Bogatynia Wąskotorowa railway station
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| Location | Bogatynia, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland | ||||
| Owned by | Polish State Railways | ||||
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Opened | 11 November 1884 | ||||
| Closed | 30 June 1961 | ||||
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Bogatynia Wąskotorowa lit. 'Bogatynia narrow-gauge' (German: Reichenau) was a railway station in the town of Bogatynia, Zgorzelec County, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.
The former station building now serves as Bogatynia bus station,[1] after the railway station closed on 30 June 1961.[2]
History
Pre World War II
The station was opened by Royal Saxon State Railways on 11 November 1884 as Reichenau[3] part of the Zittau–Heřmanice railway.[4] In 1917, the station was renamed to Reichenau (Sa) (Sa for Saxony), and was renamed once again to Reichenau (Sachs) in 1933.[5]
The locomotives of the Zittau–Heřmanice railway were serviced outside at the station. For boiler flushing, the locomotives were temporarily moved to Węgliniec.[4] In 1913, a locomotive derailed and crashed at the station.[6]
Post World War
After World War II, the area came under Polish administration. As a result, the station was taken over by Polish State Railways, and was renamed to Rychnów, and later to its modern name, Bogatynia Wąskotorowa, in the following year.[5]
Polish State Railways resumed passenger services on the Zittau–Heřmanice railway on 20 May 1951,[2] with trains running between Sieniawka and Markocice, as they could not cross the border into East Germany or Czechoslovakia.[7] On the same day, Polish State Railways opened the Bogatynia narrow-gauge railway, connecting the station with Turoszów Wąskotorowy.[8]
With the opening of Bogatynia railway station in on 29 May 1960,[9] the Bogatynia narrow-gauge railway closed in the same year,[8] and the Zittau–Heřmanice railway the following year on 30 June 1961.[2]
Former services
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Bogatynia Wschodnia towards Markocice |
Polish State Railways Zittau–Heřmanice |
Opolno Zdrój towards Sieniawka | ||
| Terminus | Polish State Railways Bogatynia narrow-gauge |
Turoszów Kopalnia Wąskotorowy towards Turoszów Wąskotorowy | ||
References
- ^ "Dworzec autobusowy" [Bus station]. Fotopolska (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b c "6001 Bogatynia Wąskotorowa - Sieniawka". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "Bogatynia Wąskotorowa". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Bogatynia (Wąskotorowa)". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b "Bogatynia (Wąskotorowa) - historia". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "Zima 1913 r. - wypadek pociągu kolejki wąskotorowej na trasie z Zittau do Bogatyni" [Winter 1913 - rail accident on the section between Zittau and Bogatynia narrow-gauge railway]. polska-org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "Koleje wąskotorowe na ziemiach polskich wybudowane w XIX wieku" [Narrow-gauge railways in Poland built in the 19th century]. Pod Semaforkiem (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ a b "6003 Bogatynia - Turoszów Wąskotorowy". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
- ^ "290 Mikułowa - Bogatynia". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
External links
Media related to Bogatynia Wąskotorowa train station at Wikimedia Commons
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