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Wałbrzych Główny railway station

Wałbrzych Główny lit. 'Wałbrzych Main' (German: Waldenburg-Dittersbach) is the main railway station of the city of Wałbrzych, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.

Wałbrzych Główny
A PKP Intercity Pesa Dart at the station bound for Jelenia Góra in 2021
General information
LocationWałbrzych, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Poland
Owned byPolish State Railways
Lines
Platforms6
History
Opened15 August 1867 (1867-08-15)
Previous names
  • Dittersbach (1867–1934)
  • Waldenburg-Dittersbach (1934–1945)
  • Borowieck Dzietrzychów (1945–1946)
  • Wałbrzych Podgórze (1946–1947)
  • Wałbrzych Ogorzelec (1947–1948)
Services
Preceding station KD Following station
Wałbrzych Fabryczny
towards Wrocław Główny
 D6 Jedlina-Zdrój
towards Jelenia Góra
D60 Boguszów-Gorce Wschód
towards Szklarska Poręba Górna
Wałbrzych Fabryczny
towards Wałbrzych Miasto
 D96 Boguszów-Gorce Wschód
towards Kudowa-Zdrój
Location
Wałbrzych Główny is located in Poland
Wałbrzych Główny
Wałbrzych Główny
Location within Poland
Wałbrzych Główny is located in Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Wałbrzych Główny
Wałbrzych Główny
Wałbrzych Główny (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)

Wałbrzych Główny is the largest mountain railway station in Poland, located at an altitude of approximately 500 m (1,600 ft) above sea level.[1][2]

History

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Station in the early 20th century

The station was opened by Prussian State Railways as Dittersbach on 15 August 1867, part of the historical Silesian Mountain Railway.[3] Before 1900, the station building was rebuilt and expanded.[4] In 1934, the station was renamed to Waldenburg-Dittersbach.[3]

The original station consisted of a locomotive depot (roundhouse), which later stabled electric trains. The roundhouse closed in 2013.[5] The station also included many sidings which were used to shunt and stable trains, (three sidings are still operational)[6] some sidings branched off to local mines, like the Melchior Mine, as at the time Wałbrzych Główny was also a major loading bay for freight trains, which housed several warehouses,[7][8] and the Eugeniusz mine shaft, which was built in 1889, and demolished in 2001 after being abandoned in 1993, due to its poor condition.[9] A railway guardhouse and workshop were also once based at the station.[10][11]

After World War II, the area came under Polish administration. As a result, the station was taken over by Polish State Railways. The station was renamed to Borowieck Dzietrzychów, then to Wałbrzych Podgórze in 1946, later to Wałbrzych Ogorzelec in 1947, and finally to its modern name, Wałbrzych Główny, in 1948. The station was briefly officially called Wałbrzych Dworzec Główny between 1949–1953.[3]

In 1949, the tram station interchange was retired and replaced with a trolleybus service. Wałbrzych Główny was re-electrified on 18 December 1965, until the route to Wrocław.[12] The trolleybus service was retired by the 1970s.[1]

In 2019, Polish State Railways (PKP) announced the modernisation of the station, which included the renovation of the station building, and the construction of new facilities at the station.[13][14][15] PKP opened the newly modernised station on 27 May 2021, at a total construction cost of approximately 33.5 million Polish złoty.[16][17][18]

Train services

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The station is served by the following services:

  • Regional services (KD) Wrocław - Wałbrzych - Jelenia Góra[19]
  • Regional services (KD) Wrocław - Wałbrzych - Jelenia Góra - Szklarska Poręba Górna[20]
  • Regional services (KD) Wałbrzych - Kłodzko - Kudowa-Zdrój[21]
  • Regional services (PR) Szklarska Poręba Górna - Jelenia Góra - Wrocław Główny - Poznań Główny[22]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Wałbrzych Główny". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  2. ↑ "Wałbrzych Główny". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wałbrzych Główny". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026. Historia [History]
  4. ↑ "Stacja kolejowa Wałbrzych Główny" [Wałbrzych Główny railway station]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Lokomotywownia MD Wałbrzych Gł. (dawna)" [Former MD Wałbrzych Główny locomotive depot]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Wałbrzych – bocznice" [Wałbrzych – sidings]. Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Magazyn gospodarczy (nie istnieje)" [Farm warehouse (former)]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Magazyn olejów i smarów (dawny)" [Oil and grease warehouse (former)]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Szyb Eugeniusz" [Eugeniusz Shaft]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Wartownia Straży Ochrony Kolei" [Railway Protection Guard Guardhouse]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Warsztaty kolejowe" [Railway workshops]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  12. ↑ "Zdjęcie z uroczystości otwarcia linii elektrycznej na trasie Wrocław - Wałbrzych" [Photo from the opening ceremony of the electric line on the Wrocław–Wałbrzych route]. Polska ORG (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  13. ↑ "Po roku od zapowiedzi rusza remont dworca kolejowego Wałbrzych Główny" [A year after the announcement, the renovation of Wałbrzych Główny railway station begins]. Radio Wrocław (in Polish). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Dworzec Wałbrzych Główny będzie przebudowany" [Wałbrzych Główny railway station will be rebuilt]. Wałbrzych Naszemiasto (in Polish). 9 October 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  15. ↑ "Wałbrzych Główny idzie do remontu" [Wałbrzych Główny will undergo renovation]. Rynek Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  16. ↑ "Dworzec Wałbrzych Główny otwarty po modernizacji" [Wałbrzych Główny railway station opened after modernisation]. Poland Ministry of Infrastructure (in Polish). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Dworzec Wałbrzych Główny po remoncie" [Wałbrzych Główny railway station after renovation]. Wałbrzych24 (in Polish). 27 May 2021.
  18. ↑ "Dworzec Wałbrzych Główny otwarty po modernizacji" [Wałbrzych Główny railway station opened after modernisation]. TVP (in Polish). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "D6 Wrocław - Wałbrzych - Jelenia Góra" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy (in Polish). Lower Silesian Railways. 8 March 2026.
  20. ↑ "D60 Wrocław - Wałbrzych - Jelenia Góra - Szklarska Poręba Górna" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy (in Polish). Lower Silesian Railways. 8 March 2026.
  21. ↑ "D96 Wałbrzych Miasto - Wałbrzych Główny - Nowa Ruda - Kłodzko Główne - Kudowa-Zdrój" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy (in Polish). Lower Silesian Railways. 8 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "Szklarska Poręba Górna - Jelenia Góra - Wrocław Główny - Poznań Główny" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy (in Polish). Polregio.

Bibliography

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  • Michalkiewicz, Stanisław (1993). Wałbrzych. Zarys monografii miasta na tle regionu [Wałbrzych. An Outline of the City's Monograph Against the Regional Background] (in Polish). Wrocław.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Kułaga, K.; Jankowski, K.; Junak, S. (1996). Wałbrzych i okolice [Wałbrzych and the surrounding areas] (in Polish). Wałbrzych.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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