Railway Station Built In The Interwar Period In Telšiai

• Main Author: Iveta Dabašinskienė
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2014-05-01
• Series: Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis
• Subjects: Telšiai railway station, infrastructure of the station, principles of station building complex layout.
• Online Access: http://www.mla.vgtu.lt/index.php/mla/article/view/656
• ISSN: 2029-2341; 2029-2252

<p class="13AbstactAbstract"><span lang="EN-GB">Abstract</span></p> <p class="14AbstracttekstasAbstract"><span lang="EN-GB">The most important and biggest railway station in Telšiai as a part of one of the first railroads Kretinga – Telšiai – Kužiai built in the interwar period is examined in this article. A variety of elements of the station’s infrastructure with special attention to passenger stations, houses for railway workers and warehouses (pakhauze) are revealed in the article. The significance of <em>Lietūkis </em>warehouses founded in the territory of the station and their connections with the railroad are discussed. Moreover, the arrangement of Telšiai Station buildings in the territory are analyzed and compared to the preserved site plan of the station and photo of the situation dated back to the Second World War taken by Germans from the air. While comparing the available sources, urban developments of the station area are discussed. The analysis material is based on archival sources, the interwar documentary publications and research of the location.</span></p>