Bolesławiec railway station
51°15′58″N 15°34′09″E / 51.26611°N 15.56917°E
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| Location | Bolesławiec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | Miłkowice–Jasień railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 October 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 23 December 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2022 | Station building renovated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bolesławiec (German: Bunzlau) is a railway station in the city of Bolesławiec, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
The station is located on Bolesława Chrobrego street, approximately 470 m (1,540 ft) from the city centre.[1]
History
Pre World War II
The station opened as Bunzlau on 1 October 1845 after the local railway line was extended from Legnica. The line was extended to Węgliniec on 1 September 1846. The Bolesławiec rail viaduct was constructed part of the line.[2]
The line was then extended to Berlin on 1 September 1847 by the Lower Silesian-Marchian Railway Company. The line to Zgorzelec via Węgliniec also opened on the same day.[2]
The station and the viaduct were both visited by Frederick William IV of Prussia on 8 May 1852, and Alexander II of Russia on 29 May 1856.[3]
In 1852, the Lower Silesian-Margarch Railway Company was nationalised by Prussia and became one of the first Prussian state railways.[4] In 1920 the station was taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn.[5]
In 1857, a post office opened in the station. It was rebuilt in 1900, and destroyed during World War II in 1945, and never rebuilt after. The station building was expanded in 1926[3]
In 1906, a railway line opened to Nowa Wieś Grodziska. Seven years after the opening of the railway towards Nowa Wieś Grodziska, a similar local railway to Modła was launched in 1913. Trains terminated at Bolesławiec Wschód lit. 'Bolesławiec West'. Both railway lines were dismantled by 2008.[6]
The two private companies operating the railways merged into one in 1921, under the name Bunzlauer Kleinbahn AG (Polish: Kolejka Bolesławiecka) lit. 'Bolesławiec railway'.[3]
Post World War II
After World War II, the area past the Lusatian Neisse and Oder rivers came under Polish administration. As a result, the station was taken over by Polish State Railways and was renamed to Bolesławiec.[7]
The Miłkowice–Jasień railway to the station was electrified on 23 December 1985.[8]
On 6 April 2020, Polish State Railways signed a contract for the full renovation of the station building.[9] The new renovated station building opened in May 2022.[10]
Train services
Train services are operated by Koleje Dolnośląskie, PKP Intercity and Polregio. Until mid-December 2014 the station was also served by EuroCity "Wawel", which used to run once daily between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Wrocław Główny.
The station is served by the following service(s):
- Intercity services (IC) Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa[11]
- Regional services (KD) Wrocław - Legnica - Węgliniec - Lubań Śląski[12]
- Regional services (KD) Wrocław - Legnica - Zgorzelec - Görlitz[13]
Gallery
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Main entrance
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Waiting room
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Station building prior to renovations
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Platforms prior torenovations
References
- ^ "Geoportal. Mapa topograficzna. Skala 1:5000". gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ a b Jerczyński, Michał; Koziarski, Stanisław (1992). 150 lat kolei na Śląsku [150 years of rail in Silesia] (in Polish). Opole: Instytut Śląski w Opolu. pp. 27–30.
- ^ a b c Łaborewicz, Ivo. "Budynek dworca kolejowego – Bolesławiec" [Bolesławiec station building] (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Dylewski, Adam (2012). "Koleje prywatne w Prusach. Kolej Dolnośląsko–Marchijska". Historia kolei w Polsce [History of rail in Poland] (in Polish). Warsaw: Carta Blanca. pp. 67–66. ISBN 978-83-7705-176-4.
- ^ Dylewski, Adam (2012). "Niemiecka Kolej Rzeszy". Historia kolei w Polsce [History of rail in Poland] (in Polish). Warsaw: Carta Blanca. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-83-7705-176-4.
- ^ "323 Nowa Wieś Grodziska - Bolesławiec Wschód". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Dylewski, Adam (2012). "Odbudowa PKP. Odtworzenie PKP po 1945 r.". Historia kolei w Polsce [History of rail in Poland] (in Polish). Warsaw: Carta Blanca. pp. 162–165. ISBN 978-83-7705-176-4.
- ^ Jerczyński, Michał (2006). "Rozwój techniki kolejowej na linii Berlin – Wrocław. Berlińska magistrala po II wojnie światowej". Wrocławskie dworce kolejowe. Praca zbiorowa pod red. Marii Zwierz [Railway stations of Wrocław] (in Polish). Wrocław: Muzeum Architektury we Wrocławiu. pp. 57–58.
- ^ "Rusza przebudowa dworca w Bolesławcu" [The renovation of the station in Bolesławiec begins]. gov.pl (in Polish). Ministry of Infrastructure. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "Dworzec w Bolesławcu otwarty dla podróżnych [zdjęcia]" [Bolesławiec railway station open for commuters]. Transport Publiczny (in Polish). May 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ Koleo. PKP IC 1626 ŁUŻYCE Warszawa Wschodnia — Zgorzelec. Timetable. https://koleo.pl/pociag/IC/1626-%C5%81U%C5%BBYCE/
- ^ "D1 Wrocław Główny - Legnica - Węgliniec - Lubań Śląski" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy (in Polish). Lower Silesian Railways. 31 August 2025.
- ^ "D10 Wrocław Główny - Legnica - Bolesławiec - Węgliniec - Zgorzelec - Görlitz" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy (in Polish and German). Lower Silesian Railways. 31 August 2025.