Kartuzy railway station

Kartuzy is a PKP railway station in Kartuzy (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. The station is now operating freight transport only, but SKM is planning to open connections from Gdynia to Kartuzy. There are also plans of reactivating Gdańsk Wrzeszcz - Stara Piła line, what means connection between Kartuzy and Gdańsk.

History

The first line to reach Kartuzy was Glincz-Kartuzy line in 1886. The line to Pruszcz Gdański was closed for all transport on May 29, 1994. The connection to Star Piła was closed for passenger transport in 1997. Connection with Lębork was closed on June 23, 2000, connection with Sierakowice in 2004

On November 14, 1901 line from Somonino reached Kartuzy as a freight line (one month later opened as a passenger line as well). The line was closed for passenger transport on February 1, 2003

Station buildings

The station building is now occupied mostly by shops. Locomotives depot (roundhouse) is still present together with turntable but in a very bad condition. Second depot was destroyed in 1945 by Soviets. On one of auxiliary tracks PKP class Ty2-14 locomotive is placed as a monument. Two signal boxes were servicing this station (Ky and Ky2). There is still present steam locomotives servicing object, with water and coal loading devices.

Lines crossing the station

See also

Kartuzy

References

• Kartuzy article at Polish stations database, URL accessed at 17 March 2006
• To Kartuzy by train? (Do Kartuz kolejka?) article at www.trojmiasto.pl (Pl.), URL accessed at 17 March 2006

Coordinates: 54°20′3″N 18°12′20″E / 54.33417°N 18.20556°E / 54.33417; 18.20556