Chorzew Siemkowice railway station

Chorzew Siemkowice is a Polish rail junction located in the Pajęczno County of the Łódź Voivodeship, in the central part of Poland. It is located on the route of the Polish Coal Trunk-Line, and also is the terminal station of the Częstochowa - Chorzew Siemkowice line. It is named for two nearby villages located near the station, Chorzew and Siemkowice.^[1]

Station building

History

The station opened in 1933 as part of the Coal Trunk Line. The Częstochowa - Chorzew Siemkowice line was built shortly after in 1939.^[2] Initially, it was an important station in the region. Rail service was suspended from 9 December 2012.^[3] The station infrastructure was demolished in 2019.^[4]

Train services are planned to be resumed to the station in December 2024, where trains will travel on line 146 bound for Częstochowa.^[3] The passenger infrastructure will be rebuilt at a total cost of 25 million PLN, with construction targeted to complete by the first quarter of 2025.^[4]

Further reading

• Raczyński, Jan; Pomykała, Agata; Bużałek, Tomasz (2019). "Optimization of railway connections in the south-western part of the Łódzkie Province, with the city of Łódź". Problemy Kolejnictwa. Z. 182. ISSN 0552-2145.
• Kamiński, Wojciech; Sładkowski, Aleksander (2020). Kabashkin, Igor; Yatskiv, Irina; Prentkovskis, Olegas (eds.). "Analysis of the Influence of Socio-Economic Factors on the Volume of Railway Passenger Transport in Łódź Region". Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication. Cham: Springer International Publishing: 233–243. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-44610-9_23. ISBN 978-3-030-44610-9.