Kivimäe | |
Type: | railway station |
Borough: | Kivimäe, Nõmme, Tallinn, Harju County |
Country: | ![]() |
Owned: | Eesti Raudtee (EVR) |
Platforms: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Train Operators: | Elron |
Electrified: | 1924 |
Map Type: | Estonia#Estonia Harju County#Estonia Tallinn |
Mapframe: | yes |
Kivimäe railway station (et|Kivimäe raudteepeatus) is a railway station in the Nõmme district of Tallinn, Estonia.[1] The station serves the Kivimäe sub-district which has approximately 4800 residents.
It is located approximately 10 kilometers (6,2 mi) southwest from the Baltic station (Estonian: Balti jaam) which is the main railway station of Tallinn, near the Baltic Sea. The Kivimäe railway station is located between Hiiu and Pääsküla railway stations of Tallinn-Keila railway. The station was opened on November 3, 1924.
There are two platforms along the two-track railway, 133 and 146 meters long. Elron's electric trains from Tallinn to Keila, Paldiski, Turba and Klooga-Rand stop at Kivimäe station. The station belongs to the Zone I, within which traffic is free for Tallinners.
There is a possibility to transfer to bus line 27 northwest of the railway station on Pärnu maantee.
In 1937 a station building was completed from silicate bricks according to the project of Hendrik Otlood, which in 1997 was declared a cultural monument.
Ticket sales in the station building ended in 1998.[2]
In 2020, there were approximately 58 train departures per day at Kivimäe railway station towards Tallinn city center.[3]