PKP rail line 230 is a non-operational PKP cross-province railway line in northern Poland running from PKP rail line 202 at

Wejherowo Wejherowo ( csb, Wejrowò; german: Neustadt in Westpreußen, formerly Weyhersfrey) is a city in Gdańsk Pomerania, northern Poland, with 48,735 inhabitants (2021). It has been the capital of Wejherowo County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 19 ...

to PKP rail line 229 at

Garczegorze Garczegorze ()''Ortsnamenverzeichnis der Ortschaften jenseits von Oder und Neiße'' by M. Kaemmerer is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Wieś Lęborska, within Lębork County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It ...

. Originally lying entirely within Germany, the first section from Wejherowo to Prusewo opened in 1902 with last section to Garczegorze opening in 1910. The line was closed and disassembled in 1919, in the aftermath of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

, reopening in 1924. Between the end of World War I and the end of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, the stations from

to Rybno Kaszubskie were in Germany while the five stations from Zamostne to

were in Poland. Services ceased during

but the line reopened again in 1946. Following World War II the entire line became Polish. The line was electrified in 1986, but closed to passenger traffic in 1992. It closed to freight traffic in 2001. The railway tracks remain in place, but years of neglect mean the line is currently impassable. A dismantled branch line, rail line 230A, ran from Rybno Kaszubskie railway station to the station intended to serve the never-completed

Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant The Żarnowiec Nuclear Power Plant ( pl, Elektrownia Jądrowa Żarnowiec) was to be the first nuclear power plant in Poland.''A Country Study: Poland'', Library of Congress, Call Number DK4040 .P57 199/ref> The construction was cancelled due ...

, with an intermediate stop at Żarnowiec Elektrownia Wodna railway station which was intended to serve the Żarnowiec Pumped Storage Power Station. The decision to stop the construction of said nuclear power plant in 1990 was a major factor in the downfall of line 230. In 2002 plans were put forward to re-open the line, to be run by the

Gniewino Gniewino ( Kashubian: ''Gniéwino''; formerly german: Gnewin) is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Gniewino. It lies approximately north ...

and

Choczewo Choczewo (; csb, Chòczewò; formerly german: Chottschow, (1938–45): ''Gotendorf'') is a village in Wejherowo County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Choczewo. It ...

communes, but nothing came of this. It has also been suggested that the route of the line could be used to create two regional cycle routes, Route 113 from Wejherowo to Gniewino and Choczewo, and Route 124 from Choczewo to

Lębork Lębork (; csb, Lãbòrg; formerly german: Lauenburg in Pommern) is a town of 37,000 people on the Łeba River, Łeba and Okalica rivers in the Gdańsk Pomerania region in northern Poland. It is the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivode ...

and

Bytów Bytów (; csb, Bëtowò; formerly german: Bütow ) is a town in the Gdańsk Pomerania region of northern Poland with 16,730 inhabitants as of December 2021. It is the capital of Bytów County in the Pomeranian Voivodeship. The origins of Byt ...

References

*Wejherowo – Garczegorze Line (230) article a
Polish Stations Database
URL accessed at 20 December 2018 *Rybno Kaszubskie – Żarnowiec Elektrownia Jądrowa Line (230A) article a
Polish Stations Database
URL accessed at 31 December 2018

External links

*Map of the railway a
OpenRailwayMap
Defunct railroads Railway lines in Poland Pomeranian Voivodeship Railway lines opened in 1902