Babi Dół (PKP station)

Infobox PKP station
name = Babi Dół


city = Babi Dół
district =
address =
prec = Kiełpino Kartuskie
following = Borkowo
Żukowo Zach.
water tower = Never existed
depot = Never existed
platforms = 2
building = Yes (No longer used)
start = 1920s
prev name = Babental
1939-1945

Babi Dół is a PKP railway station in Babi Dół (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. Formerly the station had an important role in freight transport, it mainly served as a point of loading wood from nearby forests. Today the station is commonly used by trips lovers, as in Babi dół a popular route of Valley of Radunia starts. Additional rails are now dismantled.

tation building

The whole complex of Babi Dół station was build in 1920s during Main Coal Line from Silesia to Gdynia construction. Both main building and auxiliary buildings (warehouse and toilets) were built in dominating in those times "national" style, which resembles architecture from the region of Lublin and Kazimierz.Nowadays the building is closed and serves as living quarters. No ticket office is available on this station.

Other buildings

An non-operational signal box building is located nearby the station. The building is largely devastated, lacking even doors or windows. No overway or underway was ever present at this station.

Lines crossing the station

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=54.301651,18.289232&spn=0.036711,0.079823&t=k Babi Dół] at Google Local

References

*Babi Dół article at [http://www.kolej.one.pl/stacja.php?id=79&okno=informacje Polish Stations Database] , URL accessed at 06 March 2006
*Babi Dół at [http://kartuzy.info/modules.php?name=Katalog&id=2207 kartuzy.info] , URL accessed at 13 March 2006
*Description of trip to Babi Dół at [http://www.kaszuby.agro.pl/pl/ka_ch_sa.htm#4 www.kaszuby.agro.pl] , URL accessed at 13 March 2006