Lebork (PKP station)
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Lębork is a PKP
Polskie Koleje Panstwowe
is the dominant railway operator in Poland.The company was founded when the former state-owned operator was divided into several units based on the requirements laid down by the European Union...

 railway station in Lębork
Lebork
Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants.Lębork is also the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, formerly in Słupsk Voivodeship ....

 (Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

), Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

. The station is reached by some SKM trains from Wejherowo
Wejherowo (PKP station)
Wejherowo is a PKP railway station in Wejherowo , Poland.The station has platforms for SKM.-Lines crossing the station:- References :*Wejherowo article at , URL accessed at 1 March 2006...


History

The line from Gdańsk
Gdansk
Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...

 to Słupsk reached Lębork
Lebork
Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants.Lębork is also the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, formerly in Słupsk Voivodeship ....

 in 1870 as a one rail standard gauge line. The line was electrified in 1989.
In 1899 Lębork
Lebork
Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants.Lębork is also the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, formerly in Słupsk Voivodeship ....

 got connection with Łeba and in 1905 with Kartuzy
Kartuzy
Kartuzy is a town in the historic Eastern Pomerania region of northwestern Poland, located about west of Gdańsk with a population of 15,472...

. The second line was closed in the period of 1920-1939. It was closed for good in 2000 and since 2004 the line has been unavailable for transport.
The connection with Bytów
Bytów (PKP station)
Bytów is a PKP railway station in Bytów , Poland.-Lines crossing the station:- References :*Bytów article at , URL accessed at 29 March 2006...

 was started in 1902 and closed in 2003.

Station buildings

The station building is an old brick building, still fully operational. The ticket office is present and working. Lębork
Lebork
Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants.Lębork is also the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, formerly in Słupsk Voivodeship ....

 station has two water towers and a signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...

.

Lines crossing the station

Start station End station Line type
Gdańsk Główny Stargard Szczeciński Passenger/Freight
Pruszcz Gdański
Pruszcz Gdanski (PKP station)
-Lines crossing the station:- References :*Pruszcz Gdański article at , URL accessed at 1 March 2006...

Łeba Passenger/Freight
Lębork Bytów
Bytów (PKP station)
Bytów is a PKP railway station in Bytów , Poland.-Lines crossing the station:- References :*Bytów article at , URL accessed at 29 March 2006...

Passenger/Freight

External links

  • Lębork official website
  • Lębork ar Google Local
  • Photogalery of Lębork
    Lebork
    Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants.Lębork is also the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, formerly in Słupsk Voivodeship ....

  • Unofficial site of Lębork
    Lebork
    Lębork is a town on the Łeba and Okalica rivers in Middle Pomerania region, north-western Poland with some 37,000 inhabitants.Lębork is also the capital of Lębork County in Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, formerly in Słupsk Voivodeship ....

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