Poznań Główny Railway Station
| Poznań Główny | |
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 New and old station buildings (2013)
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| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 14th |
| Price range | A. |
| opening | 1879 |
| Website URL | http://pkp.poznan.pl/ |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Poses |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 24 '6 " N , 16 ° 54' 41" E |
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| List of train stations in Poland | |
Poznań Główny is the main train station in the Polish city of Poznań ( Poznan ). It is one of the largest train stations in Poland and the largest train station in the Greater Poland Voivodeship .
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history
First station building
The planning of the building began in 1870 and the actual construction lasted from 1874 to November 16, 1879 (the interior work in connection with the completion was carried out until 1906). It was laid out on the axis of a wide access road (today's Dworcowastraße) from a railway caponier (today Rondo Kaponiera). It consisted of a north front wing with a central hall and a group of wings in the south, which were flanked by two inner courtyards. The elevations were covered with red bricks.
The building is a kind of through station and is centrally located in relation to the tracks with platforms in the east (in the order of platforms 1, 1a, 2, 2a and 3) and the west facade of the building (platforms 4, 4a and 4b, 5, 6 and 7). It is connected to the platforms by an underground passage. The station was renovated in 1929, before the National General Exhibition (Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa w Poznaniu). During the German occupation from 1939 to 1945, the southern bypass of the Poznań Główny train station was also built for strategic reasons (Górczyn-Dębiec-Starołęka-Franowo-Swarzędz). At the same time, a number of air raid shelters were built along Dworcowa Street as part of anti-aircraft protection. On April 9, 1944, the station was bombed by the Allies, resulting in the deaths of 47 Poles and 35 civilians of German nationality (losses among uniformed persons were not disclosed). Another bombing took place on May 29, 1944 and during the Battle of Poznan in 1945. After the war, the destroyed train station was rebuilt in 1946–1949. During the reconstruction, the facade of the building changed the most. It received classical features.
From 1945 to 1950, the station was used as the strategically most important transshipment point for repatriates from the eastern border region (Kresy) to the west.
In the years 1961–1976 another renovation took place, through which the building was given a more modern architectural style.
On October 25, 2013, the opening day of the Poznań City Center shopping center at the new station, the old station building was closed.
New station building
In 2009 PKP SA signed a contract with a Hungarian contractor for the construction of an integrated communication center in Poznan worth EUR 160 million. A new train station and bus station as well as a shopping center and a 3-storey car park for 1,500 vehicles were built under one roof. The entire building complex was officially opened on May 29, 2012 by the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski . The building has an area of 7,000 m² and is located above platforms 1, 2, 3, parallel to Dworcowy Bridge.
The construction of the new train station was also implemented with a view to organizing the 2012 European Football Championship in Poznan.
Dworzec Letni
The building next to it was originally built under the name Kaiserbahnhof in 1903 as a private luxury train station especially for Kaiser Wilhelm II . Later this part of the building was supplemented by a pavilion and an open hall with a cylindrical roof.
Ignacy Paderewski arrived at the Kaiserbahnhof on December 26, 1918, from where he began his visit to Posen, which led to the outbreak of the Wielkopolska Uprising .
During the Second Polish Republic , the station continued to serve official purposes and was used, among others, by the head of state Józef Piłsudski and the Polish President Stanisław Wojciechowski .
In the years 2010–2011 the building was extensively renovated and on August 30, 2011 it was put back into operation. Platform 4b is currently next to it.
Dworzec Zachodni
In 1904 a small building of Dworzec Łazarski was built at the entrance of the tunnel to the platforms from Głogowska Street. This building was demolished in 1927 and in its place, in connection with the preparations for the General National Exhibition, the current building was erected according to the design of Władysław Czarnecki. In 1978 the station was considered a monument.
Transport links
The train station can be reached by many tram and bus lines operated by the Poznań Public Transport Authority. On September 1, 2013, the extension of an express tram line was opened. The stop is at the Westbahnhof (Dworzec Zachodni) on platform 7.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The station name literally means Poznan main (train station) and, as is customary in Poland, does not include the designation "Dworzec" ( train station ). However, the lettering on the entrance building on the forecourt is "Dworzec Główny" ( Central Station )
- ^ Tu stacja: Poznań Centralny. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Marian Walczak: Migracje ludności w Wielkopolsce w latach 1945-1950. UAM, Poznań, 2005, ISBN 83-9176929-5 , pp. 63, 93, 99, 102.
- ↑ Od Hauptbahnhof do hotelu. Co widział nasz dworzec? Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ PKP SA i Trigranit Development Corporation budują Zintegrowane Centrum Komunikacyjne - umowa podpisana. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ^ Prezydent Komorowski w Poznaniu: Dworzec kolejowy oficjalnie otwarty! Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Powstanie Wielkopolskie - Poznaniacy powitali Paderewskiego. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ Dworzec Letni już gotowy! Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ^ Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych - województwo wielkopolskie. (PDF) Retrieved January 25, 2018 .
- ↑ "Pestka" aż do Dworca. Tramwaje ominą korki. Retrieved January 25, 2018 .