Chojnice become a hub from 15 November 1877, after construction of the line to Czluchow, extended a year later to Szczecinek.

In the first decade of the twentieth century, due to the planned increase in the importance of the role of the Chojnice - Czersk section, it was decided to expand the line to four tracks.

In 1945 Germany attached great importance to the defense of Chojnice, due to the existing railway junction.

On 1 April 1991, together with the closure of the roundhouse in Kościerzyna, the service of passenger steam traction ended.

In March 2001, thanks to the intervention and funding from the local government of Pomerania the Chojnice - Kościerzyna line was rescued from closure.