Suceava North railway station
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The Suceava North also known as Iţcani, is a railway station located in Suceava
Suceava
Suceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...

, Suceava County
Suceava County
Suceava is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Moldavia and few villages in Transylvania, with the capital city at Suceava.- Demographics :...

, completed in 1871. Originally part of Iţcani village (now a suburb of Suceava), it is located at No. 4, Strada Gării. The railway station was included on the 2004 list of historical monuments in Suceava County.

History

Between 1870 and 1871, at a time when it was included in Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

, Suceava was connected by a railway line through the Iţcani station to other important cities of Bukovina
Bukovina
Bukovina is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.-Name:The name Bukovina came into official use in 1775 with the region's annexation from the Principality of Moldavia to the possessions of the Habsburg Monarchy, which became...

 region, and through the Burdujeni station with the Kingdom of Romania
Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania was the Romanian state based on a form of parliamentary monarchy between 13 March 1881 and 30 December 1947, specified by the first three Constitutions of Romania...

. The Iţcani station building (now Suceava North) was raised by two Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

 entrepreneurs C. Gall and F. Ronchetti, builders of the Roman
Roman, Romania
Roman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers....

—Burdujeni—Iţcani—Chernowitz
Chernivtsi
Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the upper course of the River Prut, a tributary of the Danube, in the northern part of the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently divided between Romania and Ukraine...

 rail line, was commissioned in 1871. The station is a building with two levels, following the blueprint of other Austrian railway stations located in Central Europe
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an areas, in neo-romantic
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 style marked by a rectangular plane, ogive
Ogive
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-arched vaults, broken-key arcs and arches and battlements and corner towers in Gothic Revival style
Gothic Revival architecture
The Gothic Revival is an architectural movement that began in the 1740s in England...

.

Until 1918, when Bukovina was joined with Romania, the station served as an important railway hub for passenger traffic and cargo transit within both Austria–Hungary and Romania. It was the border point between Romania and Austria-Hungary on the Cisleithania
Cisleithania
Cisleithania was a name of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, the Dual Monarchy created in 1867 and dissolved in 1918. The name was used by politicians and bureaucrats, but it had no official status...

n side, while in Romania the corresponding station was Suceava Station (Burdujeni). From 1881 until 1902, when modernization works were carried out at Burdujeni station (building of an upper floor and two side pavilions), Romania's government leased half of the Iţcani station from the Austrian authorities, to use as a customs station at the old frontier. In the same period a locomotive depot was built near the station that was one of the largest in Bukovina.

On September 11, 2007, the Iţcani station was chosen to be a filming site of a movie sequence from Gruber's Journey
Gruber's Journey
Gruber's Journey or Călătoria lui Gruber is a 2008 Romanian drama film directed by Radu Gabrea. It is set in World War II during the Holocaust in Iaşi and was shot on location in Bucharest...

, directed by Radu Gabrea, which starred Romanian actors Florin Piersic Jr. and Claudiu Bleonţ
Claudiu Bleont
Claudiu Bleonţ is a Romanian film and theatre actor. He is known in Romania not only by his acting ability, but also for his improvisational talent.-Life & career:...

, as well as German
Germany
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 actor Udo Schenk. The railway station was chosen to appear in the film because its architecture was reminiscent of the period of World War II
World War II
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. By 2009 however, the building had reportedly fallen into neglect, and health inspectors fined the local Romanian Railways
Caile Ferate Române
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 authority 1,000 lei
Romanian leu
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for allowing refuse to pile up on the grounds.
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