
[edit]- ^ "Кабінет міністрів України планує передати сім вокзалів в концесію на 20 років" (in Russian). 368 Media. February 2, 2020. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021.
- ^ lvivcenter.org — Залізничний вокзал станції Хмельницький, автор Сергій Єсюнін
- ^ "Історія залізниці у Хмельницькому". khmelnytskyi-future.com.ua (in Ukrainian). 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
- ^ "История электрификации железных дорог СССР" (in Ukrainian). Parovoz. May 13, 2024.
- ^ "На фасаді залізничного вокзалу встановлено меморіальну дошку Михайлу Грушевському". Khmelnytskyi City Council. 2017-11-07.
- ^ "Топ-10 найбільш завантажених вокзалів України у 2018 році". Economichna Pravda. March 1, 2019.
- ^ "Через Хмельницький проляже міжнародний високошвидкісний залізничний маршрут". Khmelnytskyi Future (in Ukrainian). February 24, 2021.