World’s Leading Travel Trade Show ITB Berlin 2009
14.03.2009
PKP CARGO S.A. with the “Wielkopolska Tourist Organization”, Town Office in Wolsztyn, and foundation “Era Parowozów”, also this year promoted in Berlin rides on historic trains from the Wolsztyn locomotive shed.
The most interesting tourist products of all continents are presented on the world greatest tourist fair every year. There are also proposals concerning the rail journey and touring historic objects of the technique among the diverse offer of spending free time. The Wolsztyn locomotive shed presented such an offer. Apart from leading by steam engines last scheduled trains in Europe, special rides by a retro train were described on different routes of Wielkopolska. All proposals of rides include the possibility of taking advantage also of other attractions such as visiting the museum, organising the integration event on trolleys or a trip to the lake or to farm tourism belongings.
During the fair it was possible to see old steam engines and coaches from Berlin, which were used by German tourists to arrive to the Parade of steam engines in Wolsztyn. A brand new narrow-gauge steam engine, which was finished in 2009, was presented too.
This time, after the visit in Berlin, we are introducing photos of the front elevation part of Anhalter Bahnhof in Berlin. This station was opened on 1st July 1841. It was the north end of the line of Railways for Berlin-Anhat. The first, quite modest station was replaced by a new one – Berlin Anhaltischer Bahnhof.. It was opened by Emperor William and Chancellor Otton von Bismarck on 15th July 1880.
The hall of this station was 34 meters high and about 170 meters long. It had the 62-meter span. It was for a lot of years the biggest railway station in Germany. Franz Schwechten was an architect of the new station and a designer of the hall was Heinrich Seidel who was more famous as the writer. On 3rd February 1945 the station was strongly damaged during the allied air raid on Berlin. On 17th May 1952 the station was closed, and in1960 it was blew up. Only a part of the elevation was left. There is a sports court on that place today. In 1939 an underground station of the fast railway (S-Bahn) was opened in the area of the Anhalter Bahnhof and it has been used up to now.