Brody Pomorskie railway station

Brody Pomorskie
General information
Location	Brody Poland
Owned by	Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Line(s)	244
History
Opened	1905
Previous names	Deutsch Brodden until 1945
Location Brody Pomorskie Location within Pomeranian Voivodeship Show map of Pomeranian Voivodeship Brody Pomorskie Brody Pomorskie (Poland) Show map of Poland

Brody Pomorskie is a closed PKP railway station in Brody Pomorskie, Poland.

History

The construction of a rail connection through the nearby town of Gniew was initially rejected when first proposed in the nineteenth century, due to the town's maritime transport connections along the Vistula.[1] Following the construction of the Prussian Eastern Railway residents of Gniew campaigned to have the town connected by branchline to Morzeszczyn, the resultant railway ran through Brody Pomorskie.[2] The station, and surrounding residential buildings, opened in 1905.[3] The station building at Brody Pomorskie was built to the same design specifications as its twin station further along the line at Brodzkie Młyny.[4] Due to national border changes the station had various name changes in the twentieth-century including Deutsch Brodden (German Empire), Brody Niemieckie (Second Polish Republic), and Deutsch-Brodden (Nazi Germany).[5]

Closure

The last passenger service ran through Brody Pomorskie station on 10 July 1989.[6] By 2007 the tracks had been demolished and the station buildings repurposed.[7] In 2010 a proposal was put forward by the local council of Gniew to take ownership of the defunct station at Brody Pomorskie in order for the railway line to be turned into a tourist cycle route.[8]

References

1. Schultz, Werner (1972). 675 Jahre Stadt Mewe an der Weichsel, 1297 - 1972 (in German). Paul Zimnoch & Söhne. p. 12.
2. Sierko, Stanisław. "Dworzec Kolejowy – Gniew". Kociewie 24 (in Polish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
3. "Railway station and railway line". gniew.pl. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
4. Wolny, Paweł. "Zapomniane linie kolejowe: Linia nr 244. Gniew – Morzeszczyn". wolnadroga.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
5. "Brody Pomorskie". atlaskolejowy.net (in Polish). 17 May 2023. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
6. Sierko, Stanisław. "Dworzec Kolejowy – Gniew". Kociewie 24 (in Polish). Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. "Brody Pomorskie". bazakolejowa.pl (in Polish). 14 September 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
8. Zieliński, Przemysław (27 August 2010). "Zamiast torów ścieżka dla rowerów. Dewastacja postępuje. Gminy chcą przejąć tereny po nieczynnej linii kolejowej". tczewska.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 4 June 2024.