Elva raudteejaam (Elva)

 interesting place, head house (train station)

Elva railway station was opened on 22 July 1889 next to the Tartu–Valga broad-gauge railway, which had been built two years earlier. The opening of the station marked the beginning of the emergence and development of the city of Elva. At the time of its opening, the station was located on the lands of the Uderna manor in Rõngu rural municipality. Elva railway station was one of the points from which Estonians were taken to Siberia during the March deportations. Until 1 July 2008, passenger trains ran on the Tartu–Valga line, in addition to the Tartu–Elva line, which was closed after the railway was reopened after repairs on 30 December 2009. Built in the early 1920s, the originally significantly shorter building was expanded by adding extensions at both ends, while maintaining the original style of the station building. The waiting room was also expanded by adding adjoining rooms, reaching its current size. A long, single-story, horizontal log house with a half-hip roof covered with profiled boards. The decor of the building's facade is typical of historicist station buildings of the late 19th century. Since 1997, the building has been recognized as a cultural monument.