Closest railway stations are situated in Visaginas to the south and Daugavpils (Lithuanian: Daugpilis) to the north.

Turmantas's coat of arms features two steel horses, which are the symbols of railways.

It was built between Dūkštas and Kalkuny (Russian: Калкуны, currently named Daugavpils) stations, approximately half-way on the railway line.

During the tsarist era the station was called Novoaleksandrovsk (Russian: Новоалександровск, currently named Zarasai), then Turmont.

During World War II retaliating Nazi army, among other stations on this railway line, destroyed the passenger hall.