Kościerzyna railway station

Kościerzyna
Railway Station
Kościerzyna railway station in 2007
General information
Location	Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland
Operated by	Przewozy Regionalne SKM Tricity
Line(s)	201: Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway 211: Chojnice–Kościerzyna railway 233: Pszczółki–Kościerzyna railway (closed)
Platforms	4
History
Opened	1885 (1885)
Electrified	no

Kościerzyna railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kościerzyna, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway, Chojnice–Kościerzyna railway. The train services are operated by Przewozy Regionalne and SKM Tricity.

History

The first line built from Pszczółki in the period of 1884 - 1885 reached Kościerzyna in 1885. Five years later, a line from Kościerzyna to Lipusz and Bytów opened. In 1901 another line reached the station (from Kartuzy and in 1928, a part of the Coal Line.

The station also used to lie on the Kościerzyna–Gołubie Kaszubskie railway until its closure in 1930 and Pszczółki–Kościerzyna railway. The station used to be known as Berent (Westpreußen) under German occupation between 1885-1920 and 1939-1945.

Heritage museum

Kościerzyna is famous for its Skansen Parowozownia Kościerzyna railway museum, located near the station, exhibiting many examples of Polish locomotives.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

• Regional services (R) Chojnice - Brusy - Lipusz - Koscierzyna
• Regional services (R) Koscierzyna - Zukowo - Gdynia

Preceding station		Przewozy Regionalne		Following station
Template:Przewozy Regionalne stations toward Template:Przewozy Regionalne stations		Template:Przewozy Regionalne lines		Terminus
Preceding station		SKM Tricity		Following station
Terminus		Template:SKM Tricity lines		Template:SKM Tricity stations toward Template:SKM Tricity stations

External links

• Media related to Kościerzyna train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Articles on Skansen Museum (PL)
• Photos of Skansen Museum
• Steam Museum (PL)

References

• Kościerzyna article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 6 March 2006
• This article is based upon a translation of the Polish language version as of July 2016.