Gdańsk Zaspa railway station
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Gdańsk Poland | ||||||||||
| Operated by | SKM (Tricity) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1951 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Gdańsk Lotnisko (until 1974) | ||||||||||
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Gdańsk Zaspa is an SKM stop in Gdańsk, Poland. It is the fifth stop of this urban train line. The platform has no ticket office or building.
Access to the platform is made either through the road bridge from Grunwaldzka or Jana Pawła II Streets, or via unguarded track crossing (the only remaining one on the SKM line) from Hynka Street.
History
The stop was formerly Gdańsk Lotnisko (English: Gdańsk Airport) from the airport that was located nearby. After liquidating the airport, the Dzielnica (English: quarter) was built in its place, and the name changed. The purpose of this stop thus changed from connecting airport passengers to its role as a major connection for the quarter's residents with other parts of the Tricity.
When Pope John Paul II celebrated mass in the nearby Zaspa quarter during his 1987 pilgrimage to Gdańsk the stop played a significant role: almost a million citizens reached this location via the SKM service.
References
- Gdańsk Zaspa information at Polish stations database, URL accessed on 2 May 2007
Coordinates: 54°23′24″N 18°35′29″E / 54.3899°N 18.5913°E