Ruszów railway station
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| Location | Ruszów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Polish State Railways | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1 September 1846 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Rauscha (before 1945) | ||||||||||
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51°24′03.6″N 15°10′35.7″E / 51.401000°N 15.176583°E
Ruszów (German: Rauscha) is a railway station in the village of Ruszów, Zgorzelec County, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
The station is situated on the Miłkowice–Jasień railway (between Węgliniec and Zielona Góra via Żary) and was once the terminus of the now abandoned Ruszów–Gozdnica railway.
History
The station opened on 1 September of 1846, part of a railway branch off Węgliniec. On 1 December 1896, the Lusatian Railway Company opened the Ruszów–Gozdnica railway, making Ruszów a railway junction.[1]
The new line played a major role in transporting ceramics from Gozdnica with freight trains. Ruszów Szklarnia lit. 'Ruszów Glassworks' station also opened on the line,[2] 1.73 km (1.07 mi) away from the station. It served as the stops of the local glassworks.
After World War II, the Red Army dismantled the tracks of the Ruszów–Gozdnica railway under 'war reparations'. Since the line was needed for local industry production of ceramics and glass, the line was reconstructed. On 4 May 1947, Polish State Railways resumed railway services. The Ruszów–Gozdnica railway was closed in 2005, and dismantled in 2015.[3]
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
- Regional services (R) Görlitz - Żary - Zielona Góra[4]
References
- ^ "177 lat linii kolejowej w Ruszowie" [177 years of the railway in Ruszów]. ruszowplus1 (in Polish). 6 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Ruszów Szklarnia". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Linia kolejowa 339 Ruszów - Gozdnica" [Railway line 339 Ruszów - Gozdnica]. Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2025.
- ^ "Goerlitz - Żary - Zielona Góra Główna" (PDF). Rozkład jazdy. Polregio. 26 October 2025.