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Warszawa Centralna

Dworzec Centralny w Warszawie radek kolakowski.jpg
Location of station in Warsaw

Location Al. Jerozolimskie 54, Śródmieście, Warsaw, Masovian
Poland
Coordinates
52°13′43″N 21°00′11″E / 52.228611°N 21.003056°E / 52.228611; 21.003056Coordinates: 52°13′43″N 21°00′11″E / 52.228611°N 21.003056°E / 52.228611; 21.003056
Platforms 4
Tracks 8
Connections
PKP.svgWarszawa Śródmieście
Warsaw Metro logo.svg Centrum
WKD.svg Warszawa Śródmieście WKD
History
Opened 1975
Services

































































Preceding station
 

PKP
 
Following station

Warszawa Zachodnia

toward Berlin Hbf

EuroCity
Warszawa Wschodnia

Terminus


Warszawa Zachodnia

toward Köln Hbf

EuroNight
Warszawa Wschodnia

Terminus

Preceding station
 

Koleje Mazowieckie-logo.svg KM
 
Following station

Warszawa Zachodnia

toward Skierniewice

RE1
Warszawa Wschodnia

Terminus


Warszawa Zachodnia

Terminus

RE9
Warszawa Wschodnia

toward Działdowo


Warszawa Zachodnia

toward Warsaw Chopin Airport

RL
Warszawa Wschodnia

toward Modlin

Preceding station
 

Skmd.png SKM
 
Following station

Warszawa Zachodnia

toward Warsaw Chopin Airport

S3
Warszawa Wschodnia

toward Wieliszew





Warsaw Central Station on map of the city's rail network


Warszawa Centralna is the primary railway station in Warsaw, Poland. Designed by architect Arseniusz Romanowicz, its construction began in 1972 and was completed in 1975. The station, located on the Warsaw Cross-City Line, features four underground island platforms with eight tracks in total and is served by the long-distance domestic and international trains of PKP Intercity and Przewozy Regionalne 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.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Location


  • 3 International train services


  • 4 Trivia


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History[edit]




Main hall. The futuristic mezzanine was added between 2015 and 2016.


The station was constructed as a flagship project of the People's Republic of Poland during the 1970s western-loan fueled economic boom, and was meant to replace the inadequate Warszawa Główna.


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 and sub-standard quality, 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[1] to the capital of the Soviet Union's largest satellite state. 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.[2]


After a period of decline, a cosmetic upgrade of the station in 2010-2011 was completed in time for the Euro 2012 championships.[3] 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.[4] The Warsaw city government is contemplating demolishing and replacing the station, either at the same location or farther from the city center.[5] Some elements of the Warsaw press (e.g. Gazeta Wyborcza and Architektura Murator 2012), as well as Swiss journalist and historian Werner Huber, have argued against demolition, claiming that the current Warszawa Centralna is a great example of functionalist architecture and a masterpiece of Polish modernism.[6]


The station is fully accessible to the disabled as well as passengers with heavy luggage.[2]



Location[edit]




Warszawa Centralna 1975




Warszawa Centralna 1975


Warszawa Centralna is connected by an underground passage to two other rail stations: to the west lies Warszawa Śródmieście WKD, 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.[7]



International train services[edit]


The station is served by the following international services:




  • Berlin-Warszawa-Express: Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Rzepin - Poznań - Kutno - Warsaw

  • Warsaw - Mińsk Mazowiecki - Siedlce - Biała Podlaska - Terespol - Brest - Minsk - Smolensk - Moscow

  • Warsaw - Katowice - Rybnik - Bohumin - Ostrava - Olomouc - Pardubice - Praha

  • Warsaw - Katowice - Rybnik - Bohumin - Ostrava - Bratislava - Budapest

  • Warsaw - Katowice - Zebrzydowice - Ostrava - Breclav - Vienna



Trivia[edit]


The station was one of only a handful of public buildings in Warsaw which suffered a technical fault as a result of the millennium bug. The indicator board shut down for approximately 24 hours on 1 January 2000 while its timing chip was replaced. In the meantime, all departures were announced over the public-address system.



References[edit]





  1. ^ https://www.ft.com/content/5a5325d6-a872-11e4-bd17-00144feab7de


  2. ^ ab "Warsaw Central". Retrieved 7 May 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Ryszard Piech (17 November 2008). "Euro 2012 deadline catalyses network upgrade". Railway Gazette International.


  4. ^ "Antresola na Dworcu Centralnym już otwarta. Co o niej sądzicie? [ZDJĘCIA i WIDEO]" (in Polish). 23 March 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2017.


  5. ^ Gazeta Wyborcza article: Dworzec Centralny. Burzyć czy zachować? [1]


  6. ^ "How political revolutions shaped Warsaw's postwar architecture". FT Now. Retrieved 7 May 2015.


  7. ^ "Photo of location". fotopolska.eu. Retrieved 7 May 2015.




External links[edit]







  • Satellite photo via Google Maps

  • Track diagram











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