Kraków Mydlniki railway station

Kraków Mydlniki is a railway station in the Bronowice district of Kraków, Poland, located in the neighbourhood of Mydlniki, northwest of the city centre. The station, with its historic building, lies within the Tenczynek Landscape Park (Tenczyński Park Krajobrazowy) protected area with numerous summer visitors, because the Park is also the location of a medieval Tenczyn Castle built as a seat of the powerful Tęczyński family.[1] It fell into ruin during the Deluge in mid-17th century, after being pillaged and burned by Swedish-Brandenburgian forces looking for the Polish Crown Jewels and the rumored treasures of the Tęczyński family.[2] Within the Landscape Park are five nature reserves.

The station serves the PKP rail line 95 between Katowice to the west (1), and Kraków Balice to the east (2); more specifically:[3]

  1. PKP rail line 133 Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice - Kraków Główny, 70.7 kilometres (43.9 mi)
  2. PKP rail line 118 Kraków Mydlniki - Kraków Balice, 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi).

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Regional services (PR)  K3  Katowice — Kraków Główny — Tarnów — Dębica — Rzeszów[4]
  • Regional services (PR)  K32  Kraków Główny — Trzebinia — Oświęcim — Czechowice-Dziedzice
  • Regional services (KMŁ)  SKA3  Oświęcim (Auschwitz) — TrzebiniaKraków Główny — Tarnów
  • Regional services (KŚ)  S3  KatowiceMysłowiceTrzebiniaKrzeszowiceKraków Główny

PKP Intercity,  K33 , and  S34  services pass through this station without stopping.

Preceding station Polregio Following station
Kraków Mydlniki Wapiennik
towards Katowice
K3 Kraków Bronowice
Kraków Bronowice K32 Kraków Mydlniki Wapiennik
Preceding station KMŁ Following station
Kraków Mydlniki Wapiennik
towards Oświęcim (Auschwitz)
SKA3 Kraków Bronowice
Preceding station Following station
Kraków Mydlniki Wapiennik
towards Katowice
S3 Kraków Bronowice

References

  1. ^ "Rudno". Zamki (Castles) (in Polish). Zamki.res.pl. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  2. ^ Ryszard Rogiński (1990). Zamki i twierdze w Polsce: historia i legendy (Castles and fortresses in Poland: history and legends) (in Polish). Instytut Wydawniczy Związków Zawodowych. p. 97. ISBN 83-202-0796-7.
  3. ^ Wojciech Gross (2013-09-22). "Kraków Mydlniki". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa. Dane podstawowe (Cross-country railway database). Bazakolejowa.pl. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  4. ^ Polregio. PR 39311 Kraków Główny — Rzeszów Główny. Timetable. https://bilety.polregio.pl/pociag/REG/39311/

50°05′00″N 19°51′32″E / 50.0834°N 19.8589°E / 50.0834; 19.8589