Warszawa Zachodnia station

Warszawa Zachodnia
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Location Ochota/Wola, Warsaw, Masovian
Poland
Coordinates 52°13′13″N 20°57′55″E / 52.22028°N 20.96528°E / 52.22028; 20.96528Coordinates: 52°13′13″N 20°57′55″E / 52.22028°N 20.96528°E / 52.22028; 20.96528
Owned by Polskie Koleje Państwowe S.A.
Platforms 8
Tracks 16
History
Opened 1936
Previous names Warschau West
Location

Warszawa Zachodnia station (English: Warsaw West) is a railway and long-distance bus station in Warsaw, Poland on the border of Ochota and Wola districts. The railway station is the westernmost terminus of the Warsaw Cross-City Line. It serves trains from PKP Intercity, Przewozy Regionalne, Koleje Mazowieckie, Szybka Kolej Miejska and Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa as well as international trains passing through Warsaw. Despite being one of the main railway stations in Warsaw, since its construction in 1936 there has been limited development of the station.

History

Platforms of the Warsaw West

The station was built as part of the development of the Warsaw Railway Junction that was begun in 1919. Warszawa Zachodnia was opened in 1936 as the most westerly station on the Warsaw Cross-City Line. However, later efforts went into developing the stations in the centre of Warsaw. It was not until the 1970s that an underpass was built to connect the platforms and a station building was built on the northern side. In 1975, a platform for Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa trains was added. In 1980, the south side of the station was developed, with a road underpass being built to connect Wola and Ochota and the long-distance bus station added. The Warszawa Wola railway station, built in the 1980s just 250 m (820 ft) away from Warszawa Zachodnia, on 20 May 2012 was incorporated to Warszawa Zachodnia station as Platform 8, and continues handling trains to Nasielsk, Ciechanów and Działdowo.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

Preceding station   PKP   Following station
toward Berlin Hbf
EuroCity
Preceding station   Koleje Mazowieckie   Following station
toward Skierniewice
KM1
TerminusKM2
toward Łuków
toward Kutno
KM3
TerminusKM6
toward Małkinia
TerminusKM7
toward Dęblin
toward Góra Kalwaria or Skarżysko-Kamienna
KM8
TerminusKM9
toward Działdowo via Warszawa Śródmieście PKP
toward Działdowo via Warszawa Gdańska
Preceding station   Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)   Following station
S1
toward Otwock
S2
toward Sulejówek Miłosna
TerminusS9
toward Wieliszew
Preceding station   Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa   Following station
toward Grodzisk Mazowiecki Radońska or Milanówek Grudów
WKD

References

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