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
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, 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
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. Inside, there were several Art Nouveau elements, including crystal windows in doors, as well as brass fittings. The station served the
Warsaw–Kalisz Railway
The Warsaw - Kalisz Railway ( pl, Kolej Warszawsko-Kaliska), also called Kalisz Railway is a railway in Poland connecting Warsaw and Kalisz. It was built between 1900 - 1902 by the ''Society of the Warsaw–Vienna railway'' in the Russian-controlle ...
, 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
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
,
Katowice
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,
Poznań,
Wrocław,
Szczecin
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, and
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
, as well as
Prague in the
Czech Republic. The station is the terminus of
Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna
Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (Łódź Metropolitan Railway) is a commuter rail service operating between the Polish city of Łódź and surrounding towns in the Łódź Voivodeship (province).
The company was founded in 2010. It is fully owned by ...
(Łódź Commuter Railway), which serves towns in the Łódź region.
Public transit
The station can be accessed by tram and bus lines:
* ''Bandurskiego - Dworzec Łódź Kaliska'' stop
**
Trams: 10A, 10B, 12, 14, 18
**
Buses
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: 6 (ZPK Markab), 65B, 80, 86A, 86B, 99
* ''Włókniarzy - Mickiewicza (Dworzec Łódź Kaliska)'' stop
** Trams: 8, 12
** Buses: 6 (ZPK Markab), 52, 65A, 80, 86A, 86B, 93, 99
* ''Włókniarzy - Karolewska (Dworzec Łódź Kaliska)'' stop
** Trams: 8, 16
** Buses: 65A, 80, 86A, 86B, 97A, 97B, 99
* ''Dworzec Łódź Kaliska'' bus terminus
** Buses: 6 (ZPK Markab), 52, 93, 97A, 97B
Gallery
File:Dworzec Kaliski w Łodzi - wejście od alei Unii Lubelskiej.jpg,
File:Rowerowe Łódzkie - stacja pod Dworcem Kaliskim.jpg,
File:Pesa Dart ED161 Dworzec Łódź Kaliska 5-10-2020.jpg,
File:Łódź Kaliska Peron 3 05-10-2020.jpg,
File:Łódź Kaliska Perony 4-5 (2) 05-10-2020.jpg,
File:Łódź Dworzec Kaliski - Plac i wiadukt wschodni 05-10-2020.jpg,
See also
*
Polish State Railways
References
External links
*
Schedule of the station - departuresPhotos of the station
Kaliska
Railway stations opened in 1902
Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio
Railway stations served by Łódzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna
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