Bolesławiec railway station
Railway station in Bolesławiec, Poland
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| Location | Bolesławiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Miłkowice–Jasień railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 23 December 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | Station building renovated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bolesławiec (German: Bunzlau) is a railway station in the city of Bolesławiec, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
The station is located on Bolesława Chrobrego street, approximately 470 m (1,540 ft) from the city centre.[1]
History
Pre World War II
The station opened as Bunzlau on 1 October 1845 after the local railway line was extended from Legnica. The line was extended to Węgliniec on 1 September 1846. The Bolesławiec rail viaduct was constructed part of the line.[2]
The line was then extended to Berlin on 1 September 1847 by the Lower Silesian-Marchian Railway Company. The line to Zgorzelec via Węgliniec also opened on the same day.[2]
The station and the viaduct were both visited by Frederick William IV of Prussia on 8 May 1852, and Alexander II of Russia on 29 May 1856.[3]
In 1852, the Lower Silesian-Margarch Railway Company was nationalised by Prussia and became one of the first Prussian state railways.[4] In 1920 the station was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn.[5]
In 1857, a post office opened in the station. It was rebuilt in 1900, and destroyed during World War II in 1945, and never rebuilt after. The station building was expanded in 1926[3]
In 1906, a railway line opened to Nowa Wieś Grodziska. Seven years after the opening of the railway towards Nowa Wieś Grodziska, a similar local railway to Modła was launched in 1913. Trains terminated at Bolesławiec Wschód lit. 'Bolesławiec West'. Both railway lines were dismantled by 2008.[6]
The two private companies operating the railways merged into one in 1921, under the name Bunzlauer Kleinbahn AG (Polish: Kolejka Bolesławiecka) lit. 'Bolesławiec railway'.[3]
Post World War II
After World War II, the area past the Lusatian Neisse and Oder rivers came under Polish administration. As a result, the station was taken over by Polish State Railways and was renamed to Bolesławiec.[7]
The Miłkowice–Jasień railway to the station was electrified on 23 December 1985.[8]
On 6 April 2020, Polish State Railways signed a contract for the full renovation of the station building.[9] The new renovated station building opened in May 2022.[10]
Train services
Train services are operated by Lower Silesian Railways, PKP Intercity and Polregio. Until mid-December 2014 the station was also served by EuroCity "Wawel", which used to run once daily between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Wrocław Główny.
The station is served by the following service(s):
Gallery
Main entrance
Waiting room
Station building prior to renovations
Platforms prior torenovations
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