Koszalin Narrow Gauge Railway

In the city
Contact ul. Kolejowa 4
75-108 Koszalin

kom.: 601 154 937
e-mail: tmkw@waskotorowka.koszalin.pl

Description

The need to build railways of local importance was born in the Koszalin poviat still in Prussian times.

Poor quality dirt roads created more and more transport problems and constituted a serious impediment to the functioning of numerous brickyards, distilleries, farms and small and medium-sized enterprises. The railway, on the other hand, according to economic analysts at the time, could ensure free delivery of materials needed for production and distribution of manufactured goods. She would also transport employees and provide communication to the part of the Koszalin poviat with "the rest of the world". All this provided an opportunity for the economic recovery of the region.

The decision to build a narrow-gauge Koszalin was made in 1897, but the concession and construction permit were issued only on May 24, 1898. For reasons of economy, 750 mm rail spacing was chosen, which is different from the width of the tracks used by other West Pomeranian railways.

On May 24, 1898, on the day of issuing the concession for the construction and operation of the narrow-gauge railway in Koszalin, a joint-stock company of Narrow-Gauge Railway Koszalin-Nacław was established. Its owner was the Koszalin poviat, the Krauss-Maffei steam locomotive factory from Munich, and the shareholders The Krauss-Maffei factory supplied the materials necessary for the construction of the railway (sleepers, rails, etc.) and later the rolling stock (steam locomotives). The route was opened on the section Koszalin-Manowo-Nacław (32 km) and the section of Nacław-Jacinki (7 km) was leased from the Sławieńska Kolej Powiatowa St. The good transport results encouraged the company to expand the queue network.

On November 1, 1905, the Manowo-Świelino-Bobolice section was opened (34 km) and on the 2nd of November Świelino-Białogard section (32 km). After joining the Białogard and Bobolice districts, it was decided to change the name of the company into a joint-stock company of the United Narrow-Gauge Railways of Koszalin, Bobolice and Białogard Poviats. On September 16, 1909, a newly erected section of Białogard-Rarwino (20 km) was commissioned. To enable the use of the queue for residents of the entire region (and thus also those from the farthest villages) in 1927, a bus communication was started. In 1932, as a result of administrative reform in Germany, the Bobolice district was liquidated.

Railways therefore changed its name to Koszalińsko-Białogardzka Narrow-Gauge Railway Joint Stock Company. Two years later, due to the fact that Sławno Railway has rebuilt the section of Sławno-Jacinki-Polanów Pom. (43 km) from 750 mm to 1435 mm (standard gauge), a section of Jacinki-Polanów Pom.-Żydowo (15 km) leased from Sławieńska Kolej Powiatowa and on the route Jacinki-Polanów Pom. we used a weave of three rails. Both standard-gauge and narrow-gauge trains could then follow them.

The year 1945 turned out to be the last narrow-gauge of Koszalin. The Red Army entering this area completely disassembled the tracks and took the entire fleet to the USSR.

On May 1, 1945, all railway lines were taken over by the Polish State Railways. A year later, probably under the pressure of the army, which planned the construction of the airport in Zegrze Pomorskie, a decision was made to rebuild the narrow-gauge railway in Koszalin. The narrow-gauge was to deliver materials necessary for the construction of the airport, and then fuel for aircraft and fuel for heating the unit.

The first train route Koszalin-Świelino-Bobolice (46km) traveled on July 1, 1948. After the reconstruction of the tracks to Kurozwęcz, a large station was started (the third largest in Koszalińska KD) and a 5 km siding to the airport. The drivers from the Poznań narrow-gauge railway were delegated to support the Koszalin KD. However, the construction of the Rarwino-Lepino section (6km) which did not exist until 1945 enabled traveling by narrow-gauge trains from Koszalin to Kołobrzeg, Stargard Szczeciński and even to the Szczecin Lagoon. The basic condition was, however, the need to change the track width from 750 mm to 1000 mm. This is the width of the tracks of the remaining queues in West Pomerania. After connecting all narrow-gauge railways in Pomerania, on 1.05.1949, two railway stations in Gryfice and Stargard Szczeciński were abolished (no such board was created in Koszalin) and they were given the common name of the Pomeranian Accession Railway (PKD).

In 1951, PKD launched the Świelino-Białogard line (32km), and in 1952 Białogard-Rarwino-Lepino-Sławoborze (30km). The only unbuilt section of the route was a 42 km long route on the section Manowo-Polanów Pom.-Żydowo.

The largest transport on the Koszalin narrow gauge, reaching 500,000 people and 200,000 tons of goods were recorded in the 1950s. In the subsequent years, however, the level of transport decreased significantly. The lowest was recorded in the 90s. The process of successive stopping of passenger trains on individual sections started then. In 1984, the Świelino-Bobolice line was closed (16 km). In 1991, after the derailment of the freight train caused by the poor technical condition of the track, goods transport on the Białogard-Sławoborze route was suspended. At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s, the uniform PKD network has so far disintegrated into three separate railways: Koszalińska KD based in Koszalin, Gryficka KD based in Gryfice and Stargard KD based in Stargard Szczeciński. In 1992, passenger transport on the Białogard-Sławoborze route was stopped (30 km) and the locomotive depot in Białogard was liquidated. On September 30, 1996, the Świelino-Białogard section (32 km) was also closed. Since 2001, the Koszalin-Świelino line (30 km) has been shortened by 10 km, and to the final station of Rosnowo the train only commenced during the summer. September 17, 2001 in his last route a freight train left for the airport in Zegrze Pomorskie, and on September 22 the link between Świelino and Koszalin ceased. Finally, the Koszalin Narrow Gauge Railway was closed on October 1, 2001.

Four years later, on November 7, 2005, our Koszalin Narrow-Gauge Railway Society was registered at the District Court in Koszalin.

 

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Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie
Kolejowa 4, 75-108 Koszalin
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