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Categories Of Polish Rail Stations
First classification In 2005, the Department of Railroad Stations of the Polish State Railways (''PKP S.A.''; en, Polish State Railways, Inc.) is the dominant Rail transport operations, railway operator in Poland. The company was founded when the former state-owned enterprise was divided into several units based on the need for separati ... divided the most important stations of the nation into four categories. These categories were named from ''A'' to ''D'', based on number of passengers, visiting the stations annually. * Category A (16 stations) - more than 2 million passengers annually, * Category B (22 stations) - between 1 and 2 million passengers annually, * Category C (35 stations) - between 300,000 - 1 million passengers annually, * Category D (4 stations) - fewer than 300,000 passengers annually. Current classification system since 2015 In 2015, PKP SA introduced a new classification system of railway stations, based upon the importance of the station in genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish State Railways
(''PKP S.A.''; en, Polish State Railways, Inc.) is the dominant railway operator in Poland. The company was founded when the former state-owned enterprise was divided into several units based on the need for separation between infrastructure management and transport operations. PKP S.A. is the dominant company in PKP Group collective that resulted from the split, and maintains in 100% share control, being fully responsible for the assets of all of the other PKP Group component companies. The group's organisations are dependent upon PKP S.A., but proposals for privatisation have been made. PKP today Pricing system The pricing system currently employed by PKP is highly regressive. On international routes such as, for example, the Berlin-Warsaw Express and the IC-Nightbus Warsaw – Vilnius, a global pricing system is in use which requires one to buy two separate tickets (one in each direction) in place of a single consolidated return ticket. The long-distance and local trains' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnów
Tarnów () is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. The city is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999. From 1975 to 1998, it was the capital of the Tarnów Voivodeship. It is a major rail junction, located on the strategic east–west connection from Lviv to Kraków, and two additional lines, one of which links the city with the Slovak border. Tarnów is known for its traditional Polish architecture, which was influenced by foreign cultures and foreigners that once lived in the area, most notably Jews, Germans and Austrians. The Old Town, featuring 16th century tenements, houses and defensive walls, has been preserved. Tarnów is also the warmest city of Poland, with the highest long-term mean annual temperature in the whole country. Companies headquartered in the city include Poland's largest chemical industry company Grupa Azoty and defence industry company ZMT. The city is currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawa Ochota Train Station
Warsaw Ochota ( pl, Warszawa Ochota) is a railway station in Warsaw, Poland, located in the district of Ochota at Plac Zawiszy on the corner of Aleje Jerozolimskie and Towarowa Street. The station lies in a cutting. It has two island platforms, one on the suburban tracks of the Warsaw Cross-City Line for the regional trains run by Koleje Mazowieckie and Szybka Kolej Miejska and one for the Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa light railway. The station building, at the street level, was constructed in 1963: it has a saddle roof in a distinct shape of a hyperbolic paraboloid. It was including escalator then.Średnicowa 1946–1976. "AR/PS. Architektura Arseniusza Romanowicza i Piotra Szymaniaka." Grzegorz Piątek (red.). Wyd. I. Warszawa: Centrum Architektury, 2012, 108–117. The location allows for convenient interchange with city trams and buses serving the western part of the city centre. References External links * Ochota Ochota () is a district of Warsaw, Poland, located in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Słupsk Railway Station
Słupsk railway station is a PKP and a PR railway station in Słupsk (Pomeranian Voivodeship), Poland. It is a junction station, the railway line No. 202 from Gdańsk Główny to Stargard intersects here with the railway line No. 405, connecting the station with Ustka. According to the classification in terms of number of train passengers; Słupsk is a category B station. Station building The station building was built in 1990–91 and was opened on 10 January 1991. There are eight ticket offices in the building, available all day. History The first railway line reached Słupsk in 1869 from Gdańsk. Soon after, workshops were opened in the city. In 1945 the Soviet army destroyed the central part of the station building as a result of artillery fire. On 27 May 1945 the railway connection with Lębork was opened. In subsequent weeks Słupsk gained connections with Ustka, Koszalin, Kołobrzeg, Białogard and Szczecinek. In 1988 and 1989, electrified traction reached the city. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Białystok Railway Station
Białystok railway station is the most important railway station in the city of Białystok, Poland. It is sometimes referred to as Białystok Central (Białystok Centralny), to distinguish it from six other, much smaller, stations located in the city. History The station building built during the creation of the Saint Petersburg–Warsaw Railway in 1861 in the classical style. The first passenger train, covering the entire route from Warsaw to Saint Petersburg, arrived in Bialystok in September 1862. The increasing number of transports at the end of the 19th century meant that the station was expanded. During World War I, the building was burned by retreating Russian troops. After the war, the station was rebuilt. During World War II, the station was bombed. In the local engine house in August 1977, locomotives of the OKl27, Ol49, Ty2, Ty45 and Pt47 series were stationed. In 1989, PKP began modernizing the station, which lasted 14 years. The renovated station building was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inowrocław Railway Station
Inowrocław railway station is a railway station serving the town of Inowrocław, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1872 and is located on the Chorzów–Tczew railway and Poznań–Skandawa railway. The train services are operated by PKP and Przewozy Regionalne Polregio (formerly ''Przewozy Regionalne'') is a train operator in Poland, responsible for local and interregional passenger transportation. Each day it runs approximately 3,000 regional trains. In 2002 it carried 215 million passengers. The .... The station is an important junction for trains towards northern Poland, via Bydgoszcz and to eastern Poland via Toruń. There is a large freight yard west of the station, as well as freight lines avoiding the station. Modernisation Modernisation work of the station has been ongoing since September 2013 with it expected to be completed in 2017. Train services The station is served by the following services: *EuroCity services (EC) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toruń Główny Railway Station
Toruń Główny railway station ( en, Toruń Main Station) is the most important railway station serving the city of Toruń, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. The station is located on the Poznań–Skandawa railway and Kutno–Piła railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Przewozy Regionalne and Arriva Arriva plc is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Sunderland, England. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leszno Railway Station
Leszno railway station is a railway station serving the town of Leszno, in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland. The station opened in 1856 and is located on the Łódź–Forst (Lausitz) railway, Wrocław–Poznań railway and Leszno–Zbąszyń railway. The train services are operated by PKP, Polregio and Koleje Wielkopolskie. History In 1853 a decision was made to build a railway line connecting Wrocław with Poznań. It obtained the concession for the construction Upper Silesian Railway (Oberschlesische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft), and construction started in Leszno, in three directions: to Wrocław, Poznań and Głogów. A prototype steam locomotive entered Leszno station from Rawicz on 27 September 1856, and the first regular train service started on 27 October 1856. The ceremonial opening of the line, involving city authorities and residents, took place 29 October 1856. On 1 December 1857, the 45 km line Glogau was opened. After the end of World War I, the railway bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olsztyn Główny Railway Station
Olsztyn Główny (Polish language, Polish for ''Olsztyn Main station'') is a railway station of Olsztyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland. According to the Categories of Polish rail stations, classification of passenger stations in Poland, it belongs to Voivodeship station. In 2018, the station served approximately 7,900 passengers a day. History The construction of the Main Railway Station in Olsztyn was completed on December 1, 1872. In 1907 a Trams in Olsztyn, tram connection connected the train station with city center. Since 1936 or 1937 the station was called ''Allenstein Hbf'', previously it was only called ''Allenstein''. The old tram lines were closed in 1967. In 2015 a new tram line was opened. During the World War II, the station burned down. The reconstruction and modernization of the destroyed building was completed in 1948, the new station served the city for twenty years, after which it was dismantled. The current building was put into use in 1971. Future pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skierniewice Railway Station
Skierniewice is a city in central Poland with 47,031 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Łódź Voivodeship (since 1999), previously capital of Skierniewice Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Skierniewice County. The town is situated almost exactly halfway between Łódź and Warsaw. Through the town runs the small river Łupia, also called Skierniewka. History The oldest known mention of Skierniewice comes from 1359, although it existed earlier. A palace of the archbishops of Gniezno already existed in the village at that time. Skierniewice gained municipal rights in 1457 and was vested with various privileges in 1456–1458. Administratively it was part of the Rawa Voivodeship of the Greater Poland Province of the Polish Crown until the Partitions of Poland. Skierniewice was located on a trade route connecting major Polish cities Toruń and Lwów. Local merchants also participated in trade with Gdańsk, Lesser Poland and Podolia, as well as German states. One year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łódź Fabryczna Railway Station
Łódź Fabryczna is the largest and most modern railway station in the city of Łódź, Poland. It was originally constructed at the initiative of industrialist Karl Wilhelm Scheibler in 1865. In the old Polish classification of stations it was placed under the B category. The station is located in the centre of Łódź. Trains depart frequently via Koluszki to , Kraków, Częstochowa, and Tomaszów Mazowiecki. It was closed on 16 October 2011 as a part of a major redevelopment project to build a new railway station and transport interchange and reopened on 11 December 2016. History Building of the Łódź – Koluszki railway line began on 1 September 1865 when the area was part of Congress Poland. Authorization for the construction was obtained from Alexander II in July 1865. The new line linked Łódź with the Warsaw–Vienna railway which was finished in 1848. Rails were laid simultaneously from Łódź and from Koluszki. The single-gauge railway line of the factory and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łódź Kaliska Railway Station
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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
