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Zgorzelec Miasto railway station

Zgorzelec Miasto is a railway station in the town of Zgorzelec, Lower Silesia, Poland. It is one of the two railway stations in the town, the other being Zgorzelec.

History

The station, including the station building, both opened in 1976. The station building never received the care it needed, and, was closed in the early 2000s, and left abandoned. Whilst the station building still stood, Zgorzelec Miasto was considered to be one of Poland's ugliest railway stations.

There were many proposals in which the building would be demolished, for the opening of new commercial spaces. For example, in 2018, there was a proposal of a shopping centre being built, with new also new station facilities, which would have included a waiting room and ticket hall.

It was only until 2024, when the building was finally demolished. The mayor of Zgorzelec said the owner of the building has an agreement with Polish State Railways on opening commercial spaces on the site of the former building.

Train services

The station is on the served by Koleje Dolnośląskie, with eleven trains in each direction on weekdays. Additionally, Zgorzelec Miasto station was served by three daily Regional-Express trains running between Wrocław Główny and Dresden Hauptbahnhof from March 2009 until December 2018 (except for a few months in 2015). This service has now been replaced by Koleje Dolnośląskie, with trains running to Dresden on weekends.

The station is served by the following service(s):

  • Intercity services (IC) Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa
  • Regional services (KD) Wrocław - Legnica - Zgorzelec - Görlitz
  • Regional services (PR) Görlitz - Å»ary - Zielona Góra

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