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Warszawa Centralna, in English known as Warsaw Central Station, is the primary railway station in Warsaw, Poland. Completed in 1975, the station is located on the Warsaw Cross-City Line and features four underground island platforms with eight tracks in total. It is served by the long-distance domestic and international trains of PKP Intercity and Polregio as well as some of the regional trains operated by Koleje Mazowieckie. Adjacent to the north side of the building is a bus station that serves as the central hub for night bus lines, and Złote Tarasy shopping center.

Warszawa Centralna Warsaw Central
Railway Station
Location of station in Warsaw
General information
Location	Al. Jerozolimskie 54, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Coordinates	52.228611°N 21.003056°E / 52.228611; 21.003056
Platforms	4
Tracks	8
Connections	Warszawa Śródmieście Centrum Warszawa Śródmieście WKD
History
Opened	1975
Services
Preceding station PKP Following station Warszawa Zachodnia towards Berlin Hbf EuroCity Warszawa Wschodnia Terminus Preceding station KM Following station Warszawa Zachodnia towards Skierniewice RE1 Warszawa Wschodnia Terminus Warszawa Zachodnia Terminus RE9 Warszawa Wschodnia towards Działdowo Warszawa Zachodnia towards Warsaw Chopin Airport RL Warszawa Wschodnia towards Modlin Preceding station SKM Following station Warszawa Zachodnia towards Warsaw Chopin Airport S3 Warszawa Wschodnia towards Wieliszew

History

Warsaw Central was constructed as a flagship project of the Polish People's Republic during the 1970s economic boom, and was intended to replace the inadequate and obsolete Warszawa Główna railway station.

However, the project encountered substantial problems from the very beginning. The station's design was innovative, but construction was plagued by continuous alterations to the scope of work which in turn hurt functionality and operations upon completion. These problems were partially a result of a hasty completion schedule, with the opening date set to coincide with Leonid Brezhnev's 1975 visit[2] to Warsaw. The design and construction problems necessitated immediate repairs that would continue through the 1980s. Despite the deficiencies, the structure was fairly advanced for its time and incorporated such features as automatic doors, as well as escalators and elevators for each platform. Moreover the each platform was equipped with WC, phone and glazed waiting room.[3][4]

After a period of decline, a cosmetic upgrade of the station in 2010-2011 was completed in time for the Euro 2012 championships.[5] Between 2015 and 2016, a mezzanine connecting the waiting room in the west wing to the restaurants in the east wing was constructed. It has been both praised for improving the utilization of space in the main hall and criticized for its futuristic design, which clashes with the building's modernist architecture.[6] The Warsaw city government is contemplating demolishing and replacing the station, either at the same location or farther from the city center.[7] Some elements of the Warsaw press (e.g. Gazeta Wyborcza and Architektura Murator, 2012), as well as Swiss architect and journalist Werner Huber, have argued against demolition, claiming that the current Warszawa Centralna is a great example and a masterpiece of modernism in Poland.[8]

The station is fully accessible to the disabled as well as passengers with heavy luggage.[4]

Location

Warszawa Centralna is connected by an underground passage to two other rail stations: to the west lies Warszawa Śródmieście WKD railway station, the terminus of the WKD suburban light rail line, and to the east lies Warszawa Śródmieście PKP, served by suburban trains run by Koleje Mazowieckie and Szybka Kolej Miejska.[9]

International train services

Train number	Train name	Destination	Operated by
EN 9S/10S	Polonez (Suspended)	Warsaw Zachodnia Moscow (Belorussky)	PKP Russian Railways
EC 40/41 EC 44/45 EC 48/49	Berlin-Warszawa-Express	Berlin (HBF) Warsaw Wschodnia	Deutsche Bahn PKP
067/068	Kiev Express	Warsaw Zachodnia Kyiv	Ukrainian Railways
EC 102/103	Polonia	Vienna (HBF) Warsaw Wschodnia	PKP
EC 106/107	Sobieski	Vienna (HBF) Gdynia	PKP
IC 110/111	Silesia	Ostrava (Svinov) Warsaw Wschodnia	PKP
EC 112/113 EC 116/117	Silesia	Prague (Hlavní) Warsaw Wschodnia	České dráhy PKP
IC 125/126	Mickiewicz (Services to Belarus suspended, Terminates in Terespol)	Warsaw Zachodnia Brest	PKP
IC 127/128	Skaryna (Services to Belarus suspended, Terminates in Terespol)	Warsaw Zachodnia Brest	PKP
EC 130/131	Báthory (Services to Belarus suspended, Terminates in Terespol)	Budapest (Nyugati) Brest	Hungarian State Railways PKP
EC 246/247 IC 248/249	Berlin-Warszawa-Express	Berlin (HBF) Warsaw Wschodnia	Deutsche Bahn PKP
EN 404/405	Vltava (Suspended)	Prague (Hlavní) Moscow (Belorussky)	Russian Railways
EN 408/409	(Suspended)	Nice (Ville) Moscow (Belorussky)	PKP Russian Railways
EN 440/441	Strizh (Suspended)	Berlin (HBF) Moscow (Belorussky)	Russian Railways
EN 452/453	(Suspended)	Paris (Gare de l'Est) Moscow (Belorussky)	PKP Russian Railways
TLK 13102/13103	(Services to Belarus suspended)	Kraków (Główny) Suwałki (cars: Grodno)	PKP

See also

• Rail transport in Poland
• List of busiest railway stations in Poland

References

External links

• Satellite photo via Google Maps
• Track diagram

На других языках

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[de] Bahnhof Warszawa Centralna

Warszawa Centralna (Warschau Zentralbahnhof) ist der wichtigste Fernverkehrsbahnhof in Warschau und einer der größten unterirdischen Bahnhöfe Europas. Er ist über den Tunel Średnicowy und die Most Średnicowy mit den großen Warschauer Bahnhöfen Warszawa Wschodnia (Warschau Ost) und Warszawa Zachodnia (Warschau West) verbunden. Die Station ist Halt mehrerer Fernverkehrslinien der Polnischen Staatsbahnen (PKP), darunter der gemeinsam mit der Deutschen Bahn betriebene Berlin-Warszawa-Express.

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- [en] Warszawa Centralna railway station

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[ru] Варшава-Центральная

Варшава-Центральная (польск. Warszawa Centralna, также известная как Центральный вокзал — польск. Dworzec Centralny) — центральный вокзал Варшавы, расположенный на Иерусалимских аллеях. Вокзал высшей категории A классификации польских железнодорожных вокзалов. Интересной особенностью является то, что железнодорожные пути проходят под землёй, под центром города.

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