Gdynia Główna railway station

Gdynia Główna
Railway Station
Gdynia Główna railway station
General information
Location	Gdynia, Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland
Operated by	PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe 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; 130 years ago (1894-01-01)
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. It served 13,41 mln passengers in 2022, making it the busiest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the sixth busiest railway station in 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, Polregio and SKM Tricity. The station is located in a historic modernist building.

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 and 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.

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

The station is served by the following services:

• EuroCity services (EC) (EC 95 by DB) (IC by PKP) Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Poznan - Rzepin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Berlin
• EuroCity services (EC) Gdynia - Gdansk - Malbork - Warsaw - Katowice - Bohumin - Ostrava - Prerov - Breclav - Vienna^[1][2]
• Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Gdynia - Warsaw
• Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Gdynia - Warsaw - Katowice - Gliwice/Bielsko-Biała
• Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) Gdynia/Kołobrzeg - Warsaw - Kraków (- Rzeszów)
• Intercity services (IC) Gdynia - Gdansk - Bydgoszcz - Poznań - Wrocław - Opole - Katowice - Kraków - Rzeszów - Przemyśl^[3]
• Intercity services (IC) Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Toruń - Kutno - Łódź - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała^[4]
• Intercity services (IC) Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Łódź - Czestochowa — Krakow — Zakopane^[5]
• Intercity services (IC) Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Poznań - Zielona Góra^[6][7]
• Intercity services (IC) Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Poznań - Wrocław ^[8][9]
• Intercity services (IC) Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa — Gdańsk Glowny — Kołobrzeg^[10]
• Intercity services (IC) Szczecin - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdynia - Gdańsk^[11]
• Intercity services (IC) Szczecin - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdynia - Gdańsk - Elbląg/Iława - Olsztyn^{[12][13][14][15]}
• Intercity services (IC) Szczecin - Koszalin - Słupsk - Gdynia - Gdańsk - Elbląg - Olsztyn - Białystok^[16]
• Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn ^[17]
• Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Warszawa — Krakow — Zakopane ^[18][19]
• Intercity services (TLK) Kołobrzeg — Gdynia Główna — Warszawa Wschodnia — Kraków Główny^[20]
• Regional services (R) Tczew — Gdynia Chylonia ^[21]
• Regional services (R) Tczew — Słupsk ^[22]
• Regional services (R) Malbork — Słupsk ^[23]
• Regional services (R) Malbork — Gdynia Chylonia ^[24]
• Regional services (R) Elbląg — Gdynia Chylonia ^[25]
• Regional services (R) Elbląg — Słupsk ^[26]
• Regional services (R) Chojnice — Tczew — Gdynia Główna ^[27]
• Regional services (R) Gdynia Chylonia — Olsztyn Główny^[28]
• Regional services (R) Gdynia Chylonia — Smętowo ^[29]
• Regional services (R) Gdynia Chylonia — Laskowice Pomorskie ^[30]
• Regional services (R) Gdynia Chylonia — Bydgoszcz Główna ^[31]
• Regional services (R) Słupsk — Bydgoszcz Główna ^[32]
• Regional services (R) Gdynia Chylonia — Pruszcz Gdański ^[33]
• Regional services (R) Hel - Władysławowo - Reda - Gdynia Główna^[34]
• Regional services (R) Luzino — Gdynia Główna^[35]
• Regional services (R) Słupsk — Gdynia Główna^[36]
• Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna services (R) Gdynia Główna — Gdańsk Osowa — Gdańsk Port Lotniczy (Airport) — Gdańsk Wrzeszcz^[37]
• Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna services (R) Kościerzyna — Gdańsk Osowa — Gdynia Główna ^[38]
• Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna services (R) Kościerzyna — Gdańsk Port Lotniczy (Airport) — Gdańsk Wrzeszcz — Gdynia Główna^[39]
• Szybka Kolej Miejska services (SKM) (Lębork -) Wejherowo - Reda - Rumia - Gdynia - Sopot - Gdansk

References

External links

• Media related to Gdynia Główna train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Photos of Gdynia Głowna