Timișoara East railway station

Timișoara East railway station Gara Timișoara Est
General information
Location	1 Avram Imbroane Street, Timișoara Romania
Coordinates	45°46′00″N 21°14′40″E
Owned by	Căile Ferate Române
Operated by	Căile Ferate Române
Line(s)	CFR Line 900 (Timișoara–Caransebeș) CFR Line 213 (Timișoara–Radna)
History
Opened	1886
Passengers
2012	64,755
Location

Timișoara East railway station, previously known as Fabric railway station,^[1] is one of the five stations of Timișoara. Timișoara East is the second most important station in the city, after Timișoara North. The station is transited daily by 15 trains operated by CFR Călători.^[2] In 2012, 64,755 passengers boarded from Timișoara East, thereby a daily average of 144 passengers/day.^[3] It is also an important freight terminal, due to the presence of a base of a private rail operator.

History

The station was built in 1886; the railway to Orșova was built in the same year and connected Timișoara with Bucharest and from there with Sofia and Istanbul.^[4] The station took over a large part of the traffic from Iosefin railway station (present-day Timișoara North railway station), especially the freight traffic. It provided businesses and factories in the area with materials and goods that were brought in by rail and with the distribution of products from those establishments.^[5] Also in Timișoara East there was a line that connected with the city's network of tram lines, having the same gauge.^[5]

Due to rail traffic growth, the station was expanded in 1899; during this process, both the building and the number of lines were enlarged.^[4] The building itself consisted of a main body, with ground floor and first floor and two secondary bodies.^[4] The most recent major change of the building took place in 1970, when it was completely storeyed.^[4]

References

1. Ivănescu, Valentin (2009). Cronica ilustrată a Regionalei de Căi Ferate Timișoara. Editura Marineasa. p. 26.
2. "Plecări/Întârzieri trenuri din gara Timișoara Est". Mersul trenurilor.
3. Ghinea, Daniela; Miclăuș, Ramona; Sîrbu, Mihaela; Pantić-Telbis, Maria (2013). "Starea economică, socială și de mediu a municipiului Timișoara". Primăria municipiului Timișoara. p. 43.
4. Păun, Liana (8 June 2014). "Fabric, cartierul breslelor și al meșteșugurilor (IV). Cum au apărut farmacia Kovács, "gara mică" și "șase case"". pressalert.ro.
5. Both, Ștefan (6 April 2013). "Nostalgii timișorene. Amintiri despre orașul de altădată: minunata Gară Domnița Elena și trenul de Buziaș care trecea prin centru". Adevărul.