ARCHITECTURE OF RAILWAY STATION BUILDINGS OF THE RAILWAY IVANO-FRANKIVSK–VORONENKA

Abstract

The buildings of the Ivano-Frankivsk–Voronenka railway station date back to 1892–1894. The oldest of them were implemented according to three typical projects of the Imperial and Royal Austrian State Railways. They have a spatial, structural and art relationship with the railway stations of Halychyna, Bukovyna and other regions of the sub-Austrian part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. In the interwar period (1921–1939), the damaged buildings of railway stations were restored and new railway stations of Delatyn and Tatariv appeared. After the Second World War railway buildings were rebuilt with a tendency towards simplification. Not seldom passenger buildings appeared on the stop platforms in forms of simple semi-open pavilions. Nowadays, some of the historical buildings are also used for residence, most of them are in good and satisfactory state. All railway stations and stopping points are of the on-bank type, connecting landing platforms with station buildings and settlements on the same ground level. 7 from the 11 original typical railway station buildings of the imperial period have been preserved up till now. They form a chain which is interspersed with the unique buildings of Delatyn, Tatariv, Yaremche and a few passenger buildings near the landing platforms. The primary compositional and stylistic integrity of the architecture of the railway buildings is preserved. All historical buildings of the railway stations of the studied group are worthy and should have the status of an architectural monument. The use of buildings may go beyond transport needs. They can accommodate hotels, restaurants, museums, exhibitions, clubs and other public institutions. This corresponds to the modern trend of understanding and using of such objects. When establishing a regular connection by daytime regional trains in clock mode of railway communication, unified landing platforms with their connection to settlements and with informational and service provision should be arranged. The resources of existing railway station buildings and other passenger facilities should be included in this process.