Timișoara West railway station

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Timișoara West railway station

Gara Timișoara Vest
Gara Timisoara Vest.jpg
General information
Location1 Dumitru Bagdasar Street, Timișoara
Romania
Coordinates45°43′33″N 21°10′18″E / 45.72583°N 21.17167°E / 45.72583; 21.17167Coordinates: 45°43′33″N 21°10′18″E / 45.72583°N 21.17167°E / 45.72583; 21.17167
Owned byCăile Ferate Române
Operated byCăile Ferate Române
Line(s)CFR Line 926 (Timișoara–Cruceni)
Location
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Timișoara West railway station is a station located in Freidorf district of Timișoara. Crossed by CFR Line 926 (Timișoara–Cruceni), the station is currently transited mainly by freight trains serving the fuel depots in the area; a single passenger train connects Timișoara to Cruceni, a village located 49 km from the city.[1]

Traffic on the 49-km-long Timișoara–Cruceni railway began on 31 July 1897.[2] Timișoara West originally had a Class III station building with a side wing (opened in 1897, in the same year as the railway).[3] A new station was built in the 1970s about 350 m from the old building.[4] Over time, it had several names, depending on the politico-historical context: at the time of the inauguration of the Timișoara–Cruceni railway it was named Szabadfalu (the Hungarian name of Freidorf), after World War I it was called Sâmbăta, and after World War II Freidorf; it got its current name in the 1970s.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Plecări/sosiri Timișoara Vest". Mersul trenurilor CFR.
  2. ^ Ivănescu, Valentin (2009). Cronica ilustrată a Regionalei de Căi Ferate Timișoara. Editura Marineasa. p. 18.
  3. ^ "Szabadfalu". Magyarország vasútállomásai és vasúti megállóhelyei.
  4. ^ a b Bălan, Titus (15 July 2019). "Despre transportul din Freidorf, șantierul naval și furtul tramvaiului". Banatul Azi.