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, Poland. Its more official name is ''Warszawa Wschodnia Osobowa'' (translated as ''Warsaw East Passenger''). It is located on the eastern side of the

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river, on the border of the

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and

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districts, on the

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. It serves all trains passing through the larger

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and Śródmieście stations which stop or terminate at Wschodnia station. It is one of the busiest railway stations in Poland, with over 800 daily trains.

History

The station first started operating in 1866 as the terminus of the newly built Warsaw–Terespol Railway. By 1933 the station was rebuilt as a through the station with the opening of the Cross-City line. The station building was destroyed during

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, and in postwar decades provisional, temporary buildings were used to serve passengers. The current station building opened in 1969 and was for a while the most modern large station in Warsaw. In the following years, it received little investment and so fell into disrepair. At the beginning of the 21st century, it was considered the worst railway station in Poland, according to

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which gave it last place in the ranking of 23 most significant Polish railway stations. The station building was renovated for the

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championship. As of May 2021, its sister station Warsaw Zachodnia station appears to be under significant reconstruction.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *EuroCity services (EC) (EC 95 by DB) (EIC by PKP) ''Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Rzepin - Poznań - Kutno - Warsaw'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Gdynia - Warsaw'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Warsaw - Wrocław'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Warsaw - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Gdynia - Warsaw - Katowice - Gliwice/Bielsko-Biała'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Warsaw - Kraków'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Gdynia/Kołobrzeg - Warsaw - Kraków (- Rzeszów)'' *Express Intercity services (EIC) ''

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'' *Express Intercity services (EIC) ''Warsaw - Wrocław'' *Express Intercity services (EIC) ''Warsaw - Kraków - Zakopane'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Wrocław- Opole - Częstochowa - Warszawa'' * Intercity services (IC) ''Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa'' * Intercity services (IC) ''Zgorzelec - Legnica - Wrocław - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Łódź - Warszawa'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Ełk - Białystok - Warszawa - Łódź - Ostrów Wielkopolski - Wrocław'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Białystok - Warszawa - Częstochowa - Katowice - Bielsko-Biała'' * Intercity services (IC) ''Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa Wschodnia'' * Intercity services (IC) ''Łódź Fabryczna — Warszawa — Lublin Główny *Intercity services (IC) ''Olsztyn - Warszawa - Skierniewice - Łódź'' *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 — Zakopane'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Kołobrzeg — Gdynia Główna — Warszawa Wschodnia — Kraków Główny''Koleo. TLK 83170 USTRONIEKołobrzeg — Kraków Główny. Timetable
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Gallery

File:Wnętrze dworca Warszawa Wschodnia 2018a.jpg, Interior of the station, 2018 File:PKP Warszawa Wschodnia - railway station (13).JPG, Warszawa Wschodnia after modernization

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{{Authority control Railway stations in Poland opened in 1866 Wschodnia Osobowa Railway stations served by Koleje Mazowieckie Railway stations served by Szybka Kolej Miejska (Warsaw) Railway stations served by Przewozy Regionalne InterRegio 1866 establishments in the Russian Empire

History

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