Kościerzyna railway station

Kościerzyna
Kościerzyna
Railway Station
	Kościerzyna railway station in 2007
Location	Kościerzyna, Pomeranian Voivodeship; Poland
Operated by	Przewozy Regionalne ; SKM Tricity
Line(s)	201: ; 211: ; 233: (closed)
Platforms	4
History
Opened	1885; 137 years ago
Electrified	no
Location
	Kościerzyna Location within Poland

Kościerzyna railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kościerzyna, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the , . 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 until its closure in 1930 and . 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 .

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
Garczyn toward Chojnice	PR	Terminus
Preceding station	SKM Tricity	Following station
Terminus	SKM Tricity	Skorzewo toward Gdynia Główna

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.

External links[]

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

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