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Łódź Kaliska is one of the two main railway stations in the central Polish city of Łódź. It is located west of the center of the city, in the district of Polesie, and it consists of six platforms. The first complex of the station, designed by Polish architect Czesław Domaniewski, was built in 1902 in the style of Art Nouveau. Inside, there were several Art Nouveau elements, including crystal windows in doors, as well as brass fittings. The station served the Warsaw–Kalisz Railway, built between 1900 and 1902.

Łódź Kaliska
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Łódź Kaliska railway station in 2005.
General information
LocationŁódź, Poland
Owned byPolish State Railways
Line(s)
  •  14  Łódź–Tuplice railway (formerly Warsaw–Kalisz Railway)
  • Łódź Circular Line:
    •  15  Łódź–Bednary
    •  25  Łódź–Dębica
  • Łódź Cross-City Line (planned)
Platforms5
Tracks12
History
Opened1902
Rebuilt1994, 2020-ongoing
Electrified1965
Previous namesLodz Kalischer Bf (1915-1918)
Litzmannstadt Hbf (1940-1945)
Passengers
20186300[1]
Services
Preceding station Polregio Following station
Pabianice Polregio Terminus
Łódź Żabieniec
Terminus Łódź Pabianicka
towards Częstochowa
Łódź Pabianicka
towards Opoczno
Preceding station ŁKA Following station
Łódź Żabieniec
towards Kutno
Łódź - Kutno Terminus
Łódź Żabieniec Łódź - Łowicz Łódź Pabianicka
towards Łódź Widzew
Łódź Retkinia
towards Sieradz
Łódź - Sieradz Terminus

On 28 September 1946 a major rail accident occurred at the station, in which 21 people died. In 1994, a brand new complex of the Łódź Kaliska station was completed, and has been in use since then. The station provides connections to all major cities of Poland, including Warsaw, Kraków, Bydgoszcz, Katowice, Poznań, Wrocław, Szczecin, and Gdańsk, as well as Prague in the Czech Republic. The station is the terminus of Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (Łódź Commuter Railway), which serves towns in the Łódź region.

Łódź Kaliska station in 1930
Łódź Kaliska station in 1930
The station platforms in 2013
The station platforms in 2013

Public transit


The station can be accessed by tram and bus lines:




See also



References


  1. Urząd Transportu Kolejowego. "Wymiana pasażerska na stacjach w Polsce w 2018 r." Urząd Transportu Kolejowego (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-02-03.




На других языках


- [en] Łódź Kaliska railway station

[ru] Лодзь-Калиская

Лодзь-Калиская (польск. Łódź Kaliska) — узловая железнодорожная станция и самый крупный вокзал в городе Лодзь (расположен к западу от центра города, в дзельнице Полесье), в Лодзинском воеводстве Польши. Имеет 6 платформ и 9 путей. Относится по классификации к категории B, то есть обслуживает от 1 до 2 миллионов пассажиров ежегодно.



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