Bytom railway station

Bytom railway station is a station in Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the main railway station for Bytom, located by Wolski Square. One of the few in Poland with a platform hall.[1]

Bytom
General information
LocationBytom, Silesian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates50.2036°N 18.5454°E / 50.2036; 18.5454
Owned byPolskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Platforms4
History
Opened1868
1929
Previous namesBeuthen,
Beuthen O/Schl. Hbf.
Services
Preceding station Following station
Bytom Karb
towards Lubliniec
S8 Chorzów Stary
towards Katowice
Gliwice
Terminus
S18 Terminus
Location
Bytom is located in Poland
Bytom
Bytom
Location within Poland

History

The modern-day building is located on the grounds of Bytom's former, historic railway station, built in 1868. The former railway station was built together with the construction of the Tarnowskie Góry - Katowice - Czechowice-Dziedzice. After World War I, and the division of Silesia, the station's significance increased. In 1929–30, the two oldest buildings from 1872 and 1900 were demolished, and replaced by a new railway station building with a platform hall, in the place of the former round engine house from 1872 and a depot for the transit of cargo from wagons on narrow-gauge railway and normal track gauge. Platforms 2,3 and 4 operated German routes, whilst platform 1 operated Polish routes.

The railway station remains in its modernist architectural form.[2]

Connections

References

  1. "Informacje z woj. śląskiego". www.tvs.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  2. "Bytom: odnowiono wnętrza dworca kolejowego - nettg.pl – portal górniczy". nettg.pl. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
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