Tallinn Baltic Station

The first railway station in Tallinn was built at the end of the 1860s as part of a 400 km (250 mi) long Saint Petersburg-Tallinn-Paldiski railway line. The first main building was completed in 1870. It was a two-storey building constructed from limestone with tower-like extrusions.

During the 1 December 1924 communist coup d'état attempt in Estonia, Karl Kark, the then Minister of Transportation[4] was assassinated by gunshot by pro-Soviet insurgents at the Tallinn Baltic Station.[5]

During World War II in 1941, the station building was set on fire by the Soviet Red Army. Shortly after the war, in 1945, the building was partially renovated. During 1960–1966, the station was completely reconstructed. Since the 1990s, the commuter trains 20x20m waiting pavilion has been used as a market. In 2005, the station building was completely renewed and Hotel Shnelli and the headquarters of Estonian Railways (Eesti Raudtee) were completed nearby.

The station has seven platforms, of which two are situated apart from the rest and have been serving the international Tallinn–Moscow and Tallinn–Saint Petersburg routes performed by GoRail, and Elron's long-distance route to Viljandi. Platforms closer to the station building are mostly used by the commuter trains or long-distance routes to Tartu or Narva.

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  Old station (1910)
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  Exterior
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  Exterior
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  Platforms
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  Interior (2009)
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  Trolleybus (2015)
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  Locomotive L-2317

• List of railway stations in Estonia
• Rail transport in Estonia
• Ülemiste railway station

• Tallinn Encyclopedia (part I), 2004. Page 30. ISBN 9985-70-168-2.

• Official website