Rabka-Zdrój railway station
Rabka-Zdrój railway station | |||||
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Station building, view from Zakopiańska Street | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | 27 Orkana Street, Rabka-Zdrój, Lesser Poland Voivodeship Poland | ||||
| Coordinates | 49°36′37″N 19°57′08″E / 49.61028°N 19.95222°E | ||||
| Operated by | Polish State Railways, PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe | ||||
| Line(s) | Chabówka–Nowy Sącz railway | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1884 | ||||
| Previous names | Rabka (1884–1926) Rabka Zdrój (1927–1939) Rabka Zdroj (1939–1945) | ||||
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Rabka-Zdrój is a railway station in Rabka-Zdrój, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland. According to the Polish State Railways' classification, it is categorized as a tourist station.[1]
Passenger traffic
| Year | Daily passenger exchange |
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| 2017[2] | 100–149 |
| 2022[3] | 150–199 |
The station was opened in 1884 as part of the Galician Transversal Railway. In 1993, the station complex was listed as a heritage site. From 1927 to 1939 and 1945 to 1952, it was classified as a railway station.[4]
Location
The railway station is located in the western part of Rabka-Zdrój at 27 Orkana Street.[5][6] Nearby are two bus stations, Rabka-Zdrój St. Nicholas Square and Rabka-Zdrój Orkana Street, as well as a parking lot.[6][7][8]
History
In the 1850s, Galicia had only one railway connection to Austria via the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway (Vienna to Kraków) and the Galician Railway of Archduke Charles Louis (east from Kraków). The Austrian government showed little interest in expanding the rail network.[9] During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, the Oświęcim railway station was briefly occupied, and several bridges were destroyed, disrupting the rail link between the empire and Galicia. By 1868, various proposals for new rail connections were presented, but progress was slow.[9]
On 5 April 1881, a bill was proposed for the construction of a transversal railway, connecting existing routes into a unified network from Żywiec to Husiatyn near the Russian border.[4] The project was later expanded to include a section from Żywiec to the Hungarian border at Zwardoń, from Podgórze to Oświęcim and Skawina to Sucha Beskidzka. Construction of the Żywiec–Nowy Sącz section began on 17 October 1882. By late 1884, all lines of the Galician Transversal Railway, totaling 555 km, were opened, including the station at Rabka.[4]
In 1925,[4] a station building was constructed.[10] On 17 December 1993, the station complex (station building, residential house, and gatekeeper's hut) was added to the heritage register.[11]
Passenger service toward Nowy Sącz was suspended on 22 March 2004.[12]
In September 2010, the ticket office and waiting room were closed.[13]
In May 2013, the Profes company began renovating the station. The building was thoroughly refurbished inside and out, with a waiting area, ticket office, and restrooms designated for passengers on the ground floor. The former waiting room, ticket office, parts of the ground floor, and the entire upper floor were converted for use by the public library.[10][14] The renovated station reopened on 11 December 2014, with the Municipal Public Library relocating to the building in March 2015[15] and a Tourist Information Point opening in May 2015.[16]
Railways
The station is located on the single-track Chabówka–Nowy Sącz railway, which is electrified on the Chabówka–Rabka-Zdrój section.[17]
Infrastructure
The station features one single-edge platform, 200 m long and 24 cm above the rail head. The platform is covered and equipped with benches and loudspeakers for train announcements.[18]
Train services
The station serves Regio trains operated by Przewozy Regionalne, running between Kraków Główny and Zakopane. Trains change direction at Rabka-Zdrój, arriving from and returning toward Chabówka railway station, due to the track layout at Chabówka. This direction change is only possible for trains with control cabs at both ends, as the track layout does not allow locomotives with carriages to reverse. The turnaround time at Rabka is approximately 6 minutes.[19]
Until 21 March 2004, passenger trains also operated toward Nowy Sącz.[12]
In addition to regular passenger services, occasional retro trains operated by the Chabówka Rolling Stock Heritage Park at Rabka-Zdrój.[20]
Gallery
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St. Nicholas Monument
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EN57 at the platform
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Closed ticket office
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Station interior
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Library
References
- ^ "Wykaz stacji pasażerskich wraz z ich kategoryzacją oraz określeniem dostępności do obiektu" [List of Passenger Stations with Their Categorization and Accessibility Information] (PDF). pkp.pl (in Polish). p. 362. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Największe i najmniejsze stacje w Polsce" [Largest and Smallest Stations in Poland]. utk.gov.pl (in Polish). 19 October 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Wymiana pasażerska - Dane o stacjach 2022" [Passenger Exchange - Station Data 2022]. dane.utk.gov.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Dworzec kolejowy, Rabka-Zdrój" [Rabka-Zdrój Railway Station]. zabytek.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Dworce czynne na 2018-08-31" [Active Stations as of 31 August 2018] (PDF). pkp.pl (in Polish). 31 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Rabczańskie Szlaki Turystyczne" [Rabka Tourist Trails]. rabka-zdroj.pttk.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
- ^ "RABKA ZDR, PL ŚW MIKOŁAJA" [Rabka-Zdrój, St. Nicholas Square]. e-podroznik.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 March 2017.
- ^ "RABKA ZDR, UL ORKANA" [Rabka-Zdrój, Orkana Street]. e-podroznik.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 20 March 2017.
- ^ a b Terczyński, Paweł (1994). "110 lat kolei transwersalnej" [110 Years of the Transversal Railway]. Parowozik (in Polish). 4. Łódź: Emi-press: 4–7. ISSN 1234-5962.
- ^ a b "Rabka: remont zabytkowego dworca kolejowego" [Rabka: Renovation of the Historic Railway Station]. radiokrakow.pl (in Polish). 4 May 2013. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Rejestr zabytków nieruchomych – województwo małopolskie" [Register of Immovable Monuments – Lesser Poland Voivodeship] (PDF). nid.pl (in Polish). 31 January 2025. p. 47. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ a b Stankiewicz, Ryszard; Stiasny, Marcin (2014). "Mapy ogólne" [General Maps]. Atlas Linii Kolejowych Polski 2014 [Atlas of Polish Railway Lines 2014] (in Polish) (1st ed.). Rybnik: Eurosprinter. p. H8. ISBN 978-83-63652-12-8.
- ^ "Dworzec kolejowy w Rabce-Zdroju: remont i monitoring" [Rabka-Zdrój Railway Station: Renovation and Monitoring]. krakow.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). 25 February 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015.
- ^ "Dworzec w Rabce-Zdroju otwarty dla podróżnych" [Rabka-Zdrój Station Reopened for Passengers]. rynek-kolejowy.pl (in Polish). 11 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014.
- ^ "Biblioteka przenosi się na dworzec PKP" [Library Moves to PKP Station]. dziennikpolski24.pl (in Polish). 4 March 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Nowy Punkt Informacji Turystycznej w Rabce-Zdroju" [New Tourist Information Point in Rabka-Zdrój]. gorce24.pl (in Polish). 30 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ "Id-12 (D-29)" (PDF). plk-sa.pl (in Polish). 23 June 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Wykaz peronów" [List of Platforms] (PDF). plk-sa.pl (in Polish). 2 December 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ^ Zemła, Jacek (4 April 2015). "Drugie życie Rabki-Zdrój" [Second Life of Rabka-Zdrój]. kurierkolejowy.eu (in Polish). Archived from the original on 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Wakacyjne pociągi retro (Chabówka-Kasina Wielka)" [Summer Retro Trains (Chabówka-Kasina Wielka)]. parowozy.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 June 2025.