Dnipro railway station

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Dnipro-Holovnyi is the main railway station of Dnipro. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

History

The station was opened in 1884, called Ekaterinoslav.

July 20, 1926, the Presidium of the USSR Central Executive Committee of the city and station Ekaterinoslav was renamed to Dnipropetrovsk.[http://base.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc;base=ESU;n=4729 USSR: rename Ekaterinoslav to Dnipropetrovsk and Ekaterinoslav station to Dnipropetrovsk station]

During the Holodomor, British journalist Gareth Jones noted that it was filled with starving peasants desperate for food.{{Cite book|last=Snyder|first=Timothy|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/688506397|title=Bloodlands : Europe between Hitler and Stalin|date=2010|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=978-0-465-02290-8|location=New York|oclc=688506397}}

During World War II the building was destroyed and in its place under the project of architect Alexey Dushkin in 1951 and built a new station building.

In 1976 a large monumental statue of Grigoriy Petrovsky, after whom the city was renamed in 1926, was erected on the square in front of the railway station.[http://gorod.dp.ua/history/article_ru.php?article=67] В 1976 г. архитектурно-художественная композиция привокзальной площади была завершена постановкой памятника Г. И. Петровскому This statue was destroyed by an angry mob on 29 January 2016.{{cite web |agency=AFP News|title=Statue of controversial Bolshevik leader toppled in Ukraine|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/statue-controversial-bolshevik-leader-toppled-ukraine-135443012.html|website=Yahoo News Singapore|date=30 January 2016|language=en}}
{{cite web |last1=Soviet-Era |title=Monument Torn Down in Eastern Ukraine |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-monument/27523767.html |website=Radio Free Europe|date=February 2016 |language=en}}

On 19 May 2016 the official name of Dnipropetrovsk was changed to Dnipro.{{cite news|title=Dnipropetrovsk renamed Dnipro|url=http://www.unian.info/politics/1349664-dnipropetrovsk-renamed-dnipro.html|accessdate=19 May 2016|agency=UNIAN|quote="The decision comes into force from the date of its adoption."}}
{{in lang|uk}} [http://w1.c1.rada.gov.ua/pls/radan_gs09/ns_golos?g_id=7430 Верховна Рада України (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)], Поіменне голосування про проект Постанови про перейменування міста Дніпропетровська Дніпропетровської області (№3864) (Roll-call vote on the draft resolution on renaming of Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk region №3864), 19 May 2016. Hence the official name of the station was changed to Dnipro-Holovnyi.{{in lang|uk}} [http://uz.gov.ua/press_center/up_to_date_topic/429519/ Only after the city - JSC "Ukrzaliznytsia" explains when rename stations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117013214/http://uz.gov.ua/press_center/up_to_date_topic/429519/ |date=2016-11-17 }}, Ukrainian Railways (7 June 2016)

Trains

Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine Dnipro city became an important logistic point for refugees and army

As for the April 2023, next routes are set[https://www.uz.gov.ua/en/passengers/timetable/?station=22700&by_station=1 Passenger Timetable], Ukrainian Railways

Passing trains:

References

External links

[http://poezda.org.ua/city/22700 Train times on Poezda.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025123558/http://poezda.org.ua/city/22700 |date=2011-10-25 }}

Dnipro

railway station

Category:Railway stations in Ukraine opened in 1884