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Węgliniec
General information
Location	Węgliniec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland
Owned by	Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Line(s)	Węgliniec–Roßlau railway Węgliniec–Görlitz railway Węgliniec–Lubań railway [pl] Miłkowice–Jasień railway [de] Węgliniec–Czerwona Woda railway [de] (closed)
Construction
Structure type	Building: 1846, 1865 extended
History
Opened	1846
Electrified	1928-1945 1979 again
Previous names	Kohlfurt (1846-1945) Kaławsk (1945-1947)
Services
Preceding station PKP Intercity Following station Bolesławiectowards Warszawa Wschodnia IC Pieńsktowards Zgorzelec Preceding station KD Following station Zagajniktowards Wrocław Główny D1 Gierałtówtowards Lubań Śląski D10 Pieńsktowards Dresden Hauptbahnhof Preceding station Polregio Following station Zgorzelec Miastotowards Görlitz PR Stary Węgliniectowards Zielona Góra Główna
Location WęgliniecLocation within PolandShow map of PolandWęgliniecWęgliniec (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)Show map of Lower Silesian Voivodeship

Węgliniec (Polish: Węgliniec stacja kolejowa) is a railway station in the town of Węgliniec, Lower Silesia, Poland.

History

After the end of the Second World War, eastern Upper Lusatia and Kohlfurt came under Polish administration. Until September 6, 1947, Kohlfurt and the train station were called Kaławsk. Since September 1947, the city and train station have been named Węgliniec. The Polish State Railways took over the station facilities after the end of the war. The electrification on the route to Lubań fell under the Soviet reparation requirements and was dismantled. The double track railway line to Żary was also affected by reparations, with one track being dismantled.

On the north side of the train station, an extensive marshalling yard was built, with 18 tracks accessible from both east and west, three stub tracks on the east side, and three stub tracks on the west side. Depending on the destination, the freight trains could be broken up from humps at either the east end or the west end. An operator tower was built for the western hump, from which the remote-controlled retarders could be controlled. The southern ten tracks were integrated with through routes, and have exit signals to the east. The importance of the humps at the exit to Lubań and in the central southeast area decreased sharply.

In 1966 passenger services on the small train to Czerwona Woda were discontinued. The branch to the former pit city of Zielonka was closed in the mid-1970s.

Electrification did not reach Węgliniec until 1985, when the line from Legnica (Liegnitz) was electrified. Electrification of the railway line to Lubań followed in 1987. In order to implement the German-Polish agreement on the "further development of the railway connections Berlin - Warsaw and Dresden - Wrocław (E 30 / CE 30)", the remnant between Węgliniec and the eastern bridgehead of the Neißebrücke near Horka was electrified in 2008. The railway lines towards Wrocław, Görlitz and Horka were also modernized as part of the agreement.

Train services

Train services are operated by Przewozy Regionalne, PKP Intercity and Koleje Dolnośląskie.

Until mid-December 2014 the station was also served by EuroCity "Wawel", which used to run once daily between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Wrocław Główny. The station is served by Express Intercity train "Łużyce" from Warszawa Wschodnia.

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

• Intercity services (IC) Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa
• Regional services (R) Goerlitz (Görlitz station) - Żary - Zielona Góra Główna

References

1. Koleo. PKP IC 1626 ŁUŻYCE Warszawa Wschodnia — Zgorzelec. Timetable. https://koleo.pl/pociag/IC/1626-%C5%81U%C5%BBYCE/
2. Polregio. Goerlitz - Żary - Zielona Góra Główna. Timetable (2022/2023) https://polregio.pl/media/21089/goerlitz-zary-zielona-gora-gl.pdf

External links

• Media related to Węgliniec railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Przewozy Regionalne website (in Polish)

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