Railway Station

During the Austro-Hungarian period, a railway station was built in Čapljina. Construction began by connecting the north and the sea, more precisely by building the narrow-gauge railway line Sarajevo - Ploče. According to newspaper reports, the first works on the construction of the narrow-gauge railway section (0.76 m) from the port of Metković to Čapljina, with a length of 42.4 km, began in September 1884 and were completed in June 1885. The construction lasted about ten months, and the works were carried out by the company of Karl V. Schwarz from Vienna. Traffic on the line, according to the decision of the Provincial Government, was entrusted to a special administration in Mostar.

The railway was put into operation on June 13, 1885, and a few days later, the timetable for mixed trains for the transport of passengers and mail was published.

On the morning of June 13, 1885, from the Mostar station, amidst cheers for the emperor and king Joseph I, a train departed from Mostar on its first journey to Metković.

In 2010, the railway station was reconstructed and the square was arranged in a modern style.