PKP rail line 230

A non-operational PKP railway line in northern Poland running cross-country from PKP rail line 202 at Wejherowo to PKP rail line 229 at Garczegorze.

PKP rail line 230
Overview
Native nameLinia kolejowa nr 230
Service
Operator(s)PKP Group
History
Opened1902 (1902)
Completed1910 (1910)
Closed2001 (2001)
Technical
Line length63.4 km (39.4 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
PKP rail line 230

PKP rail line 202
0.4 km Wejherowo
 2.1 km Wejherowo Cementownia
 4.8 km Orle
 7.4 km Góra Pomorska
 9.9 km Zamostne
 12.4 km Rybno Kaszubskie
7.7 km Żarnowiec Elektrownia Wodna
10.1 km Żarnowiec Elektrownia Jądrowa
 14.5 km Słuszewo
 16.7 km Kostkowo
 20.4 km Lisewo Kaszubskie
 23.3 km Gniewino
 25.1 km Strzebielinko Lęborskie
 27.0 km Toliszczek
 29.5 km Prusewo
 32.4 km Lublewo
 34.8 km Osieki Lęborskie
 37.6 km Choczewo
 41.1 km Choczewko
 42.4 km Kurowo
 43.6 km Przebędowo Lęborskie
 46.4 km Zwartowo
 48.1 km Zwartówko
 49.8 km Gościęcino
 52.4 km Tawęcino
 54.5 km Karlikowo
 55.1 km Rekowo Lęborskie
 59.8 km Obliwice
 62.8 km Janisławiec
63.4 km Garczegorze

PKP rail line 229

Originally lying entirely within (Germany), the first section from Wejherowo to Prusewo opened in 1902 with last section to Garczegorze opening in 1910. The line was closed and disassembled in 1919, in the aftermath of World War One, reopening in 1924. Between the end of World War One and the end of World War Two, the stations from Garczegorze to Rybno Kaszubskie were in Germany while the five stations from Zamostne to Wejherowo were in Poland. Services ceased during World War Two but the line reopened again in 1946. Following World War Two the entire line became Polish.

The line was electrified in 1986, but closed to passenger traffic in 1992. It closed to freight traffic in 2001. The railway tracks remain in place, but years of neglect mean the line is currently impassable.

A dismantled branch line, rail line 230A, ran from Rybno Kaszubskie railway station to the station intended to serve the never-completed Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant, with an intermediate stop at Żarnowiec Elektrownia Wodna railway station which was intended to serve the Żarnowiec pumped storage power station.

In 2002 plans were put forward to re-open the line, to be run by the Gniewino and Choczewo communes, but nothing came of this.

It has also been suggested that the route of the line could be used to create two regional cycle routes, Route 113 from Wejherowo to Gniewino and Choczewo, and Route 124 from Choczewo to Lebork and Bytów.

References
  • Wejherowo – Garczegorze Line (230) article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 20 December 2018
  • Rybno Kaszubskie – Żarnowiec Elektrownia Jądrowa Line (230A) article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 31 December 2018
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