Dnipro

Station Dnepropetrovsk-main

Description

  • The station building was built in 1951 about the project of Alexey Dushkin.
  • The main railway station of the Dnieper is the main, but not the only part of the architectural composition of Station Square.

The station building was built in 1951 about the project of Alexey Dushkin in the then popular style of the "Stalinist Empire". The structure has a rectangular shape, in the center of the facade there is a central entrance to the interior and to the railway tracks. The entrance is stylized as an arch, which is completely covered with glass. On the left and right sides of the station there are two wings, supported by powerful columns in the Corinthian style. The main railway station of the Dnieper is the main, but not the only part of the architectural composition of Station Square. To the right of the main entrance is a residential building that harmoniously fits into the ensemble of the square, and on the contrary - a five-story building, behind which begins the main street of the Dnieper - Dmitry Yavornitsky Avenue.

The station building was built in 1951 about the project of Alexey Dushkin in the then popular style of the "Stalinist Empire". The structure has a rectangular shape, in the center of the facade there is a central entrance to the interior and to the railway tracks. The entrance is stylized as an arch, which is completely covered with glass. On the left and right sides of the station there are two wings, supported by powerful columns in the Corinthian style. The main railway station of the Dnieper is the main, but not the only part of the architectural composition of Station Square. To the right of the main entrance is a residential building that harmoniously fits into the ensemble of the square, and on the contrary - a five-story building, behind which begins the main street of the Dnieper - Dmitry Yavornitsky Avenue.

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HISTORY

  • Initially, on the left bank of the Dnieper in 1873 there was a station "Yekaterinoslav".
  • In 1948, the design of the building was approved and its construction was completed in 1951.

Initially, on the left bank of the Dnieper in 1873 there was a station "Ekaterinoslav", which belonged to the Lozovo-Sevastopol railway.

On July 20, 1926, Yekaterinoslav was renamed Dnepropetrovsk, so the railway station received the same name.
During the Great Patriotic War, the station building, built at the end of the XIX century. was destroyed. The architect Aleksey Dushkin worked on the project of the new station.
In 1948, the design of the building was approved and its construction was completed in 1951, and the construction of passenger tunnels under the tracks in 1953. The Dnieper Station was one of the largest buildings erected in the USSR during the post-war reconstruction ..

Initially, on the left bank of the Dnieper in 1873 there was a station "Ekaterinoslav", which belonged to the Lozovo-Sevastopol railway.

On July 20, 1926, Yekaterinoslav was renamed Dnepropetrovsk, so the railway station received the same name.
During the Great Patriotic War, the station building, built at the end of the XIX century. was destroyed. The architect Aleksey Dushkin worked on the project of the new station.
In 1948, the design of the building was approved and its construction was completed in 1951, and the construction of passenger tunnels under the tracks in 1953. The Dnieper Station was one of the largest buildings erected in the USSR during the post-war reconstruction ..