Dzierżoniów Śląski railway station is a railway station in Dzierżoniów, in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland, located on Henryka Sienkiewicza Street.
History The railway station under the name Reichenbach was opened in 1855, shortly thereafter the station building as well. It bore this name until 1945, when it was changed to Rychbach, and in 1947 to Dzierżoniów Śląski. In 2013, the station building was taken over by the city free of charge. In 2018, the Lower Silesian Voivodeship authorities took over from PKP S.A. the Dzierżoniów–Bielawa railway line, which had been inactive since 2001. On 4 February 2019, the Sowiogórskie Communication Center was opened on the station premises.
As of 15 December 2019, the station obtained a direct connection to Bielawa Zachodnia, restored after 40 years.
Passenger traffic +YearPassenger exchange per day2017300-4992018300-4992019500-6992020300-4992021300-4992022500-6992023500-699
Description
In 2018, a general renovation of the building and its surroundings was carried out. After the renovation, it is to be named the Sowiogórskie Communication Center. The total cost, including the transfer center, which encompasses bus stops, amounts to 20 million zlotys. The station has two platforms connected by an underpass. The upper floor of the building was adapted into a hostel. On the ground floor, there is a waiting room with a children's corner. Plans also include relocating the district police offices here, setting up a restaurant, and arranging departure points for city buses and minibuses.
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