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]
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| Location | Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship Poland | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50.2036°N 18.5454°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1868 1929 | |||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Beuthen, Beuthen O/Schl. Hbf. | |||||||||||||||
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  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
- 131 Chorzów Batory - Tczew
- 132 Bytom - Wrocław Główny
- 710 Bytom - Bytom Borek
References
- "Informacje z woj. śląskiego". www.tvs.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- "Bytom: odnowiono wnętrza dworca kolejowego - nettg.pl – portal górniczy". nettg.pl. Retrieved 20 August 2017.