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The Southern Railway Station

  • Another name for the station was the Lowland Gate Station.
  • It was the first railway station in Gdańsk. It was constructed by the Prussian Eastern Railway company.
  • It was opened in 1852.
  • The station buildings were destroyed during the Second World War and later they were only partially rebuilt.
  • After the war, railway carriages filled with repatriates from the east used to come to this station.
  • The station handled cargo trains until the 1990s.
  • At present, the remains of the station include the entrance gate, fragments of railway tracks and some surviving railway sleepers.

Memories and stories told by the inhabitants

Boys from the neighbourhood used to run along the ramps and play hide-and-seek. They also helped to unload the carriages in exchange for sweets and fruit.

Contemporary photographs

⯆ The entrance gate to the Lowland Gate Station.

Gdańsk. The Southern Railway Station. Contemporary photographs. The entrance gate to the Lowland Gate Station. The photograph features a law brick wall with small square windows. There is a grassy hill behind the wall. In front of the wall there is a small pond. There are deciduous trees visible in the background.

⯆ The old tracks leading to the Southern Railway Station.

Gdańsk. The Southern Railway Station. Contemporary photographs. The old tracks leading to the Southern Railway Station. The photograph presents some old roads. The road in the middle is constructed from concrete slabs in which the old tracks are set. This is only a fragment of the road. In front of it and behind it there is a ground road with some puddles. On the right the road is joined by a cobbled road and on the left – a new asphalt road. In the background there are some buildings and deciduous trees.

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