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{{Short description|Railway station in Varna, Bulgaria}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Varna railway station
| name_lang = en
| native_name = Железопътна гара Варна
| native_name_lang = bg
| image = VarnaRailway.JPG
| caption = The [[station building]].
| country = Bulgaria
| coordinates = {{coord|43|11|53|N|27|54|44|E|type:railwaystation_region:BG|display=inline, title}}
| line = Railway line 2
| opened = {{Start date|1925}}
| closed = 
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=300|frame-height=180|zoom=12|type=point|marker=rail}}
}}

[[Image:Varna Railway Station HDR.png|thumb|250px|Main entrance to the [[station building]].]]
'''Varna railway station''' ({{langx|bg|Железопътна гара Варна|translit=Zhelezopatna gara Varna}}) serves the [[Black Sea]] city and [[municipalities of Bulgaria|municipality]] of [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]], the [[List of cities and towns in Bulgaria|third most populous city]] in [[Bulgaria]].

==History==
The station is one of the oldest in Bulgaria. The current [[station building]] was built between 1908 and 1925, when it was opened officially by [[Tsar]] [[Boris III]]. The city of Varna has had a railway station since October 26, 1866, when the Varna-[[Rousse]] railway line was opened.<ref name=tourism>{{cite web |url= https://visit.varna.bg/en/railway_varna.html|title=Central Railway Station -Varna|author= |date= |website=Visit Varna, official tourism website |publisher= |access-date=May 26, 2022 |quote=}}</ref>

The station was built in several stages, under the supervision of architects Nikola Kostov and Kiro Marichkov. The building is in the [[Art Nouveau]] style with elements of [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-Baroque]]. [[Italy|Italian]] architects were also involved with styling both in inside and the outside of the building. [[Germany|German]] [[clockwork]] was installed in the station's [[clock tower]] in 1929. The station underwent major restoration work in 2004 and 2005.<ref name=tourism/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jptactis.com/jpt505/petrova.htm |title=The regenerated face of the old station |accessdate=2006-10-15 |last=Petrova |first=Galina |publisher=Railway Transport Magazine |language=Bulgarian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429071721/http://www.jptactis.com/jpt505/petrova.htm |archivedate=April 29, 2007 }} </ref>

[[Burgas Central railway station]] was constructed in a similar style.<ref name=tourism/>

Early on, Varna was a "stop" along the [[Orient Express]] route, where passengers boarded a ferry to [[Constantinople]] after taking a train from [[Giurgiu]] to [[Ruse, Bulgaria|Ruse]], then a ferry to Varna.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2021/11/more-than-just-a-mystery-train-the-orient-express-whisked-the-elite-across-europe-in-luxury-and-style|title= More than just a 'mystery' train, the Orient Express whisked the elite across Europe in luxury and style|last=QUERALT DEL HIERRO|first=MARÍA PILAR |date=November 24, 2021 |website=National Geographic UK |publisher= |access-date=May 26, 2022 |quote=}}</ref> Today, it is a key railway junction with three lines to [[Sofia]] and separate lines to [[Karnobat]], Rousse, [[Plovdiv]], [[Pleven]], [[Shumen]], [[Dobrich]], etc.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commonscat-inline|Varna Central Train Station}}
* [http://community.webshots.com/album/354304649kEIIGz Photos of the renovated station's inauguration in May 2005] {{Webarchive|url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110704150414/http://community.webshots.com/album/354304649kEIIGz |date=2011-07-04 }}

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