PKP rail line 230

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PKP rail line 230
PKP rail line
Overview
Native name	Linia kolejowa nr 230
Service
Operator(s)	PKP Group
History
Opened	1902 (1902)
Completed	1910 (1910)
Closed	2001 (2001)
Technical
Line length	63.4 km (39.4 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge

PKP rail line 230
Legend
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

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.

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 I, reopening in 1924. Between the end of World War I and the end of World War II, 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 II but the line reopened again in 1946. Following World War II 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

External links[]

• Map of the railway at OpenRailwayMap