Żywiec railway station

Żywiec
Żywiec railway station in 2017
General information
Locationul. Dworcowa 52, Żywiec
Silesian Voivodeship
Poland
Coordinates49°40′48″N 19°11′10″E / 49.68000°N 19.18611°E / 49.68000; 19.18611
Owned byPolish State Railways
Line(s)
  • 97 Skawina – Żywiec
  • 139 Katowice – Zwardoń
Platforms3
History
Opened1878 (1878)
Previous names
  • Saybusch-Zablocie
  • Saybusch-Żywiec
  • Saybusch
Passengers
2,000–3,000 per day (2022)[1]
Location
Żywiec is located in Poland
Żywiec
Żywiec
Location within Poland
Żywiec is located in Silesian Voivodeship
Żywiec
Żywiec
Żywiec (Silesian Voivodeship)

Żywiec railway station is a railway station in Żywiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It is located in the Zabłocie district of the town, on Dworcowa Street.[2] PKP classifies it as an "agglomeration station".[3]

History

Station building destroyed in 1945

The station was opened in 1878, along a railway to Bielsko. Since 1884, it was a part of the Galician Transversal Railway.[2] During the Second World War, in April 1945, German units destroyed the station building while retreating from the town.[4] It was rebuilt in 1949.[5]

Connections

  • 97 Skawina – Żywiec
  • 139 Katowice – Zwardoń

References

  1. ^ "Daily passenger exchange at railway stations". Urząd Transportu Kolejowego - Government of Poland (in Polish). 2022. Spreadsheet download
  2. ^ a b "Dworzec kolejowy w Żywcu". slaskie.travel. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  3. ^ "Wykaz stacji pasażerskich wraz z ich kategoryzacją oraz określeniem dostępności do obiektu" (PDF). pkp.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-23. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  4. ^ "Krwawa bitwa o Żywiec w 1945 roku". BBFan.pl (in Polish). 2025-02-16. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
  5. ^ "Żywiec". kolejbeskidzka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-07-22.