Bratków Zgorzelecki railway station

Bratków Zgorzelecki
Station building in 1898
General information
LocationKrzewina, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Poland
Owned byPolskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Lines
Platforms1
History
Opened15 October 1875 (1875-10-15)
Closed2 April 2000 (2000-04-02)
Location
Bratków Zgorzelecki
Location within Poland
Bratków Zgorzelecki
Bratków Zgorzelecki (Lower Silesian Voivodeship)

Bratków Zgorzelecki (German: Rusdorf) is a railway station near the village of Posada, Zgorzelec County, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.

History

The station opened on 15 October 1875 Rusdorf part of the Zittau–Hagenwerder railway. The station was renamed to Marienthal (Sachsen) in 1922. After World War II, the area came under Polish administration. As a result, the station was taken over by Polish State Railways and was renamed to Bratków Zgorzelecki.[1]

Similar to its neighbouring stations; Krzewina Zgorzelecka and Trzciniec Zgorzelecki, the stations were not connected to any railway lines in Poland. So the station closed in 1945.[2] The Mikułowa–Bogatynia railway opened to Turoszów in 1949. Services resumed under Polish State Railways in June 1969,[3] with German trains still passing the station with their doors locked.[4] The station mainly serves Ostritz in Germany, located on the western bank of the Lusatian Neisse.[5] Bratków Zgorzelecki closed with the closure of the Mikułowa–Bogatynia railway on 3 April 2000.[6]

Former services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Turoszów
towards Bogatynia
  Polish State Railways
Mikułowa–Bogatynia
  Krzewina Zgorzelecka
towards Mikułowa

References

  1. ^ "Bratków Zgorzelecki". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Niemcy: Tranzytem przez Polskę" [Germany: In transit through Poland]. Transport Publiczny (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Bratków Zgorzelecki". Ogólnopolska Baza Kolejowa (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Czy są kontrole graniczne podróżnych wysiadających na stacji kolejowej Krzewina Zgorzelecka / Ostritz?" [Are there border controls at Krzewina Zgorzelecka / Ostritz railway station?]. Czasopismo Lege Artis (in Polish). 19 July 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Stacja Krzewina Zgorzelecka to jedyne miejsce w Polsce skąd odjeżdżają tylko niemieckie pociągi". Zgorzelec Naszemiasto (in Polish). 30 September 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  6. ^ "290 Mikułowa - Bogatynia". Atlas Kolejowy (in Polish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.