Opole 18-04-2025.

Przywory Opolskie railway station.

The town of Przywory.

Przywory is a town in Poland, in the Opole Voivodeship, Opole County, Tarnów Opolski Commune. The town functions as a village. In 2021, the town had 1,012 inhabitants. The town has an unofficial coat of arms. There are several symbols on the blue shield: a sheaf of grain, a scythe, a rake, a wooden wheel, a star and a cross. The Odra River flows from the western side of the town. There are several small watercourses throughout the area. The areas are typically agricultural. There are numerous forests nearby, including the Niemodlin Forest. To the south-east, approximately 8 km from the village, there is the Kamień Śląski Airport.

The village already existed in 1531, as a village of Catholic foundation. In the 17th century, there was a mill in the village. In the period 1723-1725, the village belonged to Count Tenczin. It was inhabited by: the village mayor, 9 peasants, a gardener and 9 cottagers. The miller also owned an inn. In 1783, there were 10 houses (houses) and a school in the village. In 1800, 108 children attended school. At that time, the village already had a brewery, distillery, forge, shop. In 1863, there were 9 farms, 16 cottagers. In 1845, the Opole – Kędzierzyn (Kędzierzyn Koźle) railway line was built through the village. In 1925, there were already 86 residential houses in the village, mainly wooden. Until 1936, the town was called Przywory, and in German Przywor. At that time, the Germans began to remove all names of towns with Slavic roots. The town was given the name Odertal, and a few months later the name Oderfest. Due to the development of industry in 1900, the population of the village increased to 458 people, and in 1939, already 847 residents. In 1939, the Germans started another World War II and once again lost. In 1945, the whole of Silesia, by the decision of the great of this world, became part of Poland. In the period 1973-1974, the town was the seat of the Przywory commune. Since 1975, the town has been located in the Opole Voivodeship.

Railway in Przybory.

Przywory Opolskie. Geographic coordinates: 50.580N 17.989E. Elevation 160 m. Address: Dworcowa Street 8, 46-055 PRZYWORY OPOLSKIE.

In 1845, a railway line was laid through the town on the Opole – Kędzierzyn section. However, the railway station was launched in 1912, two years before the outbreak of the Great World War.

At that time, a beautiful station building was built, which exists to this day (2025). The station was built in the period 1910-1912. The building is multi-body, several-storey, with a basement, covered with a steep roof, which is covered with red tiles. The station is characterized by rich architectural detail, including diverse window and door joinery, decorative gable and stone frames of entrance openings. Inside there is a waiting room, ticket and luggage office, restaurant, rooms for railway services and apartments. The station is located on the western side of the tracks, on the southern side of Dworcowa Street.

Currently, the passenger section of Przywory Opolskie station has two single-edged platforms, high type, located in the northern part of the station level, behind the rail-road crossing on Dworcowa Street. Parkowa Street runs from the eastern side. The southern part of the station level is the freight section tracks. There are 6 through tracks here. The station serves trains from the Górażdże cement plant and others. To the south, behind the viaduct over the tracks, on Tarnowska Street, there is the cement plant freight station, where trains are formed. This station is off LK No. 136 Kędzierzyn Koźle – Opole Groszowice. The Cementownia “Cg” signal box is located here. The northern head of this station connects with the freight tracks of Przywory station. The southern head of this station connects with a single-track siding to the cement plant. There is only one track in the Górażdże cement plant itself. There is a passenger stop and a station called Górażdże on LK No. 136. From this station, sidings run to the “Górażdże” limestone opencast mine, on the eastern side of the railway line.

A container computer control room has been set up at the Przywory Opolskie station building.

Railway Line No. 136 Kędzierzyn Koźle – Opole Groszowice is a double-track line. The line was launched in 1845, initially as a single-track line. The second track was laid around 1860. The line was electrified in 1961, with 3 kV DC current. The line is 37.717 km long. The design speed is 80 km/h. On September 21, 2017, PKP PLK signed a contract with the consortium of PORR Polska Construction and Trakcja System companies for the modernization of the entire LK No. 136.

Railway Line No. 978 Przywory Opolskie – Chorula Cementownia Górażdże. It used to be a siding. Currently, it is a single-track, non-electrified railway line, used only for freight traffic. The entire line is owned by the cement plant.

The Przywory Opolskie passenger station serves up to 50 passengers per day. It has been like this for about 10 years. Currently (April 2025) 42 passenger trains stop at the station per day. All of these were passenger trains of the PolRegio carrier. You could go to the following stations: Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Opole Główne, Racibórz, Wrocław Główny.

Written by Karol Placha Hetman