Grīva railway station

Grīva Station
Grīva Station in 2013
General information
LocationBirķeneļu iela 39, Daugavpils
Latvia
Coordinates55°51′10.1″N 26°29′20.2″E / 55.852806°N 26.488944°E / 55.852806; 26.488944
LineDaugavpils–Kurcums
History
Opened1862
Previous namesKalkūni railway station
Location
Grīva Station
Location within Latvia

Grīva railway station (Latvian: Grīva stacijas) is a railway station by the village of Kalkūni near the city of Daugavpils in southeastern Latvia. The station is situated in the southwestern outskirts of the city on the left bank of the river Daugava.

Grīva railway station is located on the Daugavpils–Kurcums railway line between Daugavpils and Latvia's border with Lithuania.[1] The station opened in 1862 together with that section of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway. Originally known as Kalkūni railway station, the station was the historical eastern terminus of the Radviliškis–Daugavpils Railway, although that line no longer passes by the station.[2]

History

Originally called Kalkūni railway station, the station opened as one of the original intermediate stations on that section of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway which opened in 1862. In 1873, the station became a railway junction at the opening of the Radviliškis–Daugavpils Railway which branched of from the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway at the station towards Radviliškis (today, the line no longer passes by Grīva station, but the station still has a direct track connection to it).[2]

During the Polish–Lithuanian War, fights erupted along the railway stations Kalkūni and Turmantas.[3][4] In 1922, the station was renamed Grīva.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Publiskās lietošanas dzelzceļa infrastruktūras pārskats 2011" [2011 Public Railway Infrastructure Overview] (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Railways. 2010-06-05. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-09. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  2. ^ a b c Altbergs, Augustāne & Pētersone 2009, p. 37.
  3. ^ Lesčius, Vytautas (2004). Lietuvos kariuomenė nepriklausomybės kovose 1918–1920 (PDF) (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Vilnius University, Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija. p. 284. ISBN 9955-423-23-4.
  4. ^ Eidintas, Alfonsas; Žalys, Vytautas; Senn, Alfred Erich (1999). Tuskenis, Edvardas (ed.). Lithuania in European Politics: The Years of the First Republic, 1918-1940 (Paperback ed.). New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 98. ISBN 0-312-22458-3.

Bibliography

  • Altbergs, Toms; Augustāne, Karina; Pētersone, Ieva (2009). Dzelzceļi Latvijā [Railways in Latvia] (in Latvian). Jumava. ISBN 978-9984-38-698-0.
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