Babi Dół railway station
Babi Dół | |||||||||||
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| Location |
Babi Dół, Poland | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A. | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Yes (No longer used) | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1920s | ||||||||||
| Previous names |
Babental 1939-1945 | ||||||||||
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Babi Dół is a PKP railway station in Babi Dół (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Formerly the station had an important role in freight transport, it mainly served as a point of loading wood from nearby forests. Today, the station is commonly used by trip lovers, as in Babi Dół a popular route of Valley of Radunia starts. Additional rails are now dismantled.
Station building
The whole complex of the Babi Dół station was built in the 1920s during the construction of the main coal line from Silesia to Gdynia. Both main buildings and auxiliary buildings (warehouse and toilets) were built in dominating in those times "national" style, which resembles architecture from the region of Lublin and Kazimierz. Nowadays the building is closed and serves as living quarters. No ticket office is available at the station.
Other buildings
An non-operational signal box building is located nearby the station. The building is largely devastated, lacking even doors or windows. No overway or underway was ever present at this station.
Lines crossing the station
| Start station | End station | Line type |
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| Gmina Nowa Wieś Wielka | Gdynia Port Centralny | Passenger/Freight |
External links
References
- Babi Dół article at Polish Stations Database, URL accessed at 6 March 2006
- Babi Dół at kartuzy.info, URL accessed at 13 March 2006
- Description of trip to Babi Dół at www.kaszuby.agro.pl, URL accessed at 13 March 2006
Coordinates: 54°18′6″N 18°17′19″E / 54.30167°N 18.28861°E