Warszawa Stadion, in English Warsaw Stadium, is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, Poland, located in the district of

Praga-Południe Praga-South ( pl, Praga-Południe, ) is a district of Warsaw located on the east bank of the Vistula River. It consists of Grochów, Gocław, Kamionek and Saska Kępa. History The area of today's Praga-South has been inhabited since at least ...

close to the

National Stadium Many countries have a national sport stadium, which typically serves as the primary or exclusive home for one or more of a country's national representative sports teams. The term is most often used in reference to an association football stadiu ...

(''Stadion Narodowy''). The station has two

side platforms A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...

flanking the suburban tracks of the

Warsaw Cross-City Line Warsaw cross-city line ( pl, Linia Średnicowa w Warszawie) is a 7 km railway line crossing Central Warsaw in the east–west direction. Opened in 1933 and electrified in 1936, it initially had two tracks, with an additional two added in 196 ...

. The platforms are used by regional trains run by

Koleje Mazowieckie Masovian Railways, in Polish Koleje Mazowieckie, is a regional rail operator in the Masovian Voivodeship of Poland. History The company was founded in 2004 as a joint venture of the Masovian Voivodeship, with 51% shares, and the, then governmen ...

and Szybka Kolej Miejska. The station building was designed by

Arseniusz Romanowicz Arseny (officially transliterated as Arsenii) (also Arsenii and Arseniy) ( ua, Арсеній, russian: Арсений) is a name, derived from Arsenius. Notable people with the name include: Arseny * Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944), Russian avant-ga ...

and Piotr Szymaniak and opened between 1955 and 1958, to serve Stadion Dziesięciolecia. The station was renovated shortly before the Euro 2012 football championships. It is also close to the

Stadion Narodowy metro station Stadion Narodowy is an underground station on the central part of Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro. It is named after the Stadion Narodowy (National Stadium), which is located in the area. The station fully opened for passenger use on 8 March 2015 ...

, which opened on 8 March 2015.

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Railway stations in Poland opened in 1955 Stadion Railway stations served by Koleje Mazowieckie Railway stations served by Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw)