Gniew is a closed
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railway station in
Gniew (
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomorskie Region, or Pomerania Province (Polish: ''Województwo pomorskie'' ; ( Kashubian: ''Pòmòrsczé wòjewództwò'' ), is a voivodeship, or province, in northwestern Poland. The provincial capital is Gdańsk.
The ...
),
Poland.
History
The idea of connecting Gniew to the railway network was initially rejected in the mid-19th century as the town already had good transport connections via the
Vistula to
Nowe
Nowe (german: Neuenburg in Westpreußen, 1942-1945: ''Neuenburg (Weichsel)'') is a town in Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,270 inhabitants (2004).
Geographical location
Nowe is located approximately 75 kilome ...
and
Åšwiecie. By the end of the century it was believed that the lack of a rail connection was having a negative economic effect on the town, and in 1897
ℳ45,000 were raised by citizens of Gniew to unsuccessfully fund one. Only 55 years after the construction of the
Prussian Eastern Railway
The Prussian Eastern Railway (german: Preußische Ostbahn) was a railway in the Kingdom of Prussia and later Germany until 1918. Its main route, approximately long, connected the capital, Berlin, with the cities of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) ...
were residents of the town successful in their campaign to have Gniew connected by branchline to
Morzeszczyn
Morzeszczyn (german: Leutmannsdorf) is a village in Tczew County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Morzeszczyn. It lies approximately south of Tczew and south of the ...
.
Built in a Neo-Gothic style Gniew station opened on 5 January 1905.
Operating as the terminus on line 244 trains departing Gniew stopped at
Brodzkie MÅ‚yny and
Brody Pomorskie stations before arriving at their destination.
Closure
The last passenger service left Gniew station on 10 July 1989
with freight services ending in 1992.
References
Railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Disused railway stations in Pomeranian Voivodeship
Tczew County
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