Gdańsk Stocznia railway station

Gdańsk Stocznia
Railway Station
General information
LocationGdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship
Poland
Operated bySKM Tricity
Line(s)250: Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway
Platforms2
History
Opened1867 (1867)
Electrifiedyes
Previous namesDanzig Oliver Tor (until 1945)
Location
Gdańsk Stocznia
Location in Poland

Gdańsk Stocznia railway station is a railway station serving the city of Gdańsk, in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1867 and is located on the Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway. The train services are operated by SKM Tricity.

The station has an island platforms, a third platform existed on the line to Nowy Port, which is now closed. The ticket office used to be located on this platform, but the building has been demolished. An old, nonoperational signal box is located by the tracks serving the line from Gdańsk to Wejherowo.

The station is infamous for the December 1970 Events when scores of shipyard workers who disembarked at the station on the way to work were shot at by Milicja troops along with some military units on the orders of Zenon Kliszko; hundreds were killed or wounded.