Bytom railway station is a station in Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It is the main railway station for Bytom, located by Wolski Square. One of the few in Poland with a platform hall.[1]
Bytom | |
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General information | |
Location | Bytom, Silesian Voivodeship Poland |
Coordinates | 50.2036°N 18.5454°E / 50.2036; 18.5454 |
Owned by | Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. |
Platforms | 4 |
History | |
Opened | 1868 1929 |
Previous names | Beuthen, Beuthen O/Schl. Hbf. |
Location | |
![]() ![]() Bytom Location within Poland |
The modern-day building is located on the grounds of Bytom's former, historic railway station, built in 1868. The former railway station was built together with the construction of the Tarnowskie Góry - Katowice - Czechowice-Dziedzice. After World War I, and the division of Silesia, the station's significance increased. In 1929-30, the two oldest buildings from 1872 and 1900 were demolished, and replaced by a new railway station building with a platform hall, in the place of the former round engine house from 1872 and a depot for the transit of cargo from wagons on narrow-gauge railway and normal track gauge. Platforms 2,3 and 4 operated German routes, whilst platform 1 operated Polish routes.
The railway station remains in its modernist architectural form.[2]