Gdynia Główna railway station

Gdynia Główna
Gdynia Główna
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	Gdynia Główna railway station
Location	Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship; Poland
Operated by	PKP ; Przewozy Regionalne ; SKM Tricity
Line(s)	201: Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway ; 202: Gdańsk–Stargard railway ; 250: Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway
Platforms	10
History
Opened	1 January 1894
Rebuilt	1923-1926, 1957, 2008-2012
Electrified	yes
Location
	Gdynia Główna Location in Poland

Gdynia Główna railway station (Polish for Gdynia main station) is the main railway station serving the city of Gdynia, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1921 and is located on the Nowa Wieś Wielka–Gdynia Port railway, Gdańsk–Stargard railway and the parallel Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway. Trains are operated by PKP, Przewozy Regionalne and SKM Tricity.

History

The first railway station in the centre of Gdynia opened on 1 January 1894. Initially, it held only a small wooden waiting room, several lamps and a board identifying name of the stop. In 1920, Gdynia began to grow very quickly as a city and a port under the Second Polish Republic, and this resulted in a significant increase in passenger rail traffic. Therefore, between 1923-1926, a new imposing art-deco (with regional Pomeranian accents) main building was constructed, designed by Romuald Miller and opening on 15 July 1926. Its interior featured a large waiting room, ticket windows, toilets, luggage storage, a restaurant, bookstore, money exchange, and hairdresser.

Gdynia Główna in 1926

The railway station building was destroyed in World War II. In the 1950s a new station was built, designed by prof. Waclaw Tomaszewski. The building is a unique combination of social realism and pre-war art-moderne modernism. In the station's main waiting room several notable wall and ceiling frescoes of sea landscapes were re-discovered during the 2008 renovation after having been covered over in the intervening years. In the dining hall, the wall paintings depict the celestial bodies and signs of the zodiac, and a mosaic illustrates Pegasus.

The station under Nazi German occupation was known as Gotenhafen. Until 11 March 2004, the station was officially called Gdynia Osobowa. Currently, all the markings changed to "Gdynia Glowna". Among others, a large inscription "Osobowa" on the station building was dismantled.

Modernisation

In August 2008, the station building was entered in the register of monuments. In the same year, a modernisation program of the station was initiated, which included reconstruction of the station concourse, new canopies on the platforms, and changes in the rail traffic control system. During this work, in 2011, an original 5-meter long brick wall from the 1926 station was discovered. It has been preserved and integrated into the newly renovated interior. On 6 June 2012 the modernised station was officially opened. The investment cost 40.7 million euro and was financed in part with EU funds.

Train services

Express InterCity Premium in Gdynia

The station is served by the following services:

EuroCity services (EC) Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Poznan - Rzepin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin
EuroCity services (EC) Gdynia - Gdansk - Malbork - Warsaw - Katowice - Bohumin - Ostrava - Prerov - Breclav - Vienna
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Malbork - Warsaw - Krakow - Rzeszow
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Malbork - Warsaw - Katowice - Bielsko-Biala
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lowicz - Warsaw - Lublin - Rzeszow - Zagorz / Przemysl
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lodz - Czestochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biala
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Torun - Kutno - Lodz - Czestochowa - Krakow - Zakopane
Intercity services Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Poznan - Wroclaw / Zielona Gora
Intercity services Szczecin - Stargard - Bialogard - Koszalin - Slupsk - Lebork - Gdynia - Gdansk - Malbork - Elblag - Olsztyn - Elk - Bialystok
Regional services (R) Hel - Wladyslawowo - Reda - Gdynia
Regional services (R) Leba - Lebork - Wejherowo - Reda - Rumia - Gdynia
Regional services (R) Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk - Tczew - Malbork - Elblag - Ilawa - Olsztyn
Regional services (R) Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk - Tczew - Laskowice - Bydgoszcz
Regional services (R) Gdynia - Gdansk Osowa - Zukowo - Koscierzyna
Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna services (R) Gdynia - Gdansk Osowa - Gdansk Airport - Gdansk
Szybka Kolej Miejska services (SKM) Wejherowo - Reda - Rumia - Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk

Preceding station	PKP	Following station
Terminus	EuroCity	Sopot toward Berlin Hbf
Terminus	EuroCity	Sopot toward Wien Hbf
Terminus	PKP	Sopot towards Bielsko-Biała Główna or Rzeszów Główny
Terminus	PKP	Sopot towards Zamość or Przemyśl Główny
Terminus	PKP	Sopot towards Bielsko-Biała Główna or Zakopane
Terminus	PKP	Sopot towards Wrocław Główny or Zielona Góra
Rumia towards Szczecin Główny, Kolobrzeg or Łeba	PKP	Sopot towards Białystok or Warszawa Zachodnia
Preceding station	Przewozy Regionalne	Following station
Gdynia Chylonia toward Hel	PR	Terminus
Gdynia Chylonia toward Łeba	PR	Terminus
Gdynia Chylonia Terminus	PR	Gdynia Orłowo toward Olsztyn Główny
Gdynia Chylonia Terminus	PR	Gdynia Orłowo toward Bydgoszcz Główna
Preceding station	SKM Tricity	Following station
Gdynia Stocznia toward Wejherowo	SKM Tricity	Gdynia Wzgórze św. Maksymiliana toward Gdańsk Śródmieście
Terminus	SKM Tricity	Gdynia Wielki Kack toward Gdańsk Wrzeszcz or Kościerzyna

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