Where terrible events occured
EN57-1758 prepares for departure from Gdynia Stocznia – Uniwersytet Morski running a late evening service from Gdynia Chylonia to Gdańsk Śródmieście, while EN71-051 arrives at the platform, serving the late Chylonia-bound train.
The platform and footbridge seen just barely in the background were once witness of one of the most tragic massacres of the Polish People's Republic, when in December 1970 the military and police opened fire to workers headed from commuter trains to their workplace at the Gdynia Shipyards, which, at the time, were done protesting against poor living conditions and the raised consumer goods prices, with the industry still being set mostly on producing heay machinery and military equipement. 16 people died as a result of the shooting.
The footbridge now serves as a memorial with informative descriptions of the protests and events after them, however is said to soon undergo a reconstruction.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
Where terrible events occured
EN57-1758 prepares for departure from Gdynia Stocznia – Uniwersytet Morski running a late evening service from Gdynia Chylonia to Gdańsk Śródmieście, while EN71-051 arrives at the platform, serving the late Chylonia-bound train.
The platform and footbridge seen just barely in the background were once witness of one of the most tragic massacres of the Polish People's Republic, when in December 1970 the military and police opened fire to workers headed from commuter trains to their workplace at the Gdynia Shipyards, which, at the time, were done protesting against poor living conditions and the raised consumer goods prices, with the industry still being set mostly on producing heay machinery and military equipement. 16 people died as a result of the shooting.
The footbridge now serves as a memorial with informative descriptions of the protests and events after them, however is said to soon undergo a reconstruction.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus