The Main Railway Station in Gdańsk is one of the most beautiful railway stations not only in Poland, but in all of Europe...
Architecturally, it refers to Gdańsk Mannerism. Analogies to other Gdańsk monuments are particularly visible in the tower, gables and stonework decoration. The facility was commissioned in 1900 and is the fourth station in Gdańsk.
The first station was built at the Lowland Gate in 1852, the next one was built near the Upland Gate in 1867, and after the main railway line from Berlin to Gdańsk was built in 1870, a station was built at the Oliwska Gate. The construction of the current station began in 1892 and was completed after 8 years of work. Thus, it took over the function of the main station in the city.
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Its appearance has remained unchanged to this day without major changes. It consists of the main building and numerous auxiliary buildings (administration building, post office, transport base and the suburban railway ticket office building). The dominant element of this monumental building is a 48 m high tower, originally serving as a water tower. The main station remains one of the city’s landmarks.
