Warszawa Gdańska | |||||
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| Coordinates | 52°15′31″N20°59′41″E / 52.25861°N 20.99472°E /52.25861; 20.99472 | ||||
| System |  Railway Station | ||||
| Owned by | Polish State Railways SA | ||||
| Lines | Route 20 (Warszawa Główna Towarowa - Warszawa Praga) Route 509 (Warszawa Główna Towarowa - Warszawa Gdańska) | ||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||
| Tracks | 6 | ||||
| Connections |  Dworzec Gdański | ||||
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| Structure type | Ground level | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1880 (1880) | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1920, 1948, 1958-1959, 1984 | ||||
| Previous names | Vistulan Main Train Station (Polish:Główny Dworzec Kolei Nadwiślańskiej) | ||||
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| PKP Category B Station | |||||
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Warszawa Gdańska station (also known asDworzec Gdański; literallyGdańsk station) is a railway station in northernWarsaw, Poland. The name of the station derives from its past as the main station serving trains towardsGdańsk. Currently, trains in that direction use the mainCross-City Line and theWarszawa Centralna railway station.
It is located on the "Northern Line" that runs betweenCentral Warsaw and the city'sŻoliborz district to the north. It serves as a transportation hub for regional trains departing the station. It connects with theWarsaw Metro'sDworzec Gdański stop, located below the railway station, and a number of nearby tram and bus stops. The Warsaw Metro has received EU funding to build a pedestrian tunnel linking the metro station to the railway station.
The railway station is located some 3.5 km north of themain rail line crossing the city linkingWarszawa Wschodnia,Warszawa Centralna andWarszawa Zachodnia railway stations and as such is sometimes used as a reserve station, used by trains during track works on the main line, but that is quite rare, as there are two tracks in each direction on the main line.
Currently (2023), it is used by suburban and regional trains and also by long distance and international trains due to reconstruction ofWarsaw Cross-City line.
The original station was built around 1880 under the name of Vistulan Main Train Station (Polish:Główny Dworzec Kolei Nadwiślańskiej) and served a local line running along theVistula river northwards. In the early 20th century, with the opening of a railway bridge over the river south ofWarsaw Citadel (directly to the east of the station; the bridge was constructed around 1870, but was initially used by the Russian Army exclusively), it was renamedWarszawa Kowelska (WarsawKovel train station) and started serving as a junction between theWarsaw Główna andWarszawa Wileńska stations. Until then the passengers travelling fromSt. Petersburg toVienna had to leave the train station at Warszawa Wileńska, take a tram to the city centre and take another train of the European standard gauge (1435 mm) on theWarsaw-Vienna railway. The Warsaw Kovel station also served as the main supply station for the Russian garrison stationed in theWarsaw Citadel.
During the withdrawal of Russian troops from Warsaw in August 1915, the station was demolished, along with the bridge to which it led. AfterWorld War I both were rebuilt, and the station was renamedWarszawa Gdańska (Warsaw Gdańsk station), named after the city ofGdańsk.
After 1933, with the opening of thecross-city line, linking three main Warsaw train stations, the Warsaw Gdańsk station lost its importance as a transit station and began serving as a station for local and suburban trains.
After 1942, the western part (adjacent to theWarsaw Ghetto) of the freight station had been adapted to become theUmschlagplatz (collection point) — the deportation facility for Warsaw'sJews.
AfterWorld War II, due to the complete destruction of many Warsaw's railway stations, Warsaw Gdańsk was used as a temporary station for long-distance trains, including, until the 1970s, trains passing through Warsaw between theUSSR and the west. Among the notable trains to stop there was theOst-West Express fromMoscow toOstend,Hook of Holland andParis; theChopin toVienna; and thePraha toPrague trains. As such, it was the main location through which people expelled in the aftermath of thePolish 1968 political crisis left Poland. The events of 1968 are now commemorated by a stone tablet on the eastern wall of the building with the inscription byHenryk GrynbergHere they left more than they had.
Between 1958 and 1959 the new building of the station was constructed. It was the first station built in Warsaw after World War II, and it was at the time the most modern station in Warsaw. The building stood until 1984, when it was destroyed in a fire. The station was rebuilt in a few years with some changes - a new story was added.
In the 1970s, the station's long-distance services were completely taken over by the newly built Warszawa Centralna, and Warszawa Gdańska became a minor station for suburban trains.
The station is served by the following service(s):
| Preceding station | PKP Intercity | Following station | ||
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| Preceding station | KM | Following station | ||
| Warszawa Powązki towardsWarszawa Zachodnia | R90 | Warszawa Zoo towardsDziałdowo | ||
| RE90 | ||||
| Terminus | ||||
| Preceding station |  SKM | Following station | ||
| Warszawa Powązki towardsWarsaw Chopin Airport | S3 | Terminus | ||
| Warszawa Powązki towardsPiaseczno | S4 | Warszawa Zoo towardsZegrze Południowe | ||
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