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Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

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, the other station being Częstochowa Stradom. Since 2015 it has been operating as a “P” (premium) category station in the PKP classification. In 2018, the station served approximately 10,000 passengers a day.

History

The first station was built in the years 1845–1846, during the construction of the Warsaw-Vienna railway. In 1873 the station was enlarged and then extended by architect Czesław Domaniewski. The original building was torn down in the 1970s to make place for a larger complex. Work on the current postmodern architectural style station building designed by architect Ryszard Frankowicz,Wioleta Bąk, Tomasz Haładyj
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gazeta.pl, 2005-06-14. ostęp 2010-05-24 began in 1989. The first stage consisting of an overpass connecting the station platforms was opened in 1991, in time for the 6th World Youth Day whose central events took place in the

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in Częstochowa. Construction of the stations main building started in 1994 and on November 9, 1996, on the 150th anniversary of the railroad reaching Częstochowa the entire complex was finished. It was officially opened by the then President of Poland,

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. On May 24, 1997, a monument with the bust of Władysław Biegański was unveiled in front of the station. According to the

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ranking of 2008, Częstochowa railway station was considered the third most beautiful station in Poland, behind

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Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *Intercity services (IC) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław '' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Gdynia - Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz - Toruń - Kutno - Łódź - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' * Intercity services (IC) ''Łódź Fabryczna — Częstochowa — Kraków Główny'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Częstochowa - Katowice - Gliwice - Racibórz'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Gdynia Główna — ''(via Częstochowa)'' — Zakopane'' *Regional services (PR) ''Radomsko - Częstochowa'' *Regional services (PR) ''Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa'' * Regional services (PR) ''Łódź Fabryczna - Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa'' * Regional services (PR) ''Łódź Kaliska - Piotrków Trybunalski - Radomsko - Częstochowa'' *Regional Service (PR) ''Częstochowa - Lubliniec'' *Regional Service (PR) ''Częstochowa – Lubliniec - Kluckzbork - Namysłów'' * Regional services (PR) ''Częstochowa - Włoszczowa'' * Regional services (PR) ''Częstochowa - Włoszczowa - Kielce'' * Regional services (PR) ''Częstochowa - Włoszczowa - Kielce - Busko-Zdrój''Polregio. PR 42300 Częstochowa — Busko-Zdrój. Timetable
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Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Sil ...

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

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Zawiercie Zawiercie is a city in the south of Poland located in the Silesian Voivodeship with 49,334 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland near the source of the Warta River. The town lies near the historical region of Sile ...

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Lubliniec Lubliniec (german: Lublinitz) is a town in southern Poland with 23,784 inhabitants (2019). It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999); previously it was in Częstochowa Voivodeship (1975–1998). Geography ...

'' *Regional services (KŚ) ''Tychy Lodowisko - Katowice - Sosnowiec Główny - Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice - Zawiercie''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Częstochowa railway station Railway stations in Poland opened in 1846 Buildings and structures in Częstochowa Railway stations in Silesian Voivodeship Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio