Vlud Goydmurt station
Vlud Goydmurt Station Baansdop Vlud Goydmurt | |
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 The north facade of the station from the end of Goydmurt | |
| Location | Goydmurt Innerwand Vlud |
| Owned by | Vyvlubaan (platforms and ticketing) Vlud City Council (concourse and shopping arcade) Kynglig Hotelen (hotel) |
| Line(s) | File:Sdadbaan vlud logo.png Sdadbaan File:Vlud Metro roundel.png Metro:
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| Platforms | 12 main line 8 metro 6 tram |
| Connections |  Buses |
| Construction | |
| Platform levels | 3 |
| Bicycle facilities | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | VGM |
| History | |
| Opened | 1852 |
Vlud Goydmurt station (Vyvlander: Baansdop Vlud Goydmurt) is a major station in Vlud, serving as a hub for Vyvland's national rail network, the Vlud Metro and Vlud's tram system. It is situated at the end of Goydmurt, Vlud's main shopping street, from which the station takes its name. The surface-level section is the second-busiest station in Vlud (behind Piterkusel station) and the third-busiest in Vyvland. However, when the metro platforms are added, the station becomes the country's second-busiest, with 56 million passengers per year, only 7 million behind Lyksdal Prensjri station. Unlike many other major stations, Goydmurt is a through station, with tracks splitting off to multiple destinations inside and outside the city. Most of Goydmurt station's platforms are located below-ground due to the station's position at an exit to the tunnel under the eponymous street. The station also contains a shopping arcade and hotel, making it the largest building in Vlud by surface area.
Goydmurt station is one of three on the Inner Vlud Loop along with Dirgurden and Panneweg stations, through which all trains which stop at the city must pass. This causes considerable congestion at peak times, as express trains (such as those from Jesel to Mafiy) must navigate through Goydmurt and the other stations on the loop to pass through Vlud. Construction is underway on Vlud Greetbaansdop to the city centre's west, which should alleviate this problem by providing a new station for through trains.
Goydmurt is configured so that its tracks are on four levels; a lower level for trains running northwards, an upper level for trains running southwards, a third 'mezzanine' level (with no platforms) for through trains running in both directions, and an underground level for metro trains. The three levels with platforms are connected by a series of lifts and escalators within the station building. The reason for this configuration is that trains passing northwards of Goydmurt station must use a tunnel under Goydmurt street, which lacks the width required to accomodate all tracks on the same level.
History
Goydmurt station was built by the Vlud-Fomiy-Baan company in 1852 as Vlud's terminus for trains from Fomiy and the east. As more lines were built to various destinations such as Heersduik, Goydmurt was expanded to a much larger size. However, its largest expansion came in 1885, when the tunnel connecting Goydmurt and Piterkusel stations was constructed. Thus, Goydmurt became a very convenient hub for local and regional rail services; this further increased after the construction of the first metro lines in 1894. The station's hotel was added in the 1910s. During the middle of the century, yards were built to the south of the station to accommodate freight trains and store trains while not in use, although these have mostly been built over since; those that remain are underground or under other buildings. Goydmurt station's facade appears on the 2 mynig note.
Services
Metro
Three of the Vlud Metro's four lines stop at the station. While line 3's platforms are fully segregated from the others, lines 2 and 4 share six platforms between them, making Goydmurt the only station on the network where multiple lines share at least one platform. This helps to deal with the fact that line 2's trains must cross over line 4's tracks and vice versa; the multiple platforms allow two trains one one line to wait at the station until signals permit them to cross over the other line's tracks, adding efficiency. The 2015 Vlud City Regional Plan promised to deal with this by constructing an additional 'fly-under' tunnel for line 4. This also requires both extensive archaeological surveys and diversion of the culvert of the River Heg which runs under line 4 immediately to the north of the platforms, hence its delay in being constructed.
| Previous station | File:Vlud Metro roundel.png Vlud Metro | Next station |
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Tram
Goydmurt is the main hub on Vlud's tram network, with nine lines stopping at the station, six of which terminate here. The tram stops themselves are spread out in order to deal with the volume of traffic, with lines 5 and 7 stopping on Kloinvezmurtgat to the east of the station, line K stopping in a purpose-built shelter attached to the station building's western edge, and lines A, B, 6, 8, 9 and X stopping at a four-platform tram stop in Goydmurtplaac, the large square in front of the main station building.
Suburban
Goydmurt, along with Piterkusel, is also a hub of the Vlud Sdadbaan, the metropolitan area's suburban rail network, and is the terminus for just under half the services on the system (with the others terminating at Piterkusel). Sdadbaan trains from Goydmurt travel to Langdon, Wesge Airport, Haflig Sdad, Reud-en-Bruwik, Lenvord, Boskel, Abiel, Veerveld, Kengfrop, Fulpruk and Fomiy and also serve Hoid, Semons, Kraaref and other towns and suburbs.
Sdadbaan trains terminating at Goydmurt are the 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 80 and 86. Trains beginning with 3 and 5 terminate here for trips into the eastern suburbs and commuter belt, while trains beginning with 6 and 8 are routed via Piterkusel into the western suburbs. Note that not all these trains run every day and many trains are infrequent or do not operate at peak times.
Regional and national
Trains to destinations east of Vlud usually terminate at Goydmurt; this includes those to Heersduik (although some start at Piterkusel and travel via Mafiy), Vlaardingen, Degohs, Fomiy. A number of services from Welland also terminate at Vlud. Most regional and national trains to Vlud, however, terminate at Piterkusel.