Tadeusz Palmowski

W artykule zaprezentowano wybrane zagadnienia rozwoju przestrzennego portu morskiego w Gdyni, w szczególności kwestie dotyczące jego uwarunkowań rozwojowych. Wskazano także na relacje między portem a miastem. Port morski i miasto Gdynia są wyjątkowym przypadkiem rozwoju jednostki portowo-miejskiej, w której odwrotnie niż w innych przypadkach najpierw powstał port, a następnie przy nim zaczęło rozwijać się miasto. Uwarunkowania te miały znaczący wpływ na rozwój struktury przestrzenno-gospodarczej zespołu portowo-miejskiego. Opracowanie uzupełniono syntetyczną analizą perspektyw oraz barier rozwojowych Portu Gdynia.

Spatial development of the seaport on the example of Gdynia

The article presents selected issues of the spatial development of the seaport in Gdynia, in particular its development conditions, as well as the relationship between the port and the city. The seaport and the city of Gdynia are a unique case of development of a port-city unit where, contrary to other cases, the port was created first and then the city started to develop. These conditions had a significant impact on the development of the spatial and economic structure of the port-city complex. The study was supplemented with a synthetic analysis of perspectives and barriers to development of the Port of Gdynia.

Keywords: seaport, sustainable development, spatial development, port city, port–city relations, Gdynia

The paper presents changes in the operation of the railway junction in Chojnice and neighbouring areas, and the impact thereof in the years 1989-2017. The analysis covers infrastructural changes, passenger traffic and organisational changes resulting from the transformation of the Polish State Railways (PKP) after 1989. The Chojnice railway junction, operating since the seventies of the nineteenth century is one of the biggest junctions in northern Poland.
Regress of railway transport in the studied period noted throughout Poland resulted in closing down a number of railway lines in the vicinity and a reduction of operating connections and technical facilities. This led to limiting access to rail transport and to the peripheral role of the area in the region. Plans for upgrading the rail network provide an opportunity for improving the situation, particularly the electrification of the junction and the establishing of a terminal for collective transport at the neglected railway station described in the final part of the paper.: