Below: Kępno station, general view. To the left, you can see the bridge that takes the east-west line over the north-south line. A lovely brick-built station dating back to 1872, nicely refurbished. Sadly, the station building was closed, so I could not get interior snaps.
Below: looking down from the high-level platform at the low-level platform.
Below: looking across from the high-level platform at the station building.
Below: looking down from the high-level platform at the station building.
Below: under the viaduct that carries the east-west line over the north-south line.
Below: view of the high level platform from outside the station building. A freight train was branching off the line from the west to the north (click to enlarge - it's just visible to the left of the pic, on the spur joining the two lines).
This overgrown Tkt48 tank engine (below) is in a sad state and needs urgent restoration work. It stands in contrast with the station building, which is well-looked after.
A fascinating station, a distant walk from Kępno's recently restored market square (below), but worth the effort. At eight o'clock, the lights come on... autumn draws nearer.
I have just read that already by half past midnight on 1 September 1939, reconnaissance units of the German army were in Kępno's market square. The darkness had begun.
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4 comments:
A similar station arrangement exists in Kostrzyn.
@ Anonymous
Thanks! I knew I'd read this somewhere, but couldn't find it... Yes indeed. Similar - but what makes Kępno unique is that the lines cross at right angles. Plus, Kostrzyn was not in pre-war Poland, lying at it does close to the current German border.
But to be fair, both cities were Prussian at the time these lines and stations were built. :)
There's indeed a lot if interesting railway history to be found in Poland, like here few weeks ago in Międzychód: https://www.flickr.com/photos/roomman/28351023274/in/dateposted/
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