Former border railway stations in Central and Eastern Europe: revitalization of a problematic cultural heritage in Poland

Dragan, Weronika; Gierczak, Dariusz

doi:10.1080/14766825.2020.1743711

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“…The findings of some research conducted in some communities of Eastern European countries that for years were under a socialist ideology underlined that the railway was not perceived positively and could not be used as a tool to develop the local economy [57,90,91].…”

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Railway and Tourism: A Systematic Literature Review

Peira

Giudice

Miraglia³

2022

Tourism and Hospitality

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From the second half of the 20th century, numerous railways, especially in industrial and mining areas, were abandoned for economic reasons. The activism of the “railfans”, who are fond of trains, has made it possible to set up voluntary associations that have been the lifeblood of the beginning of projects for the recovery of the historic railway heritage and the promotion of it in a touristic sense. This topic is worthy of attention, and during recent years it has been the focus of several research papers. A systematic literature review was performed using the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyzes) methodology. This tool is a minimal set of evidence-based elements aimed at helping authors to carry out a systematic literature review. This systematic literature review sought to consolidate knowledge on the subject. The research team formulated three research questions related to the dynamics of railway heritage recovery, the dynamics of railway tourism and the relationship between sustainability and railway tourism. The findings highlighted that the railway tourism process always originates from a project for the restoration of railway heritage, possibly maintaining authenticity. The voluntary associations, along with their “railfans”, are the main stakeholder, not only preserving the rail heritage but also developing railway tourism activities. The touristic railway could regenerate the local community, with positive benefits on the local economy. Many tourists could be attracted by railway tourism destinations in that they wish to live memorable experiences related to the nostalgia of the past.

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Railway and Tourism: A Systematic Literature Review

Peira

Giudice

Miraglia³

2022

Tourism and Hospitality

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“…This is certainly a line of research that is open to the future and, as previously noted, one that will combine the historical geography of state borders with the railway network. This will also make it possible to analyze new subjects, such as the transformations suffered by some, previously important, transfrontier railway stations due to border changes that have seen them relegated to the status of interior passing points (Dragan and Gierczak 2020). As an example of this phenomenon, we will highlight the extreme case of Poland.…”

Section: The Role Of States In Establishing a Common Railway Network In Europementioning

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From State-Building to European Integration: The Role of the Railway Network in the Territorial Integration of Europe, 1850–2020

Martí-Henneberg

2021

Soc. sci. hist.

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This collection of articles combines a set of works that study the contribution of transport infrastructure to the process of state building in different countries in Western and Central Europe. The focus and the themes treated vary, but have two common denominators: firstly, they are based on either completely original, or previously little-used, primary sources; and secondly, each work reveals new ways of interpreting how transport networks have shaped the territories into which they were introduced. Each article is an example of the wealth of potential approaches available and also helps us to interpret the processes involved in state building, which are a necessary precedent to European Integration (EI). To put the seven works that make up this special issue into context, I shall start this introduction by examining three aspects that complement them. I shall firstly clarify what we mean by EI. Secondly, I shall examine whether EI processes existed prior to the creation of the institutions that were set up after World War II to promote integration. Then, thirdly, and finally, based on the previous analyses, I shall look at the emergence of a railway network in Europe and the role that the European states played in this process. The fourth section will present the articles.

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“…This article presents the study carried out on the main Spanish historic stations understood as those built in the period analysed, to obtain a joint and comparative view of the current state of heritage conservation of this singular ensemble, representative of an era and made up of unique specimens. Some references to recent analyses of railway stations from this perspective can be found at [19][20][21][22][23][24].…”

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Analysis for the Heritage Consideration of Historic Spanish Railway Stations (1848–1929)

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This article presents the study carried out on the main Spanish historic railway stations to obtain a joint and comparative view of the current state of its heritage conservation. The temporal scope is limited to the construction period of the Spanish historic stations. A motivated selection of a series of extrinsic and intrinsic variables is proposed, checking heritage variables to evaluate the degree of adequate heritage protection. The conclusions of the study show the antithesis between what is to be protected (the railway station) and what is really saved (the passenger building), making it necessary to change the legal protection status from monuments to landscapes. Thus, various interventions can be observed on the disaffected land with no heritage connection. The material and technological valorisation of unique components such as the large platform and track roofs is ignored. It is also observed that the maintenance of railway use is essential and that global interventions lead to a more significant loss of significance than those carried out for maintenance purposes. This leads to the conclusion that preventive conservation is more effective in protecting this heritage than global interventions.

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Former border railway stations in Central and Eastern Europe: revitalization of a problematic cultural heritage in Poland

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Railway and Tourism: A Systematic Literature Review

Railway and Tourism: A Systematic Literature Review

From State-Building to European Integration: The Role of the Railway Network in the Territorial Integration of Europe, 1850–2020

Analysis for the Heritage Consideration of Historic Spanish Railway Stations (1848–1929)

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