Railway border crossing Zgorzelec-Görlitz, Railway border crossing between Zgorzelec, Poland and Görlitz, Germany.
The Zgorzelec-Görlitz railway crossing connects two railway lines via the Neisse viaduct, spanning the border between Poland and Germany. The structure crossed this natural boundary and once linked the rail networks of both countries.
During the German Democratic Republic era, a Polish-East German railway crossing operated here, open around the clock for passenger and goods traffic, including runs of empty freight wagons to Poland. Border checks were carried out by the Graniczna Placówka Kontrolna Zgorzelec. The crossing was abolished on 21 December 2007 under the Schengen Agreement.
The crossing served both passenger and goods traffic, including small border traffic, and was open around the clock. During the GDR era, empty freight wagons ran to Poland through this point. Border checks were carried out by the Graniczna Placówka Kontrolna in Zgorzelec, later by the Placówka Straży Granicznej w Zgorzelcu.
The crossing lay on the Zgorzelec–Görlitz line, with border checks carried out on the German side at Görlitz station and on the Görlitz–Bautzen route at Bautzen station. It was open around the clock for passenger and goods traffic and for local border traffic. Since 21 December 2007 the Schengen agreement has removed the checks.
The crossing stayed open around the clock, handling passenger and goods traffic plus local border traffic. After the Schengen agreement took effect on 21 December 2007, the crossing was abolished and the border checks ended. Under the GDR era, empty freight wagons ran through here to Poland.
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