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Kostrzyn railway station

Railway station in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, Poland

Preceding station	PKP Intercity		Following station
Witnica towards Gdynia Główna		TLK	Terminus
Preceding station	Polregio		Following station
Namyślin towards Szczecin Główny		PR	Ługi Górzyckie towards Zielona Góra
Terminus		PR	Dąbroszyn towards Poznań Główny
Preceding station	Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn		Following station
Küstrin-Kietz towards Berlin Ostkreuz		RB 26	Terminus

Location
Kostrzyn Location within Poland

Kostrzyn railway station is a railway station serving the town of Kostrzyn nad Odrą, in the Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the Tczew–Kostrzyn railway, Wrocław–Szczecin railway and the now closed Grzmiąca–Kostrzyn railway.

It is a unique station, one of two of its kind in Poland, with two levels of platforms oriented in different directions: north-south (Wrocław–Szczecin) and east–west (Tczew–Kostrzyn).

The train services are operated by PKP, Polregio, Arriva and Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn.

History

The station building was built between 1872 and 1874 and is one of the few buildings in town not destroyed during World War II. The station was repaired after the war. In 2012 the station underwent a major renovation, which was completed in Autumn 2014. The historic facade of the building was restored during these works.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):^[2]

Intercity services Świnoujście – Szczecin – Kostrzyn – Rzepin – Zielona Góra – Wrocław
Regional services (R) Szczecin – Kostrzyn – Rzepin – Zielona Góra
Regional services (R) Berlin Ostkreuz – Kostrzyn (– Gorzów Wielkopolski – Krzyż)
Regional services (R) Kostrzyn – Gorzów Wielkopolski – Krzyż (– Poznań)
Intercity services (TLK) Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn ^[3]

From 2004 to 2019, the station welcomed a large number of extra trains from all over the country as part of the annual Woodstock Festival.

References

^ "Der VBB-Tarif: Aufteilung des Verbundgebietes in Tarifwaben und Tarifbereiche" (PDF). Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg. 1 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
^ DB Timetables for Kostryzn station
^ PKP TLK Gdynia Główna — Kostrzyn, Timetable. https://koleo.pl/en/pociag/TLK/58110-BORY%20TUCHOLSKIE