Turmantas railway station

Turmantas railway station is a railway passenger and cargo station located in Turmantas town, Zarasai district, Lithuania, on the Lithuanian-Latvian border, at the end of railway line Vilnius - Turmantas. Closest railway stations are situated in Visaginas to the south and Daugavpils (Lithuanian: Daugpilis) to the north.

Turmantas railway station Turmanto geležinkelio stotis
Train station in 2016
General information
Location	Stoties str. 8 Turmantas Lithuania
Coordinates	55°41′59″N 26°27′57″E
Owned by	Lithuanian Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	5
Train operators	Lithuanian Railways
Construction
Accessible	Available
History
Opened	1862 (1862)
Services
Waiting hall

Diesel multiple unit DR1A arriving to the station

The railway station serves Turmantas town. Currently it is a terminus for a train passenger service Vilnius - Ignalina - Turmantas - Vilnius. In 2015 a train Vilnius - Daugavpils - St. Petersburg was canceled, which was the oldest train service in Lithuania since the opening of the Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railway line, also passing through this station. From 2018 until 2021 a route Vilnius - Turmantas - Daugavpils was also stopping at this station.

Turmantas's coat of arms features two steel horses, which are the symbols of railways.

History

Turmantas railway station was built as a fourth-class railway station and opened in 1862 while building Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railway. It was built between Dūkštas and Kalkuny (Russian: Калкуны, currently named Daugavpils) stations, approximately half-way on the railway line. During the tsarist era the station was called Novoaleksandrovsk (Russian: Новоалександровск, currently named Zarasai), then Turmont. During World War II retaliating Nazi army, among other stations on this railway line, destroyed the passenger hall. It was rebuilt between 1945 and 1960.