Gdańsk Stocznia railway station
Gdańsk Stocznia | |||||
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| Railway Station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship Poland | ||||
| Operated by | SKM Tricity | ||||
| Line(s) | 250: Gdańsk Śródmieście–Rumia railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1867 | ||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||
| Previous names | Danzig Oliver Tor (until 1945) | ||||
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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.