Kraków 2024-12-07

Passenger stop Kraków Łobzów.

Geographic coordinates: 50.082N 19.917E. Elevation 216 m. Address: Kraków, ulica Wrocławska.

Kraków Łobzów train stop.

The Kraków Łobzów train stop was opened on May 22, 1977. This was a time when the city authorities tried to make it easier for residents to get to their workplaces and schools. On the section of the Kraków Główny – Kraków Mydlniki railway line, there was no passenger stop.

The first island platform was of a low type, about 0.3 m high from the railhead. Its edges were made of concrete slabs, painted white. The platform surface was asphalt and had a yellow warning line painted on it. Concrete slabs were laid in the middle of the platform, covering the channel in which the cables of the lighting poles were laid. There were six shelters on the platform, protecting travelers from rain and snow. There were also benches and waste bins. The platform was about 220 m long and 5 m wide.

In the period 2014-2019, together with the reconstruction of the railway line, the Kraków Łobzów passenger stop was expanded. Three new platforms were built. One middle platform of the island type with two edges and two outer island platforms, but with one edge. So, there are three platforms and four platform edges. The platforms are of the high type; 0.5 mm. The edges are made of prefabricated slabs 1 m wide. The rest of the surface is paved with paving stones.

The middle platform is 215 m long, and the outer platforms are 195 m long. The platforms are numbered from the south, i.e. from the side of Wrocławska Street. Platform 1 is 195 m long and 8.4 m wide. Platform 2 is 215 m long and 5 m wide. Platform 3 is 195 m long and 5 m wide. There was never a station building at the stop. Passengers can use 14 bus shelters that provide protection against rain and wind.

Due to the modernization of the E30 railway line, the track system in the area of ​​the Kraków Łobzów stop was rebuilt. In 2015, passenger traffic numbered about 500 people per day. In 2020, passenger traffic exceeded 1,000 people per day. In December 2023, 74 trains of the following carriers stopped at the stop: Koleje Małopolski and PolRegio. From the stop you can get to: Kraków Główny and all stations of the Fast Agglomeration Railway and to: Wolbrom, Katowice, Czechowice Dziedzice, Dębica, Olkusz, Krzeszowice, Oświęcim, Trzebinia. The first train departed at 4:21 to Katowice. The last at 23:17 to Trzebinia.

In the period 2018-2021, as part of the modernization of the E30 railway line, which connects the eastern and western borders of the Republic of Poland and has a length of 677 km, at the Kraków Łobzów station, the track was renovated and the platforms were rebuilt. Currently, there are two double-edge platforms at the stop, each 200 m long. The platforms are of the high type. There are stop-type shelters with benches on the platforms. Additional benches, waste bins, display cases with railway information, monitors with current railway information, audio system, monitoring, railway clocks with white dials, and street lighting have been installed. The platform edges are made of burgundy prefabricated slabs, which have a yellow warning line with buttons. The rest is lined with concrete gray cubes. A linear rainwater drain is installed. At Platform 1, tracks No. 1 and No. 303 run, and at Platform 2, tracks No. 2 and No. 304. The fifth track belongs to the freight LK No. 100.

Railway line No. 100 Kraków Mydlniki – Kraków Bieżanów.

Railway line No. 100 Kraków Mydlniki – Kraków Bieżanów is 19.874 km long. The line is of national importance, mostly double-track, electrified, currently used as a freight line bypassing the Kraków Główny station. The line is part of the so-called small ring road. The line was built in the 1940s so that freight trains running from Silesia could bypass the Main Station. The line runs from Kraków Mydlniki Station through Łobzów, Olsza, Wieczysta, Dąbie and Zabłocie, through the large railway junction, Kraków Płaszów, to the switch head at the height of Kraków Bieżanów Station. The small bypass was electrified in the 1950s.

Railway line No. 118 Kraków Główny – Kraków Airport.

Railway line No. 118 Kraków Główny – Kraków Airport, is an electrified line, mostly double-track. It allows trains from the center of Kraków to the Kraków-Balice airport. Passenger traffic is handled by Koleje Małopolskie. The line also includes a PKN Orlen siding and a siding to the 8th Air Transport Base. Length 11.960 km. The stop is at 3.229 km of the route.

Railway line No. 133 Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice – Kraków Główny.

Railway line No. 133 Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice – Kraków Główny is a railway line running through the Silesian and Lesser Poland provinces. The Jaworzno Szczakowa – Kraków Główny section is part of the international railway line E 30. Length 70.779 km. The stop is at 67.542 km of the trail.

Written by Karol Placha Hetman