In 1852, the first railway line arrived in Danzig (as Gdańsk was then known), then found in the Kingdom of Prussia. It came from Dirschau and was a branch of the Prussian Eastern Railway from Berlin to Königsberg. Danzig Leeges Tor, a terminus station, was found at the end of the line. Its name came from the nearby Brama Nizinna [pl], a 17th-century city gate. The station was in the vicinity of the Opływ Motławy and Motława. Trains accessed the station via the Railway Gate [pl], a gap in the city's fortifications.[1]
As the route between Danzig and Dirschau had only a single track, passengers were inconvenienced by having to change trains at Dirschau station, which resulted in the need for a second track, completed between 1909 and 1911.[2]
Because of its positioning near water bodies and city fortifications, it became apparent that the station's development was limited. Thus, in 1870, a new railway station, Danzig Hohetor Bahnhof, was constructed. Danzig Leeges Tor stopped being a terminus for passenger trains in 1896, and in 1900, the new Danzig Hauptbahnhof became the central passenger station for the city of Danzig, reducing Danzig Leeges Tor to a freight station. The Gothic Revival station building burnt down in March 1945, during the siege of Danzig.[3]
In the 1990s, the station, which had been transformed into a point for transfer of goods after the 1945, had its remaining buildings rented out by the Polish State Railways for commercial activity, such as the construction of a hostel. In 2014, those buildings were sold to Invest Komfort, a private company, for 26 million zł, which demolished them in 2015.[4] The company now promises the construction of a new complex of apartment buildings.[5]
