The Mokrin railway station is on the historic Szeged – Kikinda – Timișoara railway, which commenced operations on November 15, 1857. This station was a stop along the route of the renowned Orient Express, which travelled between Paris and Constantinople
According to historian Miloš Despotov, the train would stop at Mokrin to replenish its water reserves for steam power, as the water in Mokrin was the softest along the entire route.
The station building was built according to one of the typical projects used during the expansion of the railway network in the then empire. It differs from the later station buildings spread over the territory of the then Torontal County. It was built in 1860 as a one-story brick structure with official premises, a waiting room and the station master’s apartment (Simić 2021: 51). The building has the shape of an elongated rectangle, with the longer side facing the rails. The side wings have five axles with openings. The openings are located in stepped recessed shallow niches, above which there is a segmental arch. The central body is not accentuated by a risalit but by a tympanum and a double-pitched roof. Towards the rails, this body has two openings, while towards the settlement, there is one, the main entrance. The decoration in the form of stone imitation around the openings and at the corners of the building disappeared over time, so today, we see plain plastered facades. The original fence towards the rails has been preserved. In the interior of the reception building, part of the original equipment of the railway stations from the 19th century has been preserved. The most winsome space is the former counter hall.
Former standards included topographic data about the station and the unique code of the railway facility. The facade of the reception building displays boards with the altitude (83) and the code designation of the railway facility. It was punishable by law to remove these boards.
Traffic with Szeged was interrupted in 1944 when the bridge over the Tisza was demolished, while traffic between Mokrin and Kikinda was carried out for a certain period after the Second World War. The complex included a large number of railway facilities. Some have been repurposed and are used for housing today, while others, including the reception building itself, are slowly falling into disrepair. The station was abandoned when the railway was closed, and traffic has not been restored. Today, the railway line is hardly visible, and the interior of the reception building has been largely demolished.
