Opole Główne (

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for ''Opole main station'') is a major railway station in the southern

city of

Opole Opole (; german: Oppeln ; szl, Ôpole) ; * Silesian: ** Silesian PLS alphabet: ''Ôpole'' ** Steuer's Silesian alphabet: ''Uopole'' * Silesian German: ''Uppeln'' * Czech: ''Opolí'' * Latin: ''Oppelia'', ''Oppolia'', ''Opulia'' is a city loc ...

. It also is the biggest station in Opole Voivodeship, with connections to all major Polish cities, several local towns of the area, as well as international locations, such as Berlin and Hamburg. The first station building for Opole Główne was completed in 1853, and back then it was called ''Oppeln Hauptbahnhof'', as the city belonged to the

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. However, the original building was destroyed and another one was built in around 1899. It still is in use, and in 1926 underground access to platforms was constructed, together with the second building housing the entrance hall. The station building is in the eclectic style with neo-Gothic, neo-Renaissance, secession and neo-classical elements. The station is a crucial rail junction, as it serves several connections, including the major lines to Wrocław,

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 ...

Kędzierzyn-Koźle Kędzierzyn-Koźle (german: Kandrzin-Cosel, szl, Kandrzin-Koźle) is a city in southern Poland, the administrative center of Kędzierzyn-Koźle County. With 58,899 inhabitants as of 2021, it is the second most-populous city in the Opole Voivodes ...

, and Strzelce Opolskie. Furthermore, it serves local lines to

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, and Kluczbork.

Connections

Opole Główne is directly connected with all major Polish cities, such as: *

Białystok Białystok is the largest city in northeastern Poland and the capital of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. It is the tenth-largest city in Poland, second in terms of population density, and thirteenth in area. Białystok is located in the Białystok Up ...

, * Bielsko-Biała, *

, * Gliwice, *

Gorzów Wielkopolski Gorzów Wielkopolski (; german: Landsberg an der Warthe) often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów, is a city in western Poland, on the Warta river. It is the second largest city in the Lubusz Voivodeship with 120,087 inhabitants (Decemb ...

, * Jelenia Góra, *

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 ...

, *

Kielce Kielce (, yi, קעלץ, Keltz) is a city in southern Poland, and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. In 2021, it had 192,468 inhabitants. The city is in the middle of the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains), on the bank ...

, * Koszalin, * Kraków, *

Legnica Legnica (Polish: ; german: Liegnitz, szl, Lignica, cz, Lehnice, la, Lignitium) is a city in southwestern Poland, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the Kaczawa River (left tributary of the Oder) and the Czarna Woda (Kaczawa), Czarna Woda ...

, *

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

, * Poznań, *

Przemyśl Przemyśl (; yi, פשעמישל, Pshemishl; uk, Перемишль, Peremyshl; german: Premissel) is a city in southeastern Poland with 58,721 inhabitants, as of December 2021. In 1999, it became part of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship; it was pr ...

, * Rzeszów, * Słupsk, * Świnoujście, *

Szczecin Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major s ...

, * Tarnów, * Tarnów Mościce, * Wałbrzych, * Warszawa, * Wrocław, * Zamość.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *EuroCity services (EC) (EC 95 by DB) (IC by

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) ''Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Rzepin - Wrocław – Katowice – Kraków – Rzeszów – Przemyśl'' *Express Intercity Premium services (EIP) ''Warsaw - Wrocław'' *Express Intercity services (EIC) ''Warsaw - Wrocław'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Opole - Wrocław '' *Intercity services (IC) ''Zielona Góra - Wrocław - Opele - Częstochowa - Kraków - Rzeszów - Przemyśl'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Kraków Główny — Świnoujście'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Ustka - Koszalin - Poznań - Wrocław - Opole - Bielsko-Biała'' *Intercity services (IC) ''Bydgoszcz - Poznań - Leszno - Wrocław - Opole - Rybnik - Bielsko-Biała - Zakopane'' *Intercity services (TLK) ''Warszawa - Częstochowa - Lubliniec - Opole - Wrocław - Szklarska Poręba Górna'' *Regional services (PR) ''Opole Główne - Gliwice'' *Regional services (PR) ''Wrocław - Oława - Brzeg - Opole Główne - Gliwice'' *Regional services (PR) ''Wrocław Główny - Oława - Brzeg - Opole Główne'' *Regional services (PR) ''Wrocław - Oława - Brzeg - Opole Główne - Kędzierzyn-Koźle'' *Regional services (PR) ''Wrocław - Oława - Brzeg - Opole Główne - Kędzierzyn-Koźle - Racibórz'' *Regional services (PR) ''Brzeg - Opole'' *Regional services (PR) ''Brzeg - Opole - Kędzierzyn-Koźle'' *Regional services (PR) ''Kluczbork - Opole'' *Regional services (PR) ''Opole - Nysa'' *Regional services (PR) ''Kluczbork - Opole - Nysa''Polregio. PR 60804 Kluczbork — Nysa. Timetable
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References

External links

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A photo gallery of the station

Departures from the Opole Main Station
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