Żary Kunice railway station

Żary Kunice
General information
LocationKunice, Żary, Lubusz Voivodeship
Poland
Owned byPolish State Railways
Line
Platforms2
History
Opened1879 (1879)
Previous names
  • Kunzendorf (1879–1912)
  • Kunzendorf (Niederlaus) (1912–1945)
  • Kunice Żarowskie (1945–1946)
  • Kunice Żarskie (1946–1973)
Services
Preceding station Polregio Following station
Jankowa Żagańska
towards Görlitz
PR Żary
Location
Żary Kunice
Location within Poland

Żary Kunice (German: Kunzendorf) is a railway station on the Miłkowice–Jasień railway in the Kunice district of Żary, within the Lubusz Voivodeship in western Poland.

History

The station opened in 1879 as Kunzendorf, which was later renamed to Kunzendorf (Niederlaus) in 1912. 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 Kunice Żarowskie and later to its modern name, Żary Kunice in 1973.[1]

Many sidings once branched off the station. Tracks to a former brickyard branched off south-west of the station, along with a narrow-gauge railway leading to Mirostowice Górne once used by the Vitrosilicon and the Saint Gobain glassworks . All these sidings are now dismantled. The last remaining tracks also lead to the Vitrosilicon glassworks but instead branch off north-east of the station.[2][3]

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

  • Regional services (R) Görlitz - Żary - Zielona Góra[4]

References

  1. ^ "Żary Kunice". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Żary Kunice". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  3. ^ "O utrzymanie dziedzictwa epoki industrialnej- tramwaje podmiejskie i kolej linowa w Żarach" [For the preservation of the heritage of the industrial era - suburban trams and a cable railway in Żary]. Zielonogorska.pl (in Polish). 13 March 2008. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Goerlitz - Żary - Zielona Góra Główna" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy. Polregio. 26 October 2025.