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
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.
Location
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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