Chișinău railway station
Chișinău railway station (Romanian: Gara feroviară din Chișinău) is the main railway station serving Chișinău, Moldova. It is located on 1 Aleea Garii, not far from the centre of the city.
Chișinău railway station Gara feroviară din Chișinău | ||||||
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General information | ||||||
Location | Moldova, Chișinău | |||||
Owned by | Calea Ferată din Moldova | |||||
Platforms | 3 | |||||
Tracks | 8 | |||||
Construction | ||||||
Parking | Yes | |||||
Other information | ||||||
Station code | 391207 | |||||
History | ||||||
Opened | 1871[1] | |||||
Electrified | No | |||||
Services | ||||||
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Location | ||||||
Chișinău railway station Location within Moldova |
International services
In addition to local trains, international services operate from Chișinău to Bucharest, Kyiv, Moscow (all daily), Minsk (Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday), and Warsaw (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday). Daily trains also run to Saint Petersburg and Odesa. There are several trains each week to Iași in Romania, and daily services to Tiraspol.[2]
The station is equipped as an international port of entry/exit, with a customs hall, and border control. International services arrive at and depart from platform 1, whose concourse can be closed off with barriers to create a contained customs zone.
References
- Железнодорожные станции СССР. Справочник. — М.: Транспорт, 1981
- "DB BAHN - Abfahrt und Ankunft – Deutsche Bahn timetables". reiseauskunft.bahn.de. Retrieved 2016-07-31.