Warszawa Centralna Warsaw Central | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Location of station in Warsaw, in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Al. Jerozolimskie 54,Warsaw,Masovian Voivodeship, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°13′43″N21°00′11″E / 52.228611°N 21.003056°E /52.228611; 21.003056 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Warszawa Śródmieście Centrum Warszawa Śródmieście WKD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Warszawa Centralna (official Polish name since 2019Dworzec Centralny im. Stanisława Moniuszki), in English known asWarsaw Central Station, is the primary railway station inWarsaw, Poland. Completed in 1975, the station is located on theWarsaw Cross-City Line and features four underground islandplatforms with eight tracks in total. It is served by the long-distance domestic and international trains ofPKP Intercity andPolregio as well as some of the regional trains operated byKoleje Mazowieckie. Adjacent to the north side of the building is a bus station that serves as thecentral hub fornight bus lines, andZłote Tarasy shopping center.
Warsaw Central was constructed as a flagship project of thePolish People's Republic during the 1970s economic boom, and was intended to replace the inadequate and obsoleteWarszawa Główna railway station.
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. It was a result of a hasty completion schedule, with the opening date set to coincide withLeonid Brezhnev's 1975 visit to Warsaw.[2] The design and construction problems necessitated immediate repairs that would continue through the 1980s. The structure was fairly advanced for its time and incorporated such features asautomatic doors, as well asescalators and double-sidedelevators for each platform. Moreover, each platform was equipped with WC, public telephones and glazed waiting rooms with television sets and central heating system. The edges of the platforms were backlit, but this feature was later removed.[3] There was also a marble fountain, which was also later removed. All benches are made of whitemarble.[4][5][6]
The station was one of only a handful of public buildings in Warsaw which suffered a technical fault as a result of themillennium bug. Theindicator board was switched off for approximately 24 hours on 1 January 2000 while its timing chip was replaced. In the meantime, all departures were announced over thepublic address system. The normal practice is for only international departures to be announced in this way. The story was originally reported inGazeta Wyborcza on 4 January 2000.
After a period of decline, a cosmetic upgrade of the station in 2010–2011 was completed in time for theEuro 2012 championships.[7] Between 2015 and 2016, amezzanine 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 use of space in the main hall and criticized for its futuristic design, which clashes with the building's modernist architecture.[8] The Warsaw city government is contemplating demolishing and replacing the station, either at the same location or farther from the city center.[9] 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 ofmodernism in Poland.[10]
The station is fully accessible to the disabled as well as passengers with heavy luggage.[6]
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In January 2019, the name of the Polish composerStanisław Moniuszko was appended to Warszawa Centralna station, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth.[11]
Warszawa Centralna is connected by an underground passage to two other rail stations: to the west liesWarszawa Śródmieście WKD railway station, the terminus of theWKD suburbanlight rail line, and to the east liesWarszawa Śródmieście PKP, served by suburban trains run byKoleje Mazowieckie andSzybka Kolej Miejska.[12] From the station one can also easily accessZłote Tarasy shopping centre,Centrum LIM, thePalace of Culture and Science andVarso Tower.
The station is served by the following service(s):
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