Gdańsk Zaspa (SKM stop)

Infobox SKM stop
name = Gdańsk Zaspa


city = Gdańsk
prec = Gdańsk Wrzeszcz
following = Gdańsk Przymorze -Uniwersytet
position = 5.39 km
ticket office = No
connection = No
platforms = 1
start = 1951
prev name = Gdańsk Lotnisko
(until 1974)

Gdańsk Zaspa is an SKM stop in Gdańsk, Poland. It is the fifth stop of this urban train line. This stop is not connected with any railway station.

History

Previous name of this stop is "Gdańsk Lotnisko" (en. "Airport") from once existing nearby airport. After liquidating the airport a big living quarter was built on this place, so the purpose of this stop changed from transporting passengers into main connection with other parts of the Tricity for the quarter habitansts.

The stop played significant role during the Pope John Paul II pilrimage to Gdańsk in 1987. The pope celebrated mass in Zaspa quarter, nearby the stop, so most of almost a million of citizens reached the spot via SKM service.

General information

Access to platform is made either through the road bridge from Grunwaldzka or Jana Pawła II streets, or via unguarded track crossing (the only and last one on SKM line) from Hynka street.

Presently no ticket office is available at this stop.

The name is derived from Zaspa quarter of the city (German:Saspe)

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/?t=k&om=1&ll=54.389504,18.592182&spn=0.001381,0.003616 Gdańsk Zaspa] at Google Local
* [http://mapa.kolej.one.pl/railmap.php?z=14&x=76.07830047607422&y=110.27681751906124 Gdańsk Zaspa] at [http://mapa.kolej.one.pl Railway Map of Poland] .

References

# [http://www.kolej.one.pl/index.php?dzial=stacje&id=2795&okno=historia Gdańsk Zaspa] information at [http://www.kolej.one.pl Polish stations database] , URL accessed on 2 May 2007