Fastiv I railway station

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'''Fastiv I''' is the main railway station in [[Fastiv]], [[Ukraine]]. It is a key [[railway hub]] of Ukraine.<ref name="FastivI8010633"/>

== History == [[File:Древний Фастов 14.jpg|thumb|The original Fastiv I railway station before 1917]] In the early 1870s, the [[List of transport ministers of Russia|Minister of Transport in Imperial Russia]] [[Vladimir Bobrinsky]] began the construction of Fastiv I Railway to connect from Fastiv to Bobrinsky station (now [[Taras Shevchenko Station]] in [[Smila]]), where the Fastiv Railway Administration as well as Bobrinsky's sugar factories were located at the time. The station was designed by architect [[Valerian Kulikovsky]] and opened in 1870.

After the construction of the Fastiv – Zhytomyr railway line in 1935, Fastiv I became one of the largest railway hub of the [[Southwestern Railways]].

The station building experienced substantial damage during World War II. After the war, the design of the new station took a long time and construction only began in 1949. The new station finished in 1952.

In August 2011, the Fastiv – Zhytomyr section was electrified. On August 23, 2011, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence, a new station building was opened. The new building was constructed in six months. A park was built on top of the former site of the old station building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zadvorov |first=Viktor |date=2011-08-26 |title=Візитівка Фастова нагадує столичний вокзал |trans-title=Fastiv’s landmark resembles a capital city station |url=http://www.swrailway.gov.ua/rabslovo/?aid=1699 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6I7GFI8Gg?url=http://www.swrailway.gov.ua/rabslovo/?aid=1699 |archive-date=2013-04-07 |website=Робоче слово |language=uk}}</ref>

The station building was hit and destroyed by [[Russia]]n drones on the night of December 5–6, 2025 during the [[Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)|Russian aerial campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure]] of the [[Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)|Russo-Ukrainian war]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russians strike railway stations in Fastiv: train services disrupted, timetables amended |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12/06/8010633/|date=6 December 2025|access-date=6 December 2025|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|language=en}}</ref> In the afternoon of 6 December 2025 [[Ukrzaliznytsia]] (Ukraine's state-owned railway company) reported that it had restored train services through the railway station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukrainian Railways resumes train service through Fastiv following Russian attack – video |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12/06/8010673/|date=6 December 2025|access-date=8 December 2025|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|language=en}}</ref> On 8 December 2025 it was announced that the station will be replaced by a new building; while a temporary structure will be installed on the platform during the building of the new station.<ref name="FastivI8010633">{{Cite web |title=Fastiv railway station hit by Russian strike to be demolished and rebuilt |url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/12/06/8010633/|date=8 December 2025|access-date=8 December 2025|website=[[Ukrainska Pravda]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Services == As a key hub, most long distance trains stop at Fastiv I. The only exceptions are high speed and night express trains bound for Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhhorod and other cities.

From September 23, 2016 to April 26, 2022, the "Danube" night express train on the Kyiv – Izmail route stops at Fastiv I. This stop was suspended after an airstrike damaging the [[Zatoka Bridge]].

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Kyiv Oblast]] [[Category:Railway stations in Ukraine opened in 1870]] [[Category:Fastiv Raion]] [[Category:Buildings and structures destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]]