Kėdainiai railway station | |
Native Name: | Kėdainių geležinkelio stotis |
Native Name Lang: | lt |
Symbol Location: | rail |
Address: | S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno g. 5, Kėdainiai |
Country: | Lithuania |
Coordinates: | 55.2706°N 24.0169°W |
Operator: | Lietuvos geležinkeliai |
Line: | |
Platforms: | 2 |
Tracks: | 4 |
Train Operators: | Lietuvos geležinkeliai |
Connections: | 1, 7 |
Opened: | [1] |
Years: | 1944 |
Events: | Demolished |
Passengers: | 18,674 per year [2] |
Pass Year: | 2015 |
Pass Percent: | -20.17 |
Kėdainiai railway station is a Lithuanian Railways station in Kėdainiai serving passenger trains.
The main hall of the station was built in 1871, soon after the first section of Libau–Romny Railway line was laid between Kaišiadorys and Liepāja. Regular trains started running on 11 September 1871.[3]
The newly built railway made a significant impact on city's trade development, as it gave access to Vilnius, Šiauliai, Riga, Liepāja, Moscow, as well as other cities in Belarus and Ukraine. It is known that a total of 38,035 kg of cucumbers were transported from the station in 1896. The following year 10 wagons left just to Liepāja.[4]
On 1 August 1944, the building was demolished by retreating Nazis.